Statistical Partnerships Among Academe, Industry, and Government (SPAIG) Award


Most Recent Winners

The Partnership between the Vanderbilt Department of Biostatistics and the Tennessee Department of Children’s Services made an outstanding data-driven contribution in improving the well-being of children and families in Tennessee by enhancing child welfare, supporting vulnerable families, and advancing policies that promote healthier communities. 

Key contributors:

Rameela Raman
Vanderbilt University School of Medicine

David Schlueter, Ryan Jarrett, Sarah C Lotspeich, Jamie Joseph, Julia Thome, Joshua Slone, Alexis Fleming, Lisa Levoir, Ashley E Mullan
Former and current Vanderbilt University Department of Biostatistics students

Lynne Berry
Vanderbilt University School of Medicine

Kathy A. Gracey
Vanderbilt University School of Medicine

Tarah M. Kuhn
Vanderbilt University School of Medicine

Richard A. Epstein
Northwestern University

Michael J. Cull
University of Kentucky

Anthony Nease
Tennessee Department of Children’s Services

Sammi S. Maifair
Tennessee Department of Children's Services

About the Award

The SPAIG Award was established in 2002 to recognize outstanding partnerships between academe, industry, and government organizations, as well as to promote new partnerships among these organizations. The award is sponsored by the SPAIG committee of the ASA and distinct from other ASA awards in that it recognizes outstanding collaborations between organizations, while recognizing key individual contributors.

Selection Criteria

Nominees must represent at least two of the organizations from academe, industry, or government. Also, their collaboration must have resulted in significant contributions to the statistical field with applications to real-world problems. Examples include publications, presentations at statistical conferences, exchange visits, support for graduate students, consulting jobs, grant support for faculty, and continuing education opportunities for statisticians outside of academe.

Nominations

Nominations are due by March 1, and required information can be found on the sample preview.

Award Recipient Responsibilities

The award recipients are responsible for providing a current photograph and general personal information the year the award is presented. The American Statistical Association uses this information to publicize the award.

Questions

Visit the SPAIG website.

Recent Award Recipients

2024: Madeline Pe, Corneel Coens, Ahu Alanya, Martin Taphoorn, Saskia le Cessie, Bernhard Holzner, Johannes Giesinger, Lisa Wintner, Silene ten Seldam, Kristin Bjordal, Anders Ingelgard, Elektra Papadopoulos, Vivek Pawar, Michael Schlichting, Jane Chang, Satrajit Roychoudhury, Joseph Cappelleri, Paul Cislo, Anja Schiel, Chantal Quinten, Mallorie Fiero, Vishal Bhatnagar, Maxime Sasseville, Khadija Rantell
2023: Joseph Ibrahim, Arvind Shah,  Joseph Heyse (deceased), Frank Liu (deceased), Ming-Hui Chen, Jianxin Lin, Donglin Zeng, Sungduk Kim, William Wang, Guoqing Diao, Xianming Tan, Ethan Alt, Amarjot Kaur, Lisa LaVange (nominator)
2022: The COVID-19 Multicountry Research Group
2021: DELPHI & ICECaP
2020: William A. Brenneman, Evren Gul, Roshan V. Joseph, Lulu Kang, Shan Ba, William R. Myers, Fang Cao, Chien-Fu J. Wu, Li Gu

Past Recipients

Read about other recipients.