The Applied Public Health Statistics Section of the American Public Health Association (APHA) presents the Mortimer Spiegelman Award annually to honor a statistician below the age of 40 who has made outstanding contributions to health statistics, especially public health statistics.
The Spiegelman award recipient must be a health statistician who has made outstanding contributions to statistical methodology and its applications in public health (broadly defined).
The award is open to early-career investigators regardless of race, gender, sexual orientation, nationality, or citizenship. Specifically, candidates must meet at least one of the following criteria:
- Candidate must be under age 40 throughout the award calendar year
- Candidate must have earned a terminal degree in statistics or a statistics-related field in the last 10 years
For those earning a terminal degree after considerable professional experience or with extenuating life circumstances such as the birth of a child, the committee will make exceptions to the eligibility requirements. If extenuating circumstances affect the eligibility of your nominee, please include a description in your nominating letter.
A nomination should include the following:
- A letter that states the candidate’s date of birth and describes the candidate’s contributions to statistics for public health
- Up to three letters of support
- The candidate’s detailed CV
Submit nominations by May 1.
The Spiegelman award was established in 1970 and is presented annually at the APHA meeting. The award serves the following purposes:
- To honor the outstanding achievements of both the recipient and Spiegelman
- To encourage further involvement in public health by the finest young statisticians
- To increase awareness of APHA and the Applied Public Health Statistics Section in the academic statistical community
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