Three Win Travel Awards to Conference on Statistical Practice

The following student winners received registration and travel support to attend the Conference on Statistical Practice:

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Michael Palazzolo

John J. Bartko Award

Michael Palazzolo
Palazzolo completed his master’s degree in biostatistics from Grand Valley State University in 2021 and then joined the TIMI study group team at Brigham and Women’s Hospital. In his research, he frequently comes across topics such as quality machine learning, Bayesian inference, and methods of analyzing longitudinal data.

 
 

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Yuxuan (Daisy) Jin

Lester R. Curtin Award

Yuxuan (Daisy) Jin
Jin graduated from the master’s program in biostatistics from Washington University in St. Louis in January of 2018. She is a biostatistician working at the Cleveland Clinic, where she collaborates primarily with clinicians from the Orthopedics and Rheumatology Institute.

 
 

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Lydia Suzanne Gibson

Lingzi Lu Memorial Award

Lydia Suzanne Gibson
Gibson is a master’s student in statistics at California State University, East Bay. She co-founded the CSU, East Bay student chapter of the ASA and advocates for students to become involved in, or start their own, student chapter.