The University of Alabama at Birmingham Department of Biostatistics is accepting nominations for the Janet L. Norwood Award for Outstanding Achievement by a Woman in the Statistical Sciences.
Eligible women are those who have or will do the following:
- Completed their terminal degree
- Made extraordinary contributions and have an outstanding record of leadership and service to the statistical sciences
- Are willing, if selected, to deliver a lecture at the award ceremony
How to Nominate
Send a full curriculum vitae accompanied by a letter of not more than two pages describing the nature of the candidate’s contributions. Contributions may be in development and evaluation of statistical methods, teaching statistics, application of statistics, or any other activity that can arguably be said to have advanced the statistical science field. Self-nominations are acceptable.
Electronic nomination submissions are encouraged and should be sent to norwoodawd@uab.edu by July 14. The winner will be announced by August 4, with the lecture taking place September 22.
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