Call for Nominations: 2026 WNAR Outstanding Impact Award and Lectureship
Call for IBS/WNAR Outstanding Impact Award and Lectureship: nominations due November 15, 2025.
2025 Recipient of WNAR Outstanding Impact Award and Lectureship
Congratulations to Dr. Debashis Ghosh, Colorado School of Public Health!
Dr. Debashis Ghosh is Professor of the Department of Biostatistics and Informatics at the Colorado School of Public Health. Dr. Ghosh's nomination package clearly demonstrated his highly impactful research contributions to the fields of biometrics and science at large. He is specifically recognized for his statistical innovation and excellence in the areas of recurrent event analysis and genomics, for rigorous evaluation of kernel machines used in machine learning, and his contributions to the development of the popular cancer genomics database, ONCOMINE. Dr. Ghosh will gave a talk in the WNAR Outstanding Impact Award Lecture at the 2025 JSM on Thursday, August 7, 2025, 10:30am entitled "Distances and Sufficiency in the Age of AI." More information about the award and past awardees can be found on the award's website.
Important Dates:
Nominations for IBS/WNAR Outstanding Impact Award and Lectureship due November 15, 2025
Links to more information on WNAR Awards:
IBS/WNAR Outstanding Impact Award and Lectureship
WNAR Indigenous Student Travel Award
WNAR Student Paper Competition
WNAR President Invited Presentation
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WNAR Award Committee Membership
| YEARS | MEMBERS | AFFILIATION |
|---|---|---|
| 2022-2026 | Rhonda Rosychuk (2023 Chair) | University of Alberta |
| 2021-2027 | Neby Bekele | Exelixis |
| 2022-2025 | Sonia Jain | University of California San Diego |
| 2024-2027 | Charlotte Gard | University of New Mexico |
| 2022-2025 | Jingyi Li |
University of California, Los Angeles |
| 2023-2025 | Edward Bedrick | University of Arizona |
| 2023-2025 | Bin Yu (2022 Awardee) | University of California, Berkley |
Previous Award Committee Chairs
| YEARS | MEMBERS | AFFILIATION |
|---|---|---|
| 2021-2022 | Ying Lu (Founding Chair) | Stanford University |
| 2022 | Katerina Kechris | University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus |
| 2023 | Rhonda Rosychuk | University of Alberta |
| 2024 |
WNAR Awards Committee Membership