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Chatterjee elected to the American Epidemiological Society

Nilanjan Chatterjee, Ph.D., Chief of the Biostatistics Branch, was elected to the American Epidemiological Society (AES) at the Society's annual meeting in March. The mission of the AES is to provide a scientific forum for senior epidemiologists in which to engage in lively interchange of ideas with their peers at the annual meetings. Nominees are evaluated on the basis of the quality and impact of their epidemiologic accomplishments and contributions, academic activities (such as teaching and mentoring), and other aspects of professional work, including administrative leadership and community service.

Stephanie Kovalchik receives SIE Young Investigator Award

Stephanie Kovalchik, Ph.D., a postdoctoral fellow in the Biostatistics Branch, received a Statistics in Epidemiology Young Investigator Award from the American Statistical Association for a paper co-authored with Ruth Pfeiffer, Ph.D. on 'Population-based absolute risk estimation with survey data'. Dr. Kovalchik will present this work at the 2012 Joint Statistical Meeting in San Diego.

Fraumeni Inducted into the American Academy of Arts and Sciences

In October, DCEG Director Joseph F. Fraumeni, Jr., M.D., was inducted into the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in Cambridge, Massachusetts. The Academy's members include some of the world's most accomplished leaders from academia, business, public affairs, the humanities, and the arts.Read more in the NIH Press Release

Chatterjee receives two awards from the Committee of Presidents of Statistical Societies

Dr. Nilanjan Chatterjee, Chief of the Biostatistics Branch, received the COPSS Presidents’ Award which honors statisticians under the age of 41 for their outstanding research contributions and service to further the field of statistics. The Presidents’ award is widely known as the most prestigious in the world of statistics for early career contribution. Dr. Chatterjee is the first recipient from outside academia in the award’s 30-year history. Dr. Chatterjee also received the George W. Snedecor Award, which is given bi-annually to a statistician who has made significant contributions to the theory of biometry and has a notable publication within the last three years. The awards are jointly sponsored by the five major statistical societies: American Statistical Association; Institute of Mathematical Statistics; Eastern North American Regional (ENAR) Section of International Biometrics Society; Western North American Regional (WNAR) Section of International Biometrics Society; and the Statistical Society of Canada.

Gail receives the prestigious Nathan Mantel Lifetime Achievement Award at the 2011 Joint Statistical Meetings

Dr. Mitchell Gail, a Senior Investigator in the Biostatistics Branch, is the 2011 recipient of the prestigious Nathan Mantel Lifetime Achievement Award for achievement in developing statistical methods for epidemiology. The award was given by the Section on Statistics in Epidemiology of the American Statistical Association. The award recognized Dr. Gail’s seminal contributions in methods for competing risks, surrogate markers, back calculation estimation of incidence and prevalence of AIDS, design and analysis of case-control studies, and estimation of attributable and absolute risk that Dr. Gail applied in developing the Breast Cancer Risk Assessment Tool (also known as the Gail Model) and the estimation of number deaths attributable to obesity and overweight.

Ghosh wins a Young Investigator Award at the 2011 Joint Statistical Meetings

Dr. Arpita Ghosh, a post-doctoral fellow in the Biostatistics Branch, won a prestigious Young Investigator Award from the Section on Statistics in Epidemiology of the American Statistical Association. The award recognized her contribution as a leading author of the paper titled “Unified Analysis of Secondary Phenotypes in Case-Control Association Studies”.

Gail elected Chair-Elect of Statistics Section at the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

In 2011, Mitchell Gail, a Senior Investigator in the Biostatistics Branch was elected as Chair-Elect of the Section on Statistics at the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS). His three year term, beginning in January 2011, will include service as Chair-Elect, Chair, and Retiring Chair. As Chair-Elect, Dr. Gail will organize scientific sessions at the widely attended AAAS annual meeting. His other responsibilities will include nominating statisticians as AAAS fellows.

Kilfoy Wins 2010 Outstanding Abstract by a New Investigator Award from the International Society for Environmental Epidemiology

Briseis Kilfoy, post-doctoral fellow in Occupational and Environmental Epidemiology Branch, won the Abstract by a New Investigator award from the International Society for Environmental Epidemiology Outstanding at the 2010 ISES-ISEE Joint Conference meeting Seoul, Korea for her poster entitled “Nitrate from drinking water and prevalence of abnormal thyroid conditions among the Old Order Amish in Pennsylvania”.

Persson Wins a First Place Poster Award at the 2010 ACE meeting in San Francisco

Christina Persson, visiting fellow in the Hormonal and Reproductive Epidemiology Branch, was the winner of a first place poster award at the 2010 ACE meeting in San Francisco for her poster entitled “Risk of liver cancer among male U.S. veterans with cirrhosis, 1969-1996”. Her co-authors were Sabah M Quraishi, Danny J. Carreon, Gloria Gridley, Barry I. Graubard, and Katherine A. McGlynn.

Chatterjee selected winner of 2010 Mortimer Spiegelman Award by the American Public Health Association

Dr. Nilanjan Chatterjee, Chief of the Biostatistics Branch, has been named winner of the prestigious Mortimer Spiegelman Award by the Statistics Section of the American Public Health Association. This award is given annually to a public health statistician under age 40 who has made outstanding contributions to the field.

Freeman Selected 2010 Outstanding Young Alumnus by the University of Iowa College of Public Health

Dr. Laura Beane Freeman, Principal Investigator in the Occupational and Environmental Epidemiology Branch, has been selected as the 2010 Outstanding Young Alumnus by the University of Iowa College of Public Health.

Castle Receives 2010 Distinguished Scientific Achievement Award from the American Society for Colposcopy and Cervical Pathology

Dr. Phil Castle, Principal Investigator in the Hormonal and Reproductive Epidemiology Branch, has been selected to receive the 2010 Distinguished Scientific Achievement Award from the American Society for Colposcopy and Cervical Pathology. This is the highest honor conferred by the Society.

Schiffman Receives 2009 AACR-Prevent Cancer Foundation Award

Mark Schiffman, Senior Investigator in the Clinical Genetics Branch received the 2009 American Association for Cancer Research (AACR)-Prevent Cancer Foundation Award for Excellence in Cancer Prevention Research. Dr. Schiffman delivered the award lecture titled "Biomarkers and cancer prevention: Cautionary lessons from the study of human papillomavirus and cervical cancer." at the 8th Annual International Conference on Frontiers in Cancer Prevention Research in Houston, Texas. The AACR-Prevent Cancer Foundation Award for Excellence in Cancer Prevention Research is given annually to a scientist residing in any country in the world for his or her contributions to the field of cancer prevention. The scientist's investigations must have been conducted in basic, translational, clinical, epidemiological, or behavioral science in cancer prevention research. Furthermore, these studies must have not only had a major impact on the field but also stimulated new directions in this important area. Dr. Schiffman was chosen by peer review for his outstanding research on human papillomavirus infection and cervical carcinogenesis.

Brinton Receives 2009 Abraham Lilienfeld Award

Louise A. Brinton, Ph.D., Chief of the Hormonal and Reproductive Epidemiology Branch, received the prestigious 2009 Abraham Lilienfeld Award for her exceptionally productive career in cancer epidemiology. In the award lecture delivered by her, Dr. Brinton reflected on the uniqueness of epidemiology as a science and the ways in which the discipline has evolved. She emphasized the critical importance of training the next generation of epidemiologists and knowing how to conduct field work.

Caporaso Receives Special Appreciation Award for Collaboration at the 2009 International CLL Workshop

Neil E. Caporaso, M.D., senior investigator in the Genetic Epidemiology Branch, received the Special Appreciation Award at the International CLL Workshop held at the Mansoura Oncology Centre in Egypt in 2009. The award was presented by the President of Mansoura University, Dr. Ahmed B. Shehab El-Din in appreciation of his collaboration with the International CLL group. At this workshop, Dr, Caporaso delivered a talk titled "Genetic aspects of chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) and the precursor condition, monoclonal B-cell lymphocytosis".

Bolton Receives 2009 University of Cambridge, U.K. Nick Day Award

Kelly Bolton, NIH-Oxford-Cambridge Scholars Program Fellow in the Hormonal and Reproductive Epidemiology Branch, was the joint winner of the 2009 Nick Day Prize for the best M.Phil student in the epidemiology program at the University of Cambridge, UK. Her master's thesis was titled "Ovarian cancer prognosis: A genome-wide association study."

Linet Inducted to Johns Hopkins Society of Scholars

Dr. Martha Linet, Chief of the Radiation Epidemiology Branch, Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, was inducted into the Johns Hopkins Society of Scholars in 2009 in recognition of her seminal scientific contributions and leadership in the epidemiology of leukemia and radiation effects. The Society of Scholars consists of former postdoctoral fellows, postdoctoral degree recipients, house staff and junior or visiting faculty who have served at least a year at Johns Hopkins University, and have thereafter gained marked distinction in the fields of physical, biological, medical, social, or engineering sciences or in the humanities and for whom at least five years has elapsed since their last Hopkins affiliation.

Fraumeni Receives 2009 AACR Award for Lifetime Achievement in Cancer Research

Dr. Joseph Fraumeni Jr., Director, Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, received the 6 th Annual American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) Award for Lifetime Achievement in Cancer Research for his seminal research contributions in understanding the causes and prevention of human cancer. Among his many accomplishments are the discovery of a familial cancer syndrome that bears his name along with his colleague Dr. Frederick P. Li, and the development of the U.S. Cancer Mortality Atlas project that identified high-risk areas where Dr. Fraumeni and his colleagues conducted epidemiologic studies to uncover several environmental hazards that inspired cancer control measures. For over 30 years, Dr. Fraumeni has been the architect of NCI's intramural research program in epidemiology and related areas, while developing fellowship programs designed to train and mentor the next generation of interdisciplinary scientists.

Gail Receives 2009 Distinguished Achievement Award from the American Society of Preventive Oncology (ASPO)

Dr. Mitchell Gail, Senior Investigator with the Biostatistics Branch, received the 2009 Distinguished Achievement Award from the American Society of Preventive Oncology (ASPO). The award will be presented at the Annual Meeting in Tampa on March 8-9. ASPO established this award in 1983 to recognize individuals whose research has greatly advanced the society's mission of cancer prevention and control.