Call For Nominations For

The Second Annual Janet L. Norwood Award

For Outstanding Achievement By A Woman In The Statistical Sciences

University of Alabama at Birmingham

Department of Biostatistics, Section on Statistical Genetics

The Section on Statistical Genetics and the Department of Biostatistics in the School of Public Health, University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) are pleased to request nominations for the Second Annual Janet L. Norwood Award for Outstanding Achievement by a Woman in the Statistical Sciences. The award will be conferred in October of 2003. The award recipient will be invited to deliver a lecture at UAB at the award ceremony, and will receive all expenses paid to deliver this lecture, a plaque, and a $5000 prize. Eligible individuals are women who have completed their terminal degree, have made outstanding contributions to the statistical sciences, and, if selected, are willing to deliver a lecture at the award ceremony.

To nominate a candidate, send a full curriculum vita accompanied by a letter of not more than two pages in length describing the nature of the candidate's contributions. Contributions may be in the area of development and evaluation of statistical methods, teaching of statistics, application of statistics, or any other activity that can arguably been said to have an advanced the field of statistical science. Self-nominations are acceptable. Please send nominations to:

David B. Allison, Ph.D.

Professor & Head, Section on Statistical Genetics

Department of Biostatistics, RPHB 327

University of Alabama at Birmingham

1665 University Boulevard

Birmingham, Alabama 35294-0022

Phone: 205-975-9169

Fax: 205-975-2540

Email: Dallison@UAB.edu

Deadline for receipt of nominations is July 1, 2003. Electronic (email) submissions of nominations are accepted and encouraged. The winner will be announced by August 1, 2003. The recipient of the first award was Dr. Jane F. Gentleman, Director of the Division of Health Interview Statistics, National Center for Health Statistics and Vice President of the American Statistical Association. For more information on the Section on Statistical Genetics or the first award, please visit our Website at http://www.soph.uab.edu/statgenetics.