About Statistics
STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES
for Officers, Volunteers, etc.
This is a collection of informal tips, instructions, etc. to help Stat Section folks get the Section's work done. Anybody who helps in any way with section business is invited to submit a document. If you are an officer or volunteer, any time you do something, you could write it down; at the end of the year, you'll have a good SOP!
PART I: Membership Committee SOP - Thanks to Larry Moulton
PART II: Manual of Procedures of the 2005 Spiegelman Award Committee
PART III: Various files used for issuing call for Spiegelman nominations, etc - Thanks to Michael Newton
A. Chair Manual (.doc)
B. Spiegelman Award Announcement (.pdf)
PART IV: Annual meeting things to print - Thanks to Marcia Testa
A. Example of how to order a plaque for the Lowell Reed Lecturer (.doc)
B. Example Lowell Reed Lecture Flyer (.doc)
C. Example Lowell Reed Session Brochure (.doc)
D. Example Certificate of Appreciation (.doc)
Note: Request the APHA special Certificate Paper from APHA– they will mail it out to you in advance of the meeting. Alternatively, you can print it out while at the meeting – you just need to go to the APHA Program Planner room and use their printers and request the certificate paper. You can purchase in advance very simple certificate frames to make the presentation more formal.
E. Example program (.doc)
PART V. Booth Stuff - Thanks to Larry Moulton
A. Example Spreadsheet for signing up for covering booth operating
times (.xls)
B. Example Booth Instructions
SPIEGELMAN AWARD AND WINNERS
Demographer, actuary, and biostatistician Mortimer Spiegelman (1901-1969) made exceptional contributions to public health statistics. His contributions have continued posthumously through the Mortimer Spiegelman Award of the APHA Statistics Section, presented annually since 1970 to an outstanding public health statistician under age 40. The award serves three purposes: to honor the outstanding achievements of both the recipient and Spiegelman, to encourage further involvement in public health of the finest young statisticians, and to increase awareness of APHA and the Statistics Section in the academic statistical community. The contributions for which we honor Mortimer Spiegelman are outlined overleaf, in a slight adaptation of his Encyclopedia of Biostatistics biography by Section member Earl Pollack (included by permission). read more and view the recipient list
Learn more about the standard protocol of the nomination procedure.
AWARD NOMINATION PROCEDURE
The Statistics Section of the American Public Health Association invites nominations for the Mortimer Spiegelman Award, honoring a statistician aged 40 or younger who has made outstanding contributions to health statistics, especially public health statistics. The award was established in 1970 and is presented annually at the APHA meeting.
The award serves three purposes
- To honor the outstanding achievements of both the recipient and Spiegelman
- To encourage further involvement in public health by the finest young statisticians
- To increaseawareness of the APHA and the Statistics Section in the academic statistical community
Candidates for the Award must have been born in 1970 or later. Please submit a nominating letter, including a description of the candidate's contributions to public health and birthday, and the candidate's CV. Up to three supporting letters may be submitted. Electronic submissions are preferred.
2010 Spiegelman Award Committee
c/o David Dunson, Chair
Department of Statistical Science
Box 90251
Duke University
Durham, NC 27708-0251
dunson@stat.duke.edu
HISTORY CORNER
The Section began in 1908 under the name Vital Statistics, changed to Statistics in 1949. It is tied with Health Administration (formerly known as Health Officers) as being the oldest continuously operating Section of APHA.
PART I: Inaugural Address by J.N. Hurty, 1908
PART II: List of all Section Chairs in our glorious history! - Thanks to APHA archivist Karla Pearce
PART III: Statistics Sesion History to 1972 (pdf file)
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