Biostatistics Student Awards.

The Department of Biostatistics at BUSPH has established a prize for best student paper. The annual competition is open to all students enrolled in a Biostatistics program at Boston University. Papers which have been accepted by a journal are not eligible for the competition; however papers which have been submitted to a journal but which have not yet been accepted are eligible. The winner of the competition will receive a travel award to attend ENAR or the summer Joint Statistical Meetings. Winner’s travel expenses to other conferences (e.g., Society for Clinical Trials) may be covered after consulting with the award committee.

Previous Student Paper Competition Winners

2026 – Siwen He, Yang Song, Jingwen Zhang, and Lindsay Salvati

2025 – Yuankai Zhang, Patricia Miller, and Julia Gallini

2024 – Jiachen Chen, Stephanie Pan, and Xuzhi Wang

2023 – Adrienne O’Donnell, Xianbang Sun, and Jianing Wang

2022 – Xiaoyan Liu, Xiaoyu Tang, and Qingyan Xiang

2021 – Katherine Bloore, Ariel Chernofsky, and Xiaoyu Tang

2020 – Sarah Van Ness Leavitt, Peitao Wu, and Thomas Zhou

2019 – Aya Mitani, Elise Lim, and Yicheng Ma

2018 – Qiang Zhao, Yuyin Liu, and Yuning Chen

2017 – Jeremiah Perez

2016 – Avery McIntosh

2015 – Paula Griffin

2014 – Joseph Wu

2013 – Stephanie Lustgarten

2012 – Chen Lu

2011 – Gina Peloso

2010 – Xiaopeng Miao

The Department of Biostatistics awards an annual prize for the Most Outstanding MPH Student completing the Epidemiology and Biostatistics Certificate at the School. Since 1999, this monetary prize is given to an MPH student whose performance was excellent in the Biostatistics concentration. This prize is an expression of our gratitude to Herb Kayne, PhD, for his commitment to teaching epidemiology and biostatistics at SPH and his long-enduring interest in and dedication to his students in the MPH Program.

Previous Herb Kayne Award Recipients

2026 – Johanna Sprangler

2025 – Dan Nguyen

2024 – Krystal Kuan

2023 – Patricia Mello Ferrao

2022 – Ashley Laliberte

2021 – Bala Niharika Pillalamarri

2020 – Nifasha Rusibamayila

2009 – Sandy Askew

2019 – Kimberly Greco

2008 – Kristi Prather

2018 – Penlong Wang

2007 – Jotsna Kumar

2017 – Rachel Parker

2006 – Elizabeth Wood

2016 – Elizabeth Showalter

2005 – Catherine Jean Williams

2015 – Olga Karlinskaya

2004 – Osasumwen Osayimwen

2014 – Robert Tucker

2003 – Carrie Reed

2013 – Molly Higgins-Biddle

2002 – Katheryn McBride

2012 – Meghan Perkins

2001 – Elizabeth Traphagen

2011 – Anahita Ghorbani

2000 – Debbie Barrington

2010 – Cheryl Raffo

1999 – Mary-Lynn Fulton

Established in 2018 to recognize outstanding academic achievement, the Department of Biostatistics confers this award annually to a graduating Master’s student who has consistently demonstrated exemplary academic performance throughout the program. Selection is based on academic performance, rigor and breadth of coursework, and faculty recommendations. This annual award includes a monetary prize.

Previous Biostatistics Academic Excellence Award Recipients

2026 – No award given

2025 – Anushka Aghi

2024 – Ryan Zukowski

2023 – Ryan Dacey

2022 – Jingxian Tang

2021 – Amanda Marie Ignacio

2020 – Erika Furtado

2019 – Nicole Roth

2018 – Katya Zelevinsky

Established in 2018 to recognize the importance of the role of biostatisticians in research, the Department of Biostatistics confers this award annually to a graduating Biostatistics Masters’ student who has exceeded expectations in their research activities. The recipient of this award has demonstrated outstanding performance and dedication to research in the field of biostatistics. This annual award includes a monetary prize.

Previous Biostatistics Excellence in Research Award Recipients

2026 – Yijia Wu

2025 – Shae Gantt

2024 – Lauren Delp

2023 – Julia Zelinsky

2022 – Kaleb Eppich

2021 – Xiaojing Peng and Morgan Ryan

2020 – Courtney Goodrich

2019 – Jimmy Kiely

2018 – Zeyuan Song

Established in 2018 to recognize the leadership role of biostatisticians in biomedical research, the Department of Biostatistics confers this award annually to a graduating PhD student in Biostatistics who has completed an outstanding applied research paper. The winner of this award has written a high-quality paper that has either been submitted or accepted for publication in a peer-reviewed academic journal. This annual award includes a monetary prize.

Previous Biostatistics Doctoral Applied Research Paper Award Recipients

2026 – Evelyn Lauren

2025 – Yuankai Zhang

2024 – Xiaoyu Zhang

2023 – Hanfei Xu

2021 – Sarah Conner

2020 – Isabelle Weir

2019 – Aya Mitani

2018 – Virginia Fisher