The ASA Statistics in Epidemiology Section recently announced Nicholas Jewell, professor of biostatistics and epidemiology at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, as this year's Nathan Mantel Award winner. The annual award recognizes contributions to the development and application of statistical science to problems and issues in epidemiology. Jewell has published more than 190 articles about statistics, mathematics, epidemiology, medicine, and history. He is also the author of the book Statistics in Epidemiology. Jewell's most recent work includes the first gold-standard trial,which successfully infected the Aedes aegypti mosquito with Wolbachia, reducing dengue cases in areas of Indonesia by 77 percent. Jewell was the study statistician on the trial-run by the World Mosquito Program-and conceived the design, statistical methods, and ultimate data analysis.
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