Amy H. Herring
Amy H. Herring | |
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Education | B.A. English and B.S. mathematics, University of Mississippi, 1995 Sc.D, biostatistics, Harvard University, 2000 |
Spouse | David B. Dunson |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Biostatistics |
Institutions | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Duke University |
Thesis | Missing Covariates in Survival Analysis (2000) |
Doctoral advisor | Joseph G. Ibrahim |
Amy Helen Herring is an American
Education and career
Herring graduated summa cum laude from the University of Mississippi in 1995, with a double major in English and mathematics.[1] She completed an Sc.D in biostatistics at Harvard University in 2000; her dissertation, supervised by Joseph G. Ibrahim, was Missing Covariates in Survival Analysis.[1][2]
She joined the North Carolina faculty in 2000, where she became a fellow of the Carolina Population Center in 2006 and Carol Remmer Angle Distinguished Professor of Children's Environmental Health in 2015. She moved to Duke in 2017[1] as part of a hiring initiative to expand Duke's faculty in the quantitative sciences.[3]
Research
Herring has authored over 275 papers with a focus on statistical methods for correlated data, including longitudinal data and mixed-scale multivariate data. She collaborates extensively with researchers in reproductive, environmental, and global health.
In 2013, a
Awards and honors
In 2010, Herring was elected as a
She has provided extensive service to the profession, serving as President of the Eastern North American Region of the International Biometric Society in 2011, as a Director on the executive board of the International Biometric Society 2021–2024, as Executive Secretary of the International Society for Bayesian Analysis (ISBA) 2016–2018, and on the ISBA Board 2013–2015; she has also held numerous leadership positions in the American Statistical Association including as Chair-Elect of the Section on Bayesian Statistical Science (2021) and as Chair of the Biometrics Section (2017). [1]
References
- ^ a b c d e Curriculum vitae, September 2017, retrieved 2021-08-12
- ^ Amy H. Herring at the Mathematics Genealogy Project
- ^ "A quantitative investment in promoting the sciences at Duke: Collaborations, new hires are part of strategic plan's goal for raising university's stature in the sciences", Duke Today, September 26, 2017
- ^ James, Susan Donaldson (December 18, 2013), "'Strange Nativities': Scientists Find 45 'Virgin Births' (and Some Virgin Fathers)", ABC News
- ^ Boesveld, Sarah (December 17, 2013), "One in two hundred US women in study report having virgin births — but researchers think it's no miracle", National Post
- ^ ASA Fellows list, American Statistical Association, archived from the original on 2017-12-01, retrieved 2017-11-02
- ^ Herring honored with statistics award, UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health, June 5, 2012, retrieved 2017-11-02
- ^ Herring presented with APHA's distinguished Spiegelman Award, October 31, 2012, retrieved 2017-11-02
- ^ Amy Herring Receives Lagakos Alumni Award, October 15, 2018, retrieved 2021-08-12
- ^ Amy Herring Receives Janet L. Norwood Award for Outstanding Achievement by a Woman in Statistical Sciences, September 19, 2019, retrieved 2021-08-12
External links
- Home page Archived 2017-10-24 at the Wayback Machine
- Amy H. Herring publications indexed by Google Scholar