The Department of Statistics and Actuarial Science enjoys an international reputation for excellence in research. A selection of awards and honours received by our faculty are listed below.
Awards from the Statistical Society of Canada (SSC)
Honorary Member
- 2021 - Mary Thompson
- 2014 - Jerry Lawless
- 2013 - Bovas Abraham
- 2001 - V.P. Godambe
- 1995 - David Sprott
Gold Medal
- 2017 - Richard Cook
- 2007 - Don McLeish
- 2003 - Mary Thompson
- 1999 - Jerry Lawless
- 1994 - Jack Kalbfleisch
- 1988 - David Sprott
- 1987 - V.P. Godambe
Distinguished Service Award
Pierre Robillard Award
- 2021 - Junhan Fang (supervisor: Grace Y. Yi)
- 2020 - Shixiao Zhang (supervisor: Peisong Han and Changbao Wu)
- 2021 - Peijun Sang (supervisor: Harry Joe at the University of British Columbia)
- 2016 - Yujie Zhong (supervisor: Richard Cook)
- 2015 - Ying Yan (supervisor: Grace Yi)
- 2014 - Liqun Diao (supervisor: Richard Cook)
- 2012 - Bei Chen (supervisors: Bovas Abraham and Yulia Gel)
- 2009 - M.Q. Zhou (supervisors: Mary Thompson and Peter Song)
- 2008 - Baojiang Chen (supervisors: Richard Cook and Grace Yi)
- 2004 - Zeny Feng (supervisors: Jiahua Chen and Mary Thompson)
- 1997 - Etmond Tze-Man Ng (supervisor: Richard Cook)
- 1996 - Edward Susko (supervisors: Jack Kalbfleisch and Jiahua Chen)
- 1995 - X.J. Hu (supervisor: Jerry Lawless)
- 1994 - Hugh A. Chipman (supervisors: Jeff C.F. Wu and Mike S. Hamada)
- 1992 - Jing Qin (supervisor: Jerry Lawless)
- 1985 - Roman Viveros-Aguilera (supervisor: David Sprott)
- 1983 - Thomas A. Diciccio (supervisor: Mary Thompson)
- 1982 - Anthony F. Desmond (supervisor: Mary Thompson)
CRM-SSC Prize in Statistics
- 2012 - Changbao Wu
- 2010 - Grace Yi
- 2007 - Richard Cook
- 2005 - Jiahua Chen
- 2001 - Colleen Cutler
The Canadian Journal of Statistics Award
- 2016 - Grace Y. Yi, Xianming Tan, & Runze Li
- 2002 - Don McLeish
- 1999 - Richard Cook
- 1998 - Jerry Lawless
Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada
- 2006 - Mary Thompson
- 2002 - V.P. Godambe
- 2000 - Jerry Lawless
- 1994 - Jack Kalbfleisch
- 1975 - David Sprott
Institutional awards
University Professor
- 2006 - Phelim Boyle
- 2004 - Mary Thompson
Distinguished Professor Emeritus/Emerita
- 2010 - Mary Thompson
- 2008 - Jerry Lawless
- 1991 - V.P. Godambe
- 2005 - Jack Kalbfleisch
- 1996 - David Sprott
Honours and appointments
- 2012 to 2017 - David Landriault; Canada Research Chair in Risk Theory.
- 2012 - Jerry Lawless; Shewhart Medal from the American Society for Quality.
- 2012 - Ryan Brown, Stefan Steiner, Jock MacKay; W.J. Youden Award in Interlaboratory Testing.
- 2012 - Carole Bernard; SCOR - EFRIE Young Economist Best Paper.
- 2012 - Carole Bernard; Johan de Witt Prize, Dutch Actuarial Association.
- 2012 - Changbao Wu, David Hammond, Mary Thompson; Lise Manchester Award.
- 2012 - Mary Hardy; Finlaison Medal, U.K. Institute of Faculty Actuaries.
- 2005 to 2019 - Richard Cook; Canada Research Chair in Statistical Methods for Health Research.
- 2010 - Mary Thompson; Elizabeth Scott Award.
- 2009 - Mary Thompson; Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) and Canadian Medical Association Journal "Top Canadian Achievement in Health Research".
- 2008 - Phelim Boyle; Institute of Actuaries Gold Medal.
- 2007 - Mary Thompson; Award of Excellence in Graduate Supervision.
- 2007 - Robert Brown; University of Waterloo 50th Anniversary Alumni Award.
- 2007 - Steve Drekic; Canadian Operational Research Society Service Award.
- 2006 - Bovas Abraham; Hunter Award.
- 2005 - Phelim Boyle; IAFE/SunGard Financial Engineer of the Year.
- 2000 to 2005 - Richard Cook; CIHR Investigator, CIHR.
- 2004 - Stefan Steiner and Jock MacKay; Frank Wilcoxon Prize.
- 1999 to 2004 - Richard Cook; Premier's Research Excellence Award.
- 2001 - Jim Kalbfleisch; Provost Emeritus.
- 1996 to 2000 - Richard Cook; Scholar Award, Medical Research Council of Canada.
