March 15-18, 2026

Awards Special Session

Tuesday, March 17 | 3:45 pm – 5:30 pm

Please join us to learn more about the ENAR Dionne Price and ENAR Team Science Awardees and the work they’re doing. You’ll hear from the 2026 and 2025 Dionne Price Award winners, as well as the 2026 Team Science Award winners. Awards Committee chairs Lorin Crawford and Christina Kendziorski Newton will facilitate discussion among the Award winners and the audience. You can learn more about ENAR awards here. We hope to see you there!

ENAR Dionne Price Early Career PIONEER Award in Biostatistics Winners
2026 - Sarah Lotspeich, PhD, Assistant Professor of Statistics, Wake Forest University
2025 - Felicia R. Simpson, PhD, Associate Professor of Statistics and chair of the Department of Mathematics at Winston-Salem State University
Dionne Price Award Committee Chair/Moderator: Lorin Crawford

Speakers

Sarah Lotspeich
Sarah Lotspeich, PhD
Wake Forest University

Keshia Pollack PorterFelicia R. Simpson
Felicia R. Simpson, PhD
Winston-Salem State University

Lorin Crawford
Lorin Crawford
Dionne Price Award Committee Chair/Moderator

ENAR 2026 Team Science Award Winners
Wei Chen, PhD, Professor of Pediatrics, University of Pittsburgh
Juan C. Celedón, MD, DrPH, Professor of Pediatrics and Medicine, University of Pittsburgh
Erick Forno, MD, MPH, Professor of Pediatrics and Vice Chair for Clinical Research at Indiana University School of Medicine
Kathryn S. Torok, MD, Associate Professor of Pediatrics at the University of Pittsburgh
Zhao Ren, PhD, Associate Professor of Statistics at the University of Pittsburgh
Molin Yue, PhD, Research Advisor in statistics at Eli Lilly and Company
Team Science Award Committee Chair/Moderator: Christina Kendziorski Newton

Speakers

Wei Chen
Wei Chen, PhD
University of Pittsburgh

Erick Forno
Erick Forno, MD, MPH
Indiana University School of Medicine

Christina Kendziorski Newton
Christina Kendziorski Newton
Team Science Award Committee Chair/Moderator