Sündüz Keleş (second from left in the front row), professor in BMI, was recently honored by WARF Foundation with the Kellett Mid-Career award. Her citation reads that “She has pioneered widely used methods for analyzing …
Faculty awards
Sündüz Keleş wins prestigious Kellett Mid-Career Award
BMI Professor Sündüz Keleş was awarded the prestigious Kellett Mid-Career Award for her research contributions to her field. The award provides $75,000 to be spent over five years. Congratulations to Sündüz for receiving this recognition …
Jiwei Zhao Named 2026 Fellow of the American Statistical Association
Congratulations to Associate Professor Jiwei Zhao for being named a 2026 Fellow of the American Statistical Association! This honor recognizes sustained and significant contributions to statistical sciences. The ASA Fellows Committee may name only ⅓ …
Daifeng Wang awarded H.I. Romnes Faculty Fellowship
Congratulations to Daifeng for receiving an H.I. Romnes Faculty Fellowship, a major campus honor awarded in recognition of Daifeng’s outstanding academic accomplishments. This award includes a $60,000 flexible research fund to support his research efforts. …
Andreas Velten named to 2025 class of Optica Fellows.
Congratulations to Andreas Velten for being selected as one of 121 fellows of the Optica 2025 Fellows Class. The 2025 Optica Fellows Class represents 27 different countries, who will be honored at Optica conferences and …
Kendziorski named Fellow of the Institute of Mathematical Statistics
Congratulations to Professor Christina Kendziorski for being named Fellow of the 2024 class of the Institute of Mathematical Statistics (IMS). Designation as an IMS Fellow is a significant honor, and has been for nearly 90 …
Keles receives 2023 GWIMS Impact Award
Professor Sündüz Keles received the 2023 SMPH Group of Women in Medicine and Science Impact award. The GWIMS Impact Award recognizes substantive impact in academic medicine and science. Professor Keles received the award at the …
Tony Gitter named Jeanne M. Rowe Chair
BMI Associate Professor and Morgridge Investigator Tony Gitter has been named the inaugural recipient of the Jeanne M. Rowe Chair for his contributions to virology research. The John W. and Jeanne M. Rowe Center for …
BMI Affiliate Majid Afshar Inducted as a Fellow of the American Medical Informatics Association
BMI affiliate faculty member and faculty leader for the SMPH Learning Health Systems Initiatives, Majid Afshar, was inducted as a Fellow of the American Medical Informatics Association (AMIA) in May. AMIA launched the Applied Informatics …
Elicieri wins highly cited researcher award for second time
Kevin Elicieri, PhD, BMI affiliate, is one of 11 UW-Madison researchers to win a highly cited researcher award from the Institute for Scientific Information. This is his second appearance on this list. The 2021 award …