Palmer College of Chiropractic is proud to announce that Cynthia Long, M.S., Ph.D., professor and dean of research, is one of only three individuals to earn this year’s Founders Award from the American Statistical Association (ASA), the world’s largest community of statisticians and data scientists. This is ASA’s highest award. It recognizes members for their exceptional service and leadership within the ASA. The contributions of honorees have had significant impact on the ASA beyond the tenure of their leadership roles.
The American Statistical Association grants the esteemed Founders Award to individuals for demonstrating exceptional dedication to advancing the mission of the association.
Dr. Long holds an M.S. in statistics, a Ph.D. in biostatistics, is an accredited professional statistician and an ASA Fellow. She is the director of the Office of Data Management & Biostatistics at the Palmer Center for Chiropractic Research. She has been the principal investigator, co-investigator, director of the clinical trial/data coordinating center, or primary mentor on 30 federal research grant awards and published more than 120 peer-reviewed research articles. In 2023, she was recognized as the top collaborator and author of research on manual therapy for low back pain. She has chaired or been a member of more than 75 NIH panels reviewing grant applications, serves on the editorial boards of several journals, sits on the Research Advisory Board of the NIH-funded RAND Research Across Complementary and Integrative Health Institutions (REACH) Center, and is a research affiliate of the Osher Center for Integrative Health at Harvard Medical School and Brigham & Women’s Hospital. She is also co-director of the Inter-Institutional Network for Chiropractic Research with investigators at Yale University and the Osher Center. Dr. Long was an officer in three different ASA sections and was elected to serve a three-year term on the ASA Board of Directors.
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