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The Colorado School of Public Health is accepting applications and nominations for the position of Chair for the Department of Biostatistics and Informatics. This is a 12-month, tenure-track, Associate/Full Professor appointment with the primary academic appointment held at the University of Colorado Denver’s Anschutz Medical Campus in Aurora, Colo.

Clinical Professor of Biostatistics and Informatics Louis Anthony (“Tony”) Cox, Jr., PhD was named the new Editor-in-Chief for Risk Analysis: An International Journal.

Department of Biostatistics and Informatics Associate Professor Deborah Glueck, PhD and Professor Gary Grunwald, PhD are among the 2013 University of Colorado Denver Graduate School Dean’s Mentoring Award recipients.

Dean Goff announces leadership transition within the Colorado Biostatistical Consortium – Thanking outgoing Director John Kittelson, PhD for his six years of service.

In this week’s edition, Pinnacol Assurance gift to improve worker health and wellness, CDC Names Colorado one of five Food Safety Centers of Excellence, School celebrates news of recent faculty and center accolades, Collaborations in Southwest Colorado to Support Local Public Health, Upcoming GIS Seminar & Workshop: November 1-2, 2012, Alumni News and Notes, and Public Health Matters.

Diane Fairclough, DrPH, MSPH, Professor of Biostatistics was awarded the International Society for Quality of Life Research President’s Award.  This Award recognizes Fairclough’s outstanding lifetime contributions to the advancement of the HRQOL research field and to the ISOQOL organization. With the award Fairclough receives a $1,000 honorarium and travel expenses to attend the 2012 ISOQOL [...]

In this week’s edition, Ringham receives international recognition for research presentation in Kobe, Japan, Carroll and Shimasaki awarded 2012-2013 Hoffman Health Disparities Fellowship, Serdar receives 2012 CPHA award, Research Brief: Effectiveness of low-cost intervention to improve sun protection, Reminder – Upcoming HSMP Seminar, Alumni News and Notes, and Public Health Matters.