Sally C. Morton is an American statistician specializing in comparative effectiveness research. In 2021, Morton joined Arizona State University as executive vice president of Knowledge Enterprise, the administrative subdivision of Arizona State involving university research.[1] Morton is also a professor in the College of Health Solutions and the School of Mathematical Statistical Sciences and holds the Florence Ely Nelson Chair at Arizona State.

Sally C. Morton

Morton was educated at Stanford University and the London School of Economics. Before joining ASU, Morton was dean of the College of Science and professor of statistics at Virginia Tech. Prior to this role, she worked at RTI International, the RAND Corporation and the University of Pittsburgh.[2][3]

Morton was 2009 president of the American Statistical Association (ASA) and 2013 chair of Section U (Statistics) of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS).[4] She is a fellow of the ASA and of the AAAS, and an elected member of the Society for Research Synthesis Methodology and the International Statistical Institute (ISI).[2][3] She won the Founders Award of the American Statistical Association in 2015[5] and is the 2017 winner of the Janet L. Norwood Award.[4] She was elected to the National Academy of Medicine in 2024.[6]

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  1. ^ "Sally C. Morton tabbed to lead ASU's Knowledge Enterprise", KTAR News, November 28, 2020
  2. ^ a b "Sally C. Morton appointed dean of College of Science", Virginia Tech News, March 29, 2016, retrieved 2017-10-14
  3. ^ a b Mackay, Steven (June 29, 2016), "Sally C. Morton named Lay Nam Chang Dean's Chair in the College of Science", Virginia Tech News, retrieved 2017-10-14
  4. ^ a b Rohan, Alicia (August 30, 2017), "Sally C. Morton receives Janet L. Norwood Award for outstanding achievement by a woman in statistical sciences", UAB News, University of Alabama
  5. ^ American Statistical Association Presents Prestigious Founders Award to Pitt Public Health Professor, University of Pittsburgh Schools of the Health Sciences, August 17, 2015
  6. ^ "Dr. Sally C Morton, Ph.D." National Academy of Medicine. Retrieved November 12, 2024.
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