Fan Li, PhD, assistant professor of biostatistics at Yale School of Public Health and member of IMPACT’s Design and Statistics Core, has been selected as a recipient of the 2026 Association of Schools & Programs of Public Health Early Career Research Excellence Award in recognition of his outstanding contributions as an early-career investigator.

Dr. Li is the first biostatistician to receive this distinction which acknowledges exceptional impact and leadership in the field of public health.  The award is in appreciation of his leadership and work enhancing the reliability and applicability of evidence used in population health research.

A new guidance document from IMPACT’s Design and Statistics Core describes essential considerations for using dyadic data and analysis in research with people living with dementia and their care partners.

The guidance document by Katie Newkirk, PhD, and Joan Monin, PhD, MS, defines dyadic data, how it differs from proxy data, and the information that can be gained by collecting and analyzing dyadic data compared to proxy data when conducting research that includes people living with dementia and care partners.

View the document here.