Stephanie Hicks, an associate professor of biomedical engineering and biostatistics at Johns Hopkins University, has been named a fellow of the American Statistical Association (ASA), the largest community of statisticians in the world.
Hicks is among the 46 scientists, engineers, and innovators elected as 2025 fellows in recognition of their professional contributions, leadership, and commitment to the field of statistics. One of the highest honors in the statistics profession, designation as a fellow is limited to one-third of one percent of the association’s membership each year.
“I am very excited to be chosen as an ASA fellow,” said Hicks. “Knowing that my efforts have made an impact motivates me to continue to push my field forward. I’m grateful for my amazing collaborators and the support of my community that has gotten me here.”
Hicks’ research focuses on computational challenges in single-cell genomics, epigenomics, and spatial transcriptomics. The goal of her research is to better understand human health and disease; specifically, she develops computational methods using statistics and machine learning and implements these methods in open-source software for the analysis of biomedical data.
She is a co-host of the The Corresponding Author podcast, member of the editorial board for Genome Biology, an associate editor for reproducibility at the Journal of the American Statistical Association, and co-founder of R-Ladies Baltimore.
Prior to joining the faculty at Johns Hopkins in 2018, Hicks was a postdoctoral researcher at Harvard University. She earned master’s and doctoral degrees in statistics at Rice University in 2012 and 2013, respectively, and a bachelor’s degree at Louisiana State University in 2007.
The ASA fellows induction ceremony will be held during the 2025 Joint Statistical Meetings in Nashville, Aug 2–7. Founded in 1839, the American Statistical Association serves members in more than 90 countries, advancing research, science, and technology; promoting sound statistical practice; informing public policy; and contributing to a world in which decisions are data-driven. For more information about the ASA Fellow Award and the American Statistical Association, visit their website.