Opening Doors to Scientific Careers for Economically Challenged Students: I am the PI of this 1 million STEM scholarship grant, which will provide qualified students with comprehensive, evidence-based supportive services with the goal of setting them up for success in STEM career. HPU anticipates that the project will lead to numerous broader outcomes that will positively influence society by contributing to a national pool of highly competent, qualified, and diverse job candidates in S-STEM fields. .

SAS named three regional winners of the Distinguished SAS Educator Award. This award recognizes an educator who has made significant contributions to advancing analytics education and preparing students for careers in analytics and data science. I am the winner in the American continent (Americas).

The awards for scholarly achievement are given to faculty members on extended contracts—one whose primary assignment is teaching graduate courses, and one whose primary assignment is teaching undergraduate course—who value and promote scholarship through discovery, integration, or application, and actively support dissemination of that work through presentations and publications.

Azusa Pacific University’s Scholarly Undergraduate Research Experience (SURE) Award funds competitive research grant proposals written by undergraduates to work under the guidance of full-time faculty-mentors.

S. Pamela K. Shiao, James Grayson, Chong Ho Yu, Brandi Wasek, Teodoro Bottiglieri. Gene Environment Interactions and Predictors of Colorectal Cancer in Family-Based, Multi-Ethnic Groups. J. Pers. Med. 2018, 8, 10.

Best paper award in the category of big data analytics and data science, the Western Users of SAS Software Conference, Long beach, California, USA. The paper was coauthored with my studemts: Hyun Seo Lee, Siyan Gan, and Emily Brown

Awarded by the Western Users of SAS Software Conference to a scholar who has made significant contributions to research and teaching using SAS software.

Awarded by SAS Institute to a scholar who has made significant contributions to research and teaching using SAS software.

Awarded by SAS Institute to a scholar who has made significant contributions to research and teaching using SAS software.

First Prize of Poster Contest at the 34th Southern Chapter of American Statistical Association Annual Applied Statistics Meeting. The paper was coauthored with Dr. Anna Lee.

Awarded by Capella University for my consulting service that made significant contributions to learner success.

Awarded by Graduate College, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ for mentoring doctoral students.

Awarded by Mirror Publication in recognition of my article that offers insights into the Chinese culture.

Awarded by the University of Oklahoma, OK for my significant contributions to research in cross cultural research

Awarded by Hamline University, MN for my leadership in the international student community