This year, at the 2025 Joint Statistical Meeting, Dr. David B. Dahl was granted the ASA Fellow Award for groundbreaking work in random partition models and Bayesian nonparametic modeling, substantive contributions to statistical computing, new statistical methods in computational biology, and service to the profession.

The Fellow of the American Statistical Association is a distinction that is awarded to only 0.3% of the ASA membership each year and is given to those who "have an established reputation and have made outstanding contributions to statistical science." Dr. Perrett is only the 8th Fellow from the State of Utah.