Nancy Temkin

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Nancy R. Temkin is an American statistician who works on the biostatistics of traumatic brain injury.{{r|uwonline}} She is a professor of neurological surgery and biostatistics at the University of Washington,{{r|profile}} and serves on the National Research Council Committee on Sports-Related Concussions in Youth.{{r|extensive|srcy}}

Temkin earned bachelor's and master's degrees in mathematics and statistics, respectively, from the University of Connecticut in 1970 and 1971. She completed her PhD in 1976 from the University at Buffalo.{{r|profile}}

She is a fellow of the American Statistical Association{{r|srcy}} and a recipient of the Distinguished Service Award of the American Epilepsy Society.{{r|srcy|aes}}

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{{citation|url=https://www.aesnet.org/research/research_awards/epilepsy_research_recog_awards/past_award_winners|title=AES Distinguished Service Awardees|work=Epilepsy Research and Recognition Awardees|publisher=American Epilepsy Society|accessdate=2017-10-19|date=2013-12-04}}

{{citation|url=http://www8.nationalacademies.org/onpinews/newsitem.aspx?RecordID=18377|title=Extensive Study on Concussions in Youth Sports Finds 'Culture of Resistance' for Self-Reporting Injury; Not Enough Evidence to Support Claim That Helmets Reduce Concussion Risk|date=October 30, 2013|publisher=US National Academies|accessdate=2017-10-19}}

{{citation|url=http://sph.washington.edu/faculty/fac_bio.asp?url_ID=Temkin_Nancy|title=Nancy Temkin|publisher=University of Washington School of Public Health|work=Faculty|accessdate=2017-10-19}}

{{citation|page=2037|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DBafAwAAQBAJ&pg=PA2037|title=Sports-Related Concussions in Youth: Improving the Science, Changing the Culture|author=National Research Council, Institute of Medicine, Board on Children, Youth, and Families, Committee on Sports-Related Concussions in Youth|publisher=National Academies Press|year=2014|isbn=9780309288033}}

{{citation|url=http://depts.washington.edu/mednews/profiles/temkin.html|title=Surgeon Nancy Temkin: Traumatic brain injuries; Finding ways to reduce the damage|publisher=University of Washington|accessdate=2017-10-19}}

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