Nicholas Horton receives the 2023 Mosteller Award!

Biostatistic alum Nicholas J. Horton, currently the Beitzel Professor in Technology and Society (Statistics and Data Science) at Amherst College, has been selected as the recipient of the 2023 Mosteller Statistician … Continue reading “Nicholas Horton receives the 2023 Mosteller Award!”

Upcoming Career Development Events

Please feel free to share your ideas for this series or contact Dr. Erin Lake. Note: All members of the department may connect with the Department of Biostatistics/Alumnae section of the LinkedIn network, and utilize the … Continue reading “Upcoming Career Development Events”

Career Development Series – Upcoming Events

Please feel free to share your ideas for this series or contact Dr. Erin Lake. Lunchtime Career Chat with Colloquium Speakers Dr. Fernanda Viegas and Dr. Martin Wattenberg Thursday Feb 9, 2023 | 1:00 – … Continue reading “Career Development Series – Upcoming Events”

Career Development Series – Upcoming Events

Welcome to the 2023 Spring Career Development Series! Please feel free to share your ideas for this series or contact Dr. Erin Lake. Visit with department alumna Irina Degtiar, PhD ’21, Statistician at … Continue reading “Career Development Series – Upcoming Events”

PhD Student Jemar Bather Publishes 3rd Paper in Series Related to Increasing Diversity in the Public Health Research Workforce

Congratulations to doctoral student Jemar Bather on publishing his paper, “Racial and Ethnic Composition of Students, Graduates, and Faculty in Environmental Health Sciences, 2011 to 2021”, which was an invited paper … Continue reading “PhD Student Jemar Bather Publishes 3rd Paper in Series Related to Increasing Diversity in the Public Health Research Workforce”

Scarlett Bellamy Named New Chair of BU Biostats

Congratulations to alumna and department adjunct professor, Scarlett Bellamy, ScD ’01, who has just been named the new Chair of the Department of Biostatistics at Boston University!Per BU press release:Dr. Bellamy … Continue reading “Scarlett Bellamy Named New Chair of BU Biostats”

Alumnus Miguel Marino Elected to the National Academy of Medicine

Congratulations to alumnus Miguel Marino, PhD ’11, who is Associate Professor in the Departments of Family Medicine and Biostatistics at Oregon Health and Science University, for being elected to the National Academy … Continue reading “Alumnus Miguel Marino Elected to the National Academy of Medicine”

The Lagakos Distinguished Alumni Award w. Dr. Andrea Foulkes

The Department was honored to host alumna Dr. Andrea Foulkes, ScD ’00, as she presented this year’s Lagakos Distinguished Alumni Award lecture last week on “Biostatistics and Infectious Disease Research: … Continue reading “The Lagakos Distinguished Alumni Award w. Dr. Andrea Foulkes”

Sihai Dave Zhao appointed Director of Computational Genomics at IGB

Congratulations to alumnus Sihai Dave Zhao, PhD ’12, an associate professor of statistics, who has been appointed the Director of Computational Genomics at the Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology.Zhao … Continue reading “Sihai Dave Zhao appointed Director of Computational Genomics at IGB”