Doctoral student Joey Antonelli (PhD ’15) won a 2015 ENAR student paper award for his paper “Mitigating Bias in Generalized Linear Mixed Models: The Case for Bayesian Nonparametrics”, written jointly … Continue reading “Student and Postdoc Awards 2015”
Former Chair and Adjunct Professor Louise Ryan (PhD ’83) received the Centennial Medal in May, presented by the Harvard University’s Graduate School of Arts and Sciences (GSAS) to its alumni … Continue reading “Alumni Achievements 2015”
Professor Franziska Michor won a 2015 Vilcek Prize for Creative Promise in Biomedical Science. Michor was chosen for her research that fuses evolutionary biology, mathematics, and clinical research toward a … Continue reading “Faculty Awards in 2015”
Henry Pickering Walcott Professor of Biostatistics and Chair, Xihong Lin, was recently asked, “What can biostatisticians do today that they couldn’t do 10 years ago?” Thanks to whole-genome sequencing, Xihong … Continue reading “Off the Cuff with Xihong Lin”
Paige Williams, Senior Lecturer on Biostatistics, was recently interviewed for the School’s “The Big 3” series to discuss her upcoming article on the health and development of children whose HIV-infected … Continue reading “An Interview with Paige Williams”
Victor De Gruttola will be leading the next Career Development Series session tomorrow from 12-1:30 PM in the Biostatistics Conference Room. During this interactive session, Victor will reflect on his involvement … Continue reading “Career Development Series”
The annual Marvin Zelen Leadership Award in Statistical Science, supported by colleagues, friends and family, was established to honor Dr. Marvin Zelen’s long and distinguished career as a statistician and his major role … Continue reading “Marvin Zelen Award Nominations Due 12/18”
Just before Thanksgiving, doctoral candidate Heather Mattie gave a talk entitled “Biostatistics: Using Numbers to Improve Health and Help Communities Thrive” at the American Indian Science and Engineering Society (AISES) conference … Continue reading “AISES Conference”
As part of our Department Colloquium Series, Michael G. Hudgens from the Department of Biostatistics at the University of North Carolina will be our speaker on December 10, 2015. Dr. Hudgens will … Continue reading “Colloquium Speaker”
The Departments of Biostatistics and Statistics are pleased to announce the first year of joint seminars between the two departments to encourage collaboration and networking, as well as a greater … Continue reading “Biostats/Stats Joint Seminar”
