It will be one year this week since the passing of James H. Ware, the Frederick Mosteller Professor of Biostatistics and Associate Dean for Clinical and Translational Science, who passed away … Continue reading “Remembering Jim Ware – 1 Year Later”
As of July 1, 2017, our own Natalie Exner Dean will fill a tenure-track assistant professorship in the Department of Biostatistics at the University of Florida in Gainesville. This will allow her to … Continue reading “Natalie Exner Dean: New Position”
Meet the Pfizer Panelists Monday, April 24, 3:30-5:00pm, Bldg 2, Rm 426 Please join Department of Biostatistics alumni Jared Christensen, PhD ’04, Florence Yong, PhD ’15, Melissa Naylor, MD, PhD ’08, all now statisticians with … Continue reading “Career Development: Upcoming Events”
Ryan Sun Dissertation Defense Tuesday, April 18, 2017, 10:00 AM, Kresge 502 Ryan will present his dissertation on “Methods for High-Dimensional Inference in Genetic Association Studies”. His committee is chaired by Dr. Xihong … Continue reading “Upcoming Defense Schedule”
Alumna Scarlett Bellamy, ScD ’01, will deliver the 2017 Yerby Diversity Lecture in Public Health on “Embracing the Role of ‘Statistician’ in the age of Big Data and Data Science.” Wednesday, April … Continue reading “Alumna Scarlett Bellamy Visits School – 4/19”
Ordinarily, the lectureship is given to a statistician who has earned a doctorate in the last fifteen years. The lecture is presented to a general scientific audience as the first … Continue reading “Myrto Lefkopoulou Distinguished Lectureship”
While the occurrence, severity, and geographic extent of droughts are anticipated to increase under climate change, the health consequences of drought conditions are unknown. Professor Francesca Dominici recently took part … Continue reading “Drought and the Risk of Hospital Admissions”
You are cordially invited to attend the 15th annual Jonathan Freeman Symposium on Infectious Disease Epidemiology, an afternoon of talks and poster presentations by faculty, research fellows, students, and postdocs … Continue reading “Freeman Symposium on Infectious Disease”
Public Speaking Workshop Tuesday, April 18, 3:30-4:30pm, Bldg 2, Rm 426 These workshops provide a space for the students to come together and practice both by getting up in front of … Continue reading “Career Development: Upcoming Events”
We are extremely proud to announce that Rafael Irizarry has been chosen as the laureate of the 2017 Benjamin Franklin Award in the Life Sciences! Dr. Irizarry will receive the award … Continue reading “Rafael Irizarry Wins 2017 Ben Franklin Award”
