Department of Biostatistics

Category: Faculty News

Unsung Women’s Project Features Heather Mattie

Our own Dr. Heather Mattie, Instructor of Data Science and Executive Director of the Health Data Science Masters Program, was recently interviewed for She Geeks Out’s Unsung Women’s Project highlighting amazing women … Continue reading “Unsung Women’s Project Features Heather Mattie”

Upcoming Career Development Events

Thursday February 21 1-2pm | Room 426 Lunch provided RSVP now! Lunchtime Career Chat with CBAR! (Center for Biostatistics and AIDS Research) Join department alumni Ritesh Ramchandani, Carly Broadwell, Ashley McKhann … Continue reading “Upcoming Career Development Events”

Student Paper Award Winners

Doctoral student Xiao Wu has been named a winner of a 2019 Student Paper Award, from the ASA Section on Statistics and the Environment, for a paper entitled “Matching on … Continue reading “Student Paper Award Winners”

Zack McCaw Receives ASA Student Paper Award

Doctoral student Zachary McCaw has received a 2019 Distinguished Student Paper Award, from the ASA Section on Statistics in Genomics and Genetics, for a paper entitled “Cross-tissue eQTL Calling via … Continue reading “Zack McCaw Receives ASA Student Paper Award”

Pete Kraft Named Co-Director CBGQ MS Program

Professor Pete Kraft has agreed to serve as Co-Director of the Computational Biology and Quantitative Genetics (CBQG) Master’s Program along with current Program Director and Department Chair, John Quackenbush. Pete … Continue reading “Pete Kraft Named Co-Director CBGQ MS Program”