Biostats Alumna Irina Degtiar Recives 2024 ASA Oustanding Statistical Application Award

Biostats alumna Irina Degtiar, (PhD ’21), currently a Statistician at Mathematica Research,  received the 2024 ASA Outstanding Statistical Application Award for her dissertation paper, Conditional cross-design synthesis estimators for generalizability in Medicaid, along with … Continue reading “Biostats Alumna Irina Degtiar Recives 2024 ASA Oustanding Statistical Application Award”

Dr. Alisa Stephens-Shields receives the 2024 Myrto Lefkopoulou Distinguished Lectureship!

Dr. Stephens-Shields has demonstrated her great capacity as both a methodologic and collaborative biostatistician and as a leader impacting health, statistical education, and inclusion in the field. Dr. Stephens-Shields is currently … Continue reading “Dr. Alisa Stephens-Shields receives the 2024 Myrto Lefkopoulou Distinguished Lectureship!”

Upcoming Career Development Events

Please feel free to share your ideas for this series or contact Dr. Erin Lake.   Joint event with the BDIG (Biostatistics Diversity and Inclusion Group) Dionne PricePresident, American Statistical Association (ASA) and … Continue reading “Upcoming Career Development Events”

Upcoming Career Development Events

Please feel free to share your ideas for this series or contact Dr. Erin Lake. Lunchtime Career Chat with Colloquium Speaker Dr. Stijn VansteelandtThursday April 13, 2023 | 1:00 – 2:00pm | Room 426 RSVP hereSee the … Continue reading “Upcoming Career Development Events”

Super Women: Statisticians and Data Scientists

Check out this cool. new online children’s book: Super Women: Statisticians and Data Scientists which features Biostats’ own Francesca Dominici and alumna Scarlet Bellamy!  The team that created the book is working with the American Statistical … Continue reading “Super Women: Statisticians and Data Scientists”

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”

Stephanie Wu Awarded ASA’s Bryant Scholarship

Congratulations to PhD candidate Stephanie Wu who was awarded the ASA’s Edward C. Bryant Scholarship for an outstanding graduate student in survey statistics at JSM 2022, after being nominated by Dr. … Continue reading “Stephanie Wu Awarded ASA’s Bryant Scholarship”

Bethany Hedt-Gauthier and Isabel Fulcher receive SPAIG Award!

Congratulations to Biostats alums Bethany Hedt-Gauthier, Associate Professor of Global Health and Social Medicine and Associate Professor in the Department of Biostatistics and Isabel Fulcher, Data Fellow at the Harvard Data Science Initiative who recently … Continue reading “Bethany Hedt-Gauthier and Isabel Fulcher receive SPAIG Award!”