Department of Biostatistics

Tag: Christoph Lange

Update from The Biostats Equity, Diversity, Inclusion, and Belonging (EDIB) Committee

The Biostats Equity, Diversity, Inclusion, and Belonging (EDIB) Committee is committed to fostering an inclusive environment within the Department of Biostatistics. The committee actively promotes EDIB by examining departmental culture … Continue reading “Update from The Biostats Equity, Diversity, Inclusion, and Belonging (EDIB) Committee”

Upcoming Thesis Defenses

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Researchers Accurately Flag More Deadly SARS-CoV-2 Variant

Professor Christoph Lange and Research Associate Georg Hahn are part of a team leading important research in the fight against COVID-19 by using methodology from genome-wide association studies (GWAS) to identify a mutation in … Continue reading “Researchers Accurately Flag More Deadly SARS-CoV-2 Variant”

Upcoming Thesis & Dissertation Defenses

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Nan Laird to Give the 25th Distinguished Statistician Colloquium

The Department of Statistics at the University of Connecticut will host the 25th Distinguished Statistician Colloquium. The purpose of the Colloquium is to provide a forum for a distinguished statistician … Continue reading “Nan Laird to Give the 25th Distinguished Statistician Colloquium”

COVID-19 Strain in Beijing Outbreak May Have Come from Southeast Asia

Research Associate Georg Hahn and Professor Christoph Lange are part of a team of researchers performing genomic analysis of COVID-19, with their latest work being published on the preprint website medRxiv.org. Via Reuters 7.2.20 A strain of COVID-19 … Continue reading “COVID-19 Strain in Beijing Outbreak May Have Come from Southeast Asia”

Upcoming Dissertation Defenses

**Contact Jelena Follweiler for Zoom info 5/4/2020 at 12:30 pm Lee Kennedy-Shaffer Statistical Methods for the Design and Analysis of Infectious Disease Studies Advisor: Michael Hughes Dissertation Committee Members: Marc Lipsitch (EPI), Victor … Continue reading “Upcoming Dissertation Defenses”