Jeff Miller Promoted to Associate Professor

We are extremely pleased to announce that Dr. Jeff Miller has been promoted to Associate Professor of Biostatistics! The goal of Dr. Miller’s research is to develop statistical methods to help understand diseases of aging … Continue reading “Jeff Miller Promoted to Associate Professor”

PhD Student Award Recipients Larry Han and Cathy Xue

    PhD students Larry Han and Cathy Xue won the Munich Re / HSB Student Poster Awards at the New England Statistics Symposium held in Rhode Island this past week. Larry’s poster was titled “Optimal … Continue reading “PhD Student Award Recipients Larry Han and Cathy Xue”

Upcoming Thesis & Dissertation Defenses

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Jeff Miller’s Recognized Publication for Snedecor Award

Assistant Professor Dr. Jeff Miller’s article on “Robust Bayesian inference via coarsening” (Miller and Dunson, 2019) was selected as the recognized publication for the 2021 George W. Snedecor Award, received by Dr. … Continue reading “Jeff Miller’s Recognized Publication for Snedecor Award”

Educational Programs – Leadership Changes

Adapted from March 25th Chair’s Message: As many of you know, Paige Williams has been our Director of Graduate Studies (DGS), overseeing our PhD program since 2015. In that capacity, she has … Continue reading “Educational Programs – Leadership Changes”

Summer Project Presentations – 8/24 & 8/25

Our 2nd year PhD students will be presenting their summer projects on Monday, 8/24 starting at 4pm, with a second group of presentations on Tuesday, 8/25, starting at 2:30pm. Please email Jelena Follweiler for Zoom … Continue reading “Summer Project Presentations – 8/24 & 8/25”

Upcoming CBQG Thesis Defenses

**Contact Geryel Osorio Godoy for Zoom info 5/6/2020 at 3:00 pm Anna Booman Development of a Methodology to Assess Communication Skills in Angelman Syndrome Using Home-Based Video Recordings Thesis advisor: Dr. Wen-Hann … Continue reading “Upcoming CBQG Thesis Defenses”

Jeff Miller Receives PEER Award

Congratulations to Assistant Professor of Biostatistics Jeff Miller, who has received a Prevention and Early Detection for Emerging Researchers (PEER) Award from the Zhu Family Center for Global Cancer Prevention. The … Continue reading “Jeff Miller Receives PEER Award”

Katie Pietrini Joins Department Staff!

Please join us in welcoming the newest member of our staff, Katie Pietrini! Katie’s first day on the administrative team is today, Monday, September 30th.  She will serve as Administrative Assistant for … Continue reading “Katie Pietrini Joins Department Staff!”