Xihao Li Receives Trans-Omics for Precision Medicine Fellowship

Postdoc and alumna Xihao Li, PhD ’21, has recently been awarded a Trans-Omics for Precision Medicine (TOPMed) Fellowship from the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI), which is a one-year … Continue reading “Xihao Li Receives Trans-Omics for Precision Medicine Fellowship”

Xihao Li ASA Interview

After being a winner in the Student Paper Award Competition for the 2022 ASA Section on Statistics in Genomics and Genetics for his paper “Powerful, scalable and resource-efficient meta-analysis of … Continue reading “Xihao Li ASA Interview”

Postdoc Xihao Li Receives ASA SGG Student Paper Award

Congratulations to Postdoctoral Research Fellow Xihao Li recently participated in a Student Paper Award Competition for the 2022 ASA Section on Statistics in Genomics and Genetics (SGG) and was selected to receive … Continue reading “Postdoc Xihao Li Receives ASA SGG Student Paper Award”

Xihao Li Named Semifinalist for ASHG Trainee Award

Biostatistics PhD Candidate Xihao Li was selected as a semifinalist for the 2020 Charles J. Epstein Trainee Awards for Excellence in Human Genetics Research for the 70th Annual Meeting of the American Society … Continue reading “Xihao Li Named Semifinalist for ASHG Trainee Award”

Biostat Student News

The Department would like to acknowledge Eric Dunipace, Jonathan Larson, and Xihao Li, who will serve as instructors for the Summer Preparatory Program during the month of August for new students. These three instructors were selected based … Continue reading “Biostat Student News”

New Interactive Site for Visualizing COVID-19’s Rt

Professor Xihong Lin and her team of students and postdocs have recently launched a new website where interactive maps help to visualize COVID-19’s Effective Reproduction Number (Rt) in real time throughout the world, at various resolutions from country level … Continue reading “New Interactive Site for Visualizing COVID-19’s Rt”

Teaching Assistant Awardees!

Teaching assistants play a critical role in the educational efforts of the department. Outstanding TAs who exceed our expectations are recognized with a Certificate of Distinction in Teaching. Before nominating TAs for this honor, instructors … Continue reading “Teaching Assistant Awardees!”

Award Winners

Each year, awards are presented to graduating students, faculty, and staff at the Commencement Eve Celebration. A big congratulations to the following members of the Department who received awards this year! … Continue reading “Award Winners”