Xihong Lin Receives Jerome Sacks Award at JSM

Congratulations to Professor Xihong Lin, who was named the 2022 recipient of the Jerome Sacks Award for Cross-Disciplinary Research! The NISS Board of Trustees established the award in 2000 to honor Sacks’ service as the founding … Continue reading “Xihong Lin Receives Jerome Sacks Award at JSM”

Xihong Lin to Present Distinguished Lectureship in Statistical Science

Congratulations to Professor Xihong Lin, who has been awarded the prestigious Distinguished Lectureship in Statistical Science (DLSS) from the Ontario Regional Centre of the Canadian Statistical Sciences Institute (CANSSI). The lecture consists of one general … Continue reading “Xihong Lin to Present Distinguished Lectureship in Statistical Science”

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”

Xihong Lin to Receive Zelen Award and Deliver Lecture – 5/5

Described by colleagues as “a force of nature”, “a major star”, and “one of the most influential statistical scientists of our time”, Dr. Xihong Lin has distinguished herself as a world leader … Continue reading “Xihong Lin to Receive Zelen Award and Deliver Lecture – 5/5”

Zelen Award & Lecture w. Xihong Lin – 5/5

Please join us as we honor our 2022 Marvin Zelen Leadership Award in Statistical Science recipient, Dr. Xihong Lin. Dr. Lin will present a lecture on “Lessons Learned from the … Continue reading “Zelen Award & Lecture w. Xihong Lin – 5/5”

PhD Student Tony Chen Receives NSF Fellowship

Congratulations to PhD student Tony Chen who was recently awarded an NSF fellowship! The National Science Foundation (NSF) Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP) provides 3 years of funding for graduate school … Continue reading “PhD Student Tony Chen Receives NSF Fellowship”

Xihong Lin Named Recipient of the Prestigious Marvin Zelen Leadership Award in Statistical Science

We are extremely pleased to announce that internationally renowned biostatistician Dr. Xihong Lin, Professor of Biostatistics and Coordinating Director of the Program in Quantitative Genomics at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of … Continue reading “Xihong Lin Named Recipient of the Prestigious Marvin Zelen Leadership Award in Statistical Science”

Andy Shi’s Successful Defense!

Congratulations to Dr. Andy Shi who successfully defended his dissertation on Methods for Multiple Phenotype – Multiple Genotype Testing and for COVID-19 Spread Modeling!Dissertation Committee: Xihong Lin, Rajarshi Mukherjee, Peter Kraft

Andy Shi Dissertation Defense – 11/2

Andy Shi Dissertation Defense “Methods for Multiple Phenotype – Multiple Genotype Testing and for COVID-19 Spread Modeling” Dissertation Committee: Xihong Lin, Rajarshi Mukherjee, Peter Kraft Tuesday, November 2, 2021 11:00 … Continue reading “Andy Shi Dissertation Defense – 11/2”