Welcome to the
Department of Statistical Sciences
at Wake Forest University
Mission Statement: The mission of the Department of Statistical Sciences is to educate students to become leaders and advocates for sound statistical reasoning, and to improve our society through innovative statistical and interdisciplinary research. To succeed in this mission, the Department will:
- Offer a premier undergraduate educational experience to Statistics, Applied Statistics and Decision Analytics majors, preparing each for successful careers as well as further graduate study.
- Offer a personalized Master’s program in Statistics, creating pathways into the field and opportunities for mentored research.
- Contribute to the advancement of the statistical sciences through peer-reviewed research and scientific collaborations across disciplines.
- Support the wider Wake Forest community with high quality general statistics education offerings.
- Dr. Lotspeich receives Dionne Price Early Career PIONEER Award in BiostatisticsThe ENAR Dionne Price Early Career PIONEER Award in Biostatistics is established to honor the legacy of Dr. Dionne L. Price, a pioneering statistician, a steadfast champion and dedicated member of ENAR and the first African American president of the American Statistical Association. This award recognizes early-career professionals, who have demonstrated exceptional innovation in […]
- Colloquium: The Value of Information in Model-Assisted DecisionsJoin us Tuesday, November 11 for our next invited speaker of the semester! Dr. Jessica Hullman will be presenting at 11 AM in the Z. Smith Reynolds (ZSR) Auditorium, Room 404 (details below). Jessica Hullman is Ginni Rometty Professor of Computer Science and a Faculty Fellow at the Institute for Policy Research at Northwestern University. Her research develops theoretical […]
- Colloquium: Power and Sample Size Calculations for Causal Inference with Observational DataJoin us Tuesday, October 28 for our next invited speaker of the semester! Dr. Fan Li will be presenting at 11 AM in the Z. Smith Reynolds (ZSR) Auditorium, Room 404. Fan Li is a Professor at the Department of Statistical Science with a secondary appointment at the Department of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics at Duke […]
- Colloquium: Causal Inference in Infectious Disease Prevention StudiesJoin us Tuesday, September 30 for our next invited speaker of the semester! Dr. Michael Hudgens will be presenting at 11 AM in the Z. Smith Reynolds (ZSR) Auditorium, Room 404. Dr. Michael Hudgens is a professor and chair of the Department of Biostatistics at UNC-Chapel Hill. He also serves as the director of the Biostatistics […]
- Congratulations Dr. LotspeichDr. Sarah Lotspeich has been selected to participate in the StatsForward Fellowship program. The StatsForward Fellowship program is an American Statistical Association (ASA) initiative for early-career statisticians and data scientists, providing mentoring, coaching, community building, leadership development, and “just-in-time” career support. The program aims to help these professionals grow, connect, and lead within the field, […]