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 Mathematical Business 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.
- COLLOQUIUM: Impact of Multidomain Lifestyle Intervention on Frailty through the Lens of Deficit Accumulation in Adults with Type 2 Diabetes MellitusDr. Felicia Simpson, Chair, Associate Professor of Statistics Winston-Salem State UniversityImpact of Multidomain Lifestyle Intervention on Frailty through the Lens of Deficit Accumulation in Adults with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus October 29, 11 AM in the Z. Smith Reynolds (ZSR) Auditorium, Room 404. Background: Type 2 diabetes and obesity increase accumulation of health deficits over […]
- Colloquium: Optimal Dynamic Treatment Rule Estimation and Evaluation with Application to Criminal Justice Interventions in the United StatesDr. Lina Montoya, Assistant ProfessorUniversity of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 22 Oct. 11AM, ZSR Auditorium (Room 404) After collecting trial data, i t may be of interest to understand treatmenteffect heterogeneity, i.e., answer the question: which treatment works best for whom? The optimal dynamic treatment rule (ODTR) framework offers an approach for understanding which […]
- Colloquium: Bayesian nonparametric regression models for insurance claims dataStatistical Sciences ColloquiumDr. Mostafa Shams Teacher-Scholar Postdoctoral FellowWake Forest University Bayesian nonparametric regression models for insurance claims data 8 Oct. 11AM, ZSR Auditorium (Room 404) We often want to model insurance claims as a function of covariates, which leads to a regression problem. Parametric regression models assume all the data points share a common regression […]
- Department of Statistical Sciences Open HouseDEPARTMENT OF STATISTICAL SCIENCES: Educating students to become leaders and advocates for sound statistical reasoning, and improve our society through innovative statistical and interdisciplinary research. VIRTUAL OPEN HOUSE: October 23, 6-8PM (Eastern) IN-PERSON OPEN HOUSE October 30, 6-8PM (Eastern) Hear about our program requirements, offerings, Data Science Certificate, job placement, funding, and more. REGISTER ONLINE: […]
- Colloquium: Information Under the Curve: A Modern Approach to Leveraging Area Under Curves in Survival AnalysisStatistical Sciences ColloquiumDr. Mitchell Paukner, Assistant Professor of Biostatistics Wake Forest University Information Under the Curve: A Modern Approach to Leveraging Area Under Curves in Survival Analysis 24 Sept. — ZSR Auditorium (Room 404) In this talk, I will discuss several different methods I have developed for the analysis of time-to-event data. With the often […]