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: Bayesian Learning of Clinically Meaningful Sepsis PhenotypesDr. Herring’s talk is entitled “Bayesian Learning of Clinically Meaningful Sepsis Phenotypes” presented next Tuesday, April 1 at 11 AM in Divinity 202 Abstract: Sepsis is a life-threatening condition caused by a dysregulated host response to infection. Recently, researchers have hypothesized that sepsis consists of a heterogeneous spectrum of distinct subtypes, motivating several studies to identify clusters of […]
- Colloquium: What can a bloom date tell us about climate change?Dr. Jonathan Auerbach will present his talk “What can a bloom date tell us about climate change?” virtually at 11AM on Zoom on March 18, 2025. Abstract: The law of the flowering plants states that a plant blooms after being exposed to a predetermined quantity of heat. The law is among the oldest statistical discoveries […]
- Colloquium: Teaching Measurement Error Models in Introductory Biostatistics Courses to Develop Statistical ThinkingTeaching Measurement Error Models in Introductory Biostatistics Courses to Develop Statistical ThinkingAnarina Murillo, PhD, Assistant Professor of Biostatistics, Brown University Tuesday, March 4, 2025, at 11 AM in the ZSR Auditorium Abstract: Introductory biostatistics courses are essential for teaching statistical thinking and data literacy. A problem-first approach allows students to draw connections in statistics and […]
- Colloquium: Statistical considerations in assessing prescribing practices: an application to the child welfare systemJoin us next Tuesday, February 25 for our next invited speaker of the semester! Dr. Rameela Raman will be presenting virtually at 11 AM through Zoom. Dr. Rameela Raman is an Associate professor of Biostatistics and Nursing at the Vanderbilt University School of Medicine. She received her Ph.D. in Biostatistics from the State University of New York at Buffalo in […]
- Colloquium: Distributed Bayesian Inference for Big Survival DataDr. Ray Bai will be presenting at 11 AM in the Z. Smith Reynolds (ZSR) Auditorium, Room 404. Dr. Ray Bai is an Assistant Professor of Statistics at the University of South Carolina. He earned his PhD in Statistics from the University of Florida in 2018 under the supervision of Dr. Malay Ghosh. He then completed a two-year […]