Distinguished Lecture in Statistics and Biostatistics Thursday, April 13, 2023 at 4:00 PMWake Forest BioTech Place Auditorium Maps: A Statistical View. Spatial statistical analysis builds upon the premise that where something happens can influence what happens, i.e., the location of observations can provide information on […]
Dr. Sean L. Simpson, Department of Biostatistics and Data ScienceWake Forest University School of Medicine Analytical tools for whole-brain networks: fusing statisticsand network science to understand brain function Tuesday, April 4, 11 :00AMLocation: 302 Divinity & Religious Studies Building Brain network analyses have exploded in […]
Congratulations to Assistant Professor of Statistics Sarah Lotspeich. She was awarded the David P. Byar Early Career Award from the Biometrics Section of the American Statistical Association. From the AMSTATNEWS: This year’s David P. Byar Early Career Award goes to Sarah Lotspeich, who did […]
Malindi Whyte, Graduate Student – WFUThursday, February 23; 2:00 PM in Manchester 018Refreshments will be served. Political parties emerge in models for the evolution of opinions among a population when people compromise, that is, change their opinion to the numerical average after a dialogue. In […]
Dr. Tanya Garcia, University Of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, will give our department seminar Thursday, February 23 at 11:00 AM in 302 Divinity & Religious Studies Building. Abstract: To select outcomes for clinical trials testing experimental therapies for Huntington disease, a fatal neurodegenerative disorder, analysts often […]
The Department of Statistical Sciences at Wake Forest University invites applications for two Teacher-Scholar Postdoctoral Fellows in Statistics beginning July 2023. These are one-year positions renewable up to three years total, contingent on satisfactory performance. Teacher-Scholar Postdoctoral Fellows will collaborate actively with one or more […]
Elizabeth MacDonald is the recipient of the Outstanding Undergraduate Student Award for 2022. MacDonald is being recognized for her research, coursework and dedicated service, which includes mentoring of first year students and extensive outreach efforts. Kathryn Boyer is the recipient of the Outstanding Graduate Student […]
Dr. Daniel Beavers received funding from the National Institute on Aging as MPI for the “Exercise and Bisphosphonate Use to Minimize Weight Loss Associated Bone Loss among Older Adults” (BEACON) clinical trial, along with fellow MPI Dr. Kristen Beavers in Health and Exercise Science. BEACON is […]
The Department of Mathematics and Statistics has been restructured into two academic departments effective July 1, 2022. Continuing will be the Department of Mathematics and the Department of Statistical Sciences. Dr. Sarah Raynor will continue as Chair of the Department […]
Emily Huang, assistant professor of math and statistics, whose proposal entitled “Integrating lifecourse approaches, biologic and digital phenotypes in support of heart and lung disease epidemiologic research” has been funded by the National Institutes of Health and Harvard University (President and Fellows of Harvard College).
