- Campus Calling: Exploring Fulfilling (Bio-)Statistics Careers in Academia,
Join us next Tuesday, January 21 for an exciting panel of invited speakers entitled “Campus Calling: Exploring Fulfilling (Bio-)Statistics Careers in Academia,” highlighting the many unique and fulfilling paths that exist for (bio-)statisticians within university settings. If you’re thinking about getting a PhD or becoming faculty, this panel is for you! We will have three […]
- Department of Statistical Sciences Open House
DEPARTMENT 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: […]
- Students Share Summer Experiences
Our students have been busy this summer! A few of them were kind enough to share some highlights from their summer experiences. Bukola Emi-Johnson (MS Student in Statistics) 💼 This summer, Bukola worked for Syngenta, one of the world’s leading agricultural companies, as an IT and Digital Intern. 🚜 Bukola created an innovative data dashboard […]
- Graduating Seniors featured in the Old Gold & Black
Applied Statistics: Abby Draeger In addition to completing her major in applied statistics, Draeger also completed a minor in computer science and mathematics. When about how she managed to complete such an ambitious workload, she smiled.
Full article. Statistics: Hanna Vaidya Determined to pursue statistics, Hanna Vaidya chose Wake Forest for its relatively new statistics […]
- As we enter the last week of the semester, we’re celebrating our soon-to-be Masters graduates! Check some of them out!
- Distinguished Lecture in Statistics & Biostatistics
Education, Collaboration, Leadership: It’s What We Do Leslie McClure, PhDDean, College for Public Health and Social Justice, St Louis UniversityBiotech Auditorium Room 151; Tuesday, April 16th 4:00pm The Merriam-Webster Dictionary defines a statistician as: “one versed in or engaged in compiling statistics.” However, the role of a statistician is much, much more. In this talk, […]
- Congratulations to Grad Students Mullan and Wiles
Ashley Mullan has been selected by the Department of Statistical Sciences as the recipient of the Graduate Student Award for Outstanding Scholarship in the Statistical Sciences for 2024. Melita Wiles has been selected by the Department of Statistical Sciences as the recipient of the 2024 Department of Statistical Sciences Distinguished Teaching Assistant Award.
- Lotspeich receives project funding
Dr. Sarah Lotspeich was selected as a recipient of a Wake Forest Intercampus Collaborative Grant with Dr. Joe Rigdon (in Biostatistics at Wake) entitled “Overcoming Data Challenges to Estimate Whole Person Health in the Academic Learning Health System”. This Grant is a new initiative to foster interdisciplinary collaborations across our campus that spark long-term projects that can […]
- The Department of Statistical Sciences at Wake Forest University invites applications for two tenure-track Assistant Professor positions
The Department of Statistical Sciences at Wake Forest University invites applications for two tenure-track Assistant Professor positions to begin July 1, 2024. We welcome applications from all areas within Statistics, Biostatistics, and Data Science. We seek faculty with a commitment to excellence in both teaching and research, a desire to mentor both undergraduate and graduate […]
- Statistical Sciences celebrates faculty,student national award winners
Three faculty members and one graduate student from the Department of Statistical Sciences have won several highly competitive awards at the American Statistical Association’s Annual Meeting in August. Dr. Lucy D’Agostino McGowan, Assistant Professor of Statistical Sciences, has been awarded the 2023 Teaching Statistics in the Health Sciences Young Investigator Award. Dr. Staci Hepler, Associate […]
