Departmental News

The 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 […]

Dr. 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, […]

The Importance of Statistical Thinking in an AI-augmented World Dr. Bhramar Mukherjee, Yale School of Public Health When: Monday, Apr 14, 2025 at 4pm (light reception to follow in the atrium) Location: Wake Forest Biotech Place, 575 Patterson Ave, Winston-Salem (View map) Abstract: In this presentation, I will first delve into the obvious: AI […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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, […]

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.

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 […]