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 […]
Teaching 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 […]
Join 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 […]
Dr. 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 […]
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 […]
Dr. Ana Maria Ortega-Villa will be presenting at 11 AM in the Z. Smith Reynolds (ZSR) Auditorium, Room 404. Dr. Ana M. Ortega-Villa joined the Biostatistics Research Branch (BRB) in 2018 and serves as a mathematical statistician. Prior to joining the BRB, Dr. Ortega-Villa obtained […]
Dr. 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 […]
Dr. 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 […]
Statistical 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 […]
Statistical 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 […]