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 […]
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, […]
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 […]
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 […]
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, […]