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Announcements
Congratulations to all of our biostatistics and epidemiology grads! View our photo of those who walked in the ceremony, with biostatistics faculty and Perelman School of Medicine leadership.
Three faculty members in the Biostatistics Division have been named fellows of the American Statistical Association (ASA). the field’s largest and most prestigious professional organization in the United States. Nandita Mitra, PhD (pictured), Rebecca Hubbard, PhD and Jinbo Chen, PhD, kicked off a banner season that also has seen four of our biostatisticians elected as ASA officers. Read more about the new ASA fellows.
Spotlights
Biostatistics Student Arman Oganisian: To Show Healthcare Costs, Make Few Assumptions
Graciela Gonzalez Hernandez, PhD, Associate Professor of Informatics
In the News
July 2019
President Trump recently signed an executive order aimed at improving the care of kidney patients. In an interview on Weekend Edition, Nwamaka D. Eneanya, MD, MPH, commented on that a goal of having 80% of patients with end-stage kidney disease use home dialysis or receive a transplant would be a monumental change.
July 2019
Why are bed bugs on the rise in cities like Philadelphia, and what dangers do they pose? Michael Z. Levy, PhD, comments as part of this live National Public Radio show.
June 2019
For years, we have questioned whether risks are higher for patients whose blood pressure seems to spike only at the doctor's office. A new study led by Jordana Cohen, MD, MSCE, says the answer is emphatically yes.
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