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Yong Chen, PhD, has won the 2021 Titan Award for Methodological Research from Observational Health Data Sciences & Informatics. OHDSI is an international, interdisciplinary collaborative whose network spans more than 600 million patients and more than 2700 researchers. Read more about these awards.
The Perelman School of Medicine invites applications and nominations for the position of Director, Center for Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics. Find more information and apply here.
Spotlights
Biostatistics Alum Arman Oganisian: To Show Healthcare Costs, Make Few Assumptions
Graciela Gonzalez Hernandez, PhD, Associate Professor of Informatics
In the News
September 2021
Measuring blood pressure is hard, and getting it right is critical. Can we do it with a smartwatch? That technology is “not ready for primetime yet,” says Jordana Cohen, MD, MSCE.
September 2021
Some evidence that the protection of the Covid19 vaccine wanes comes from observational studies — and so we must view our inferences critically, says Jeffrey Morris, PhD. In everyday life, participants aren’t randomized to account for different ages, behaviors, etc. We need careful modelling and thorough data “to de-convolve all these things.”
September 2021
A new study showed that older Israelis who received a third dose of a COVID-19 vaccine are much less likely to test positive for SARS-CoV-2 or to develop severe COVID-19 than are those who have had only two shots. Susan Ellenberg, PhD, commented.
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