The DBEI distinctively brings together expertise in biostatistics, epidemiology and informatics, to advance population-health science.
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The Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania invites applications for the position of Chair of the DBEI. The DBEI is an international leader in biostatistics, epidemiology and informatics; its faculty collaborates with biomedical researchers throughout the University. Learn more about the position.
The Philadelphia Chapter of the American Statistical Association—the world’s largest community of statisticians—has honored Hongzhe Li, PhD, with its Award for Reseach Excellence. Read more about Dr. Li.
Spotlights
Biostatistics Student Arman Oganisian: To Show Healthcare Costs, Make Few Assumptions
Graciela Gonzalez Hernandez, PhD, Associate Professor of Informatics
In the News
March 2020
We believe that as many as one million Americans will need the support of ventilators —five times the number we have, writes critical care physician Meghan Brooks Lane-Fall, MD, MSHP, FCCM. However, there are at least three steps we can take to give everyone who falls victim to COVID-19 the best chance.
March 2020
On WITF public radio, Susan Ellenberg, PhD, commented about the pressure on current clinical trials for COVID-19 therapeutics. “It’s not so different from the way it was years ago, when I was at the NIH during the early days of the AIDS epidemic,” she says. Hear the segment starting at minute 23:50.
March 2020
President Trump has argued for widespread use of some promising drugs for COVID-19: “What have you got to lose?” Patients treated with drugs that haven’t been adequately studied have plenty to lose, writes Susan Ellenberg, PhD, in Slate.
About Us
To understand health and disease today, we need new thinking and novel science —the kind we create when multiple disciplines work together from the ground up. That is why this department has put forward a bold vision in population-health science: a single academic home for biostatistics, epidemiology and informatics. MORE
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