Announcements
Announcements

We are pleased to announce the appointment of Enrique Fabian Schisterman, PhD, MA, as Chair of the DBEI effective February 1. Read more.

Arielle Anglin, pictured, was the first of three biostatistics PhD students whose papers won 2021 American Statistical Association prizes. Congrats to her, to Jian Hu and to Sarah Weinstein! Read more.

Registration is now open for our March 24 virtual Research Day! We will feature trainee flash talks and high-impact faculty research, plus a keynote by Sue Curry, PhD, recognized internationally for her expertise in behavioral science and in translation of research findings into health policy. Join us for this informative, interactive event!

Qi Long, PhD, has been named a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. Read more about this news. Read more about Dr. Long.

The DBEI, Abramson Cancer Center and Institute for Biomedical Informatics are pleased to jointly announce the establishment of the Center for Cancer Data Science, under the leadership of Qi Long, PhD. Read more.

We invite all those interested in biostatistics doctoral training to join us on Oct. 15 at 7 pm. for a virtual panel hosted by the Graduate Group in Epidemiology and Biostatistics! To attend "Doctoral Training in Biostatistics: Harnessing Math and Data to Create Knowledge in Medicine and Public Health," register here You will then receive the BlueJeans link for the event.

Graciela Gonzalez Hernandez, MS, PhD, has been invited to join the National Library of Medicine board that reviews the work of Intramural Research Scientist principal investigators and research programs. Her first meeting will be in the spring of 2021. Read more about the NLM advisory committees.

Robert T. Krafty, PhD, an alumnas of our biostatistics program, will assume the role of Chair and Rollins Professor of the Department of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics at the Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University. Dr. Krafty is a nationally recognized biostatistician and was selected following a large national search. Read more.

Rebecca Hubbard, PhD, has been appointed to the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine Committee on Applied and Theoretical Statistics, which advises stakeholders in government, academia, industry and nonprofit organizations on statistics and data science. Read more.

Elizabeth Stuart, PhD, a statistician who develops and uses methodology to better analyze the causal effects of public health and educational interventions, is the first recipient of the DBEI-sponsored Marshall Joffe Epidemiologic Methods Research Award. Read more and hear her remarks.
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