Announcements
Announcements
Stephen Kimmel, MD, MSCE, has been elected as a new member of the American Epidemiological Society. The AES is a scientific forum for senior epidemiologists to hone professional expertise through the lively interchange of ideas with peers.
Join the Graduate Group in Epidemiology and Biostatistics for an engaging introduction to our MS and PhD offerings in biostatistics. Meet our dynamic faculty and students and hear about research opportunities. Students of all levels are welcome. Read more.
Congratulations to our biostatistics and epidemiology grads! View our photo of those who walked the graduation walk this week, with biostatistics faculty and Perelman School of Medicine leadership.
We at the DBEI are seeking a distinguished senior-faculty scientist for this open position. We welcome candidates who have an internationally recognized record of scholarship and who have demonstrated success in academic-research leadership. Read more.
Biostatisticians Mingyao Li, PhD, and Sharon Xiangwen Xie, PhD (pictured), have been elected fellows of the American Statistical Association, the largest professional organization for statisticians in the United States. Read more.
Danish Saleheen, PhD, has garnered a Top 10 Clinical Research Achievement Award from the Clinical Research Forum for his leadership of a project that examines loss-of-function genetic mutations—which can yield valuable information about basic biology and possible therapeutics for major medical disorders. Read more.
Two biostatistics PhD students—Rui Duan and Jiarui Lu–have won prestigious Distinguished Paper awards from ENAR, the Eastern North American Region of the International Biometric Society. Read more.
For his “distinguished contributions to statistical genetics methodology, promotion of statistical reasoning in society, and modeling of high dimensional genomic and metagenomic data," Hongzhe Li, PhD, has been selected as a new fellow of The American Association for the Advancement of Science. Read more.
Qi Long, PhD, has been selected to participate in a winter faculty fellowship in Israel. The program is an opportunity to interact with counterparts in major Israeli institutions and to learn more about Israel's people, society and diverse culture. Read more.
George Demiris, PhD, FACMI, a leader in new technologies for e-health and home-based health care, will hold joint faculty appointments in the DBEI and in the Department of Biobehavioral Health Sciences of the School of Nursing. Read more.
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