Compilation in progress
People
Graduate Faculty
Cindy Chen, Leena Choi, Amber Hackstadt, Frank Harrell, Hakmook Kang, Laurie Samuels, Matt Shotwell, Yu Shyr, Chris Slaughter
Adjoint Faculty
Chris Fonnesbeck
Alumni
Nathan James (PhD 2022)
Christina Tripp Saunders (PhD 2018)
David Schlueter (PhD 2018)
Derek K. Smith (PhD 2017)
Courses and seminars (selected)
BIOS 7337. Bayesian Data Analysis. Graduate program course, offered biennially.
Chris Fonnesbeck. Introduction to PyMC and Bayesian Modeling. 2026 Summer Institute short course.
Frank Harrell. Bayesian Clinical Trial Design. Self-study resource on Dr. Harrell's personal website.
David Dunson. Interpretable AI in Scientific Applications: Bayesian Pyramids. Department seminar, December 4, 2024.
Presentations (selected)
Frank Harrell. Goal-driven flexible Bayesian design. Keynote lecture, ACTStat 2025.
Publications (selected)
Student/trainee authors listed in bold. Faculty/staff authors listed in italics. Asterisks denote corresponding authors.
Maldonado F, Kammer MN, Lentz RJ, Koyama T. From P-values to priors: Revisiting the VERITAS randomized controlled trial in light of Bayes' theorem. Chest. 2026 Jun 18:S0012-3692(26)00874-3. doi: 10.1016/j.chest.2026.06.010. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 42314935.
Blackman MH, Yelvington B, Beck C, Cortez M, Choi L*. Development and validation of high-dose methotrexate population pharmacokinetic models to inform clinical decisions on dosing. Eur J Clin Pharmacol. 2026 May 23;82(6):156. doi: 10.1007/s00228-026-04080-0. PMID: 42174327; PMCID: PMC13197298.
Lwin CT, Roumie CL, Greevy RA Jr, Beck C, Snyder KD, Hackstadt AJ*. Leveraging a Bayesian approach in a comparative effectiveness trial of major adverse cardiovascular events. Clin Epidemiol. 2025 Nov 7;17:903-915. doi: 10.2147/CLEP.S540048. PMID: 41246528; PMCID: PMC12614493. Read our news post about this publication.
Louit S, Clark EA, Gelbard AH, Vivek N, Yan J, Zhang P*. CALF-SBM: A covariate-assisted latent factor stochastic block model. Physica A. 2025 Jun 1;667:130536. doi: 10.1016/j.physa.2025.130536. Epub 2025 Mar 27. PMID: 42147753; PMCID: PMC13178508.
Kang K*, Jones MT, Armstrong K, Avery S, McHugo M, Heckers S, Vandekar S*. Accurate confidence and Bayesian interval estimation for non-centrality parameters and effect size indices. Psychometrika. 2023 Mar;88(1):253-273. doi: 10.1007/s11336-022-09899-x. Epub 2023 Feb 1. PMID: 36725775; PMCID: PMC9977896.
Additional resources and features
Frank Harrell. Introduction to Bayes for Evaluating Treatments. February 2026.
Berry Consultants. "Bayesian Clinical Trials with Frank Harrell." In the Interim podcast, September 15, 2025.