Publications And Honors

Congratulations to PhD candidate Xinyu Zhang, alumnus Kenneth Liao (MS 2024), and associate professor Simon Vandekar on the publication of “Semiparametric confidence sets for cross-sectional and longitudinal neuroimaging” in Imaging Neuroscience last month. The peer-reviewed paper was co-authored by researchers at the University of Pennsylvania, University of Colorado Anschutz,… Read More

Congratulations to alumna Cara Lwin (MS 2024) on the publication of “Leveraging a Bayesian Approach in a Comparative Effectiveness Trial of Major Adverse Cardiovascular Events” in Clinical Epidemiology on November 7. The peer-reviewed paper was co-authored by professor Robert Alan Greevy Jr., principal application developer Cole Beck,… Read More

Congratulations to professor Bryan Shepherd and PhD candidate Zhuohui “Jeffrey” Liang on the publication of “Temporal trends in tuberculosis and time from enrolment in care to antiretroviral therapy initiation: A multicountry cohort study from Latin America,” published in the October print issue of the International Journal of Infectious… Read More

Congratulations to PhD student Ashley Mullan on capturing the WSDS (Women in Statistics and Data Science) Conference Travel Award, sponsored by the Biopharmaceutical Section (BIOP) of the American Statistical Association. Her outstanding achievements and leadership in the field of biostatistics truly impressed the Travel Award Committee. In addition… Read More

Congratulations to alumnus Nathaniel “Nate Dowd (MS 2024) on the publication of “An overview of methods for receiver operating character characteristic analysis, with an application to SARS-CoV-2 vaccine-induced humoral responses in solid organ transplant recipients” in Observational Studies 11(2):91-126. The peer-reviewed paper was co-authored by assistant professor of… Read More

On September 17, the Vanderbilt Biostatistics 2025 student award winners were announced by director of graduate studies Andrew Spieker, who noted that these honors reflect “a years-long tradition of recognizing students who go above and beyond the call of duty in particular areas.” They are: Joshua Slone The Commodore Award,… Read More

Congratulations to PhD candidate Jiangmei (Ruby) Xiong, alumna Sarah Lotspeich (PhD 2021; now assistant professor at Wake Forest), former intern Joey B. Sherrill (now a software engineer at Lucid), assistant professor Gustavo Amorim, professor Bryan Shepherd, and associate professor Ran Tao on the publication of sleev: An R Package… Read More

At the 2025 Joint Statistical Meetings, which brought more than five thousand quantitative scientists from around the world to Nashville in early August, Department of Biostatistics faculty, students, alumni, and colleagues were recognized as winners of the American Statistical Association’s Statistical Partnerships Among Academe,… Read More