Publications

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 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 candidate Megan Taylor Jones on the June 4 publication of “Symptom Provocation and Clinical Response to Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis” in JAMA Psychiatry, one of the top peer-reviewed journals in the field of psychiatry. Jones shares first-author credit for this paper with… Read More

Professor of biostatistics and director of graduate studies Benjamin French is senior author of “Type 1 Error Control—Avoiding an Upset,” published online on April 21, 2025, in JAMA Pediatrics. Co-authored by University of Utah statistician John VanBuren, the editorial discusses how “using a common type I error rate across studies allows… Read More

Congratulations to 2024 graduate Jamie Joseph, PhD, on the publication of “Analysis of longitudinal patterns of child maltreatment reports in the United States,” which was published online ahead of print on December 24; it is scheduled to appear in the February 2025 issue of Child Abuse & Neglect. Associate professor… Read More

Congratulations to PhD candidate Kaidi Kang on the publication of “Study design features increase replicability in brain-wide association studies” in Nature. Associate professor Simon Vandekar is senior corresponding author. Co-authors include PhD candidates Jiangmei Ruby Xiong and Megan Taylor Jones, associate professor Ran Tao, and professor… Read More

Congratulations to PhD candidate Tianyi Sun on the publication of “Addressing the implementation challenge of risk prediction model due to missing risk factors: The submodel approximation approach,” which was published online ahead of print in Statistics in Medicine on September 12. Associate professor Dandan Liu is corresponding author,… Read More

Congratulations to Yuqi Tian (PhD 2022), former associate professor Chun Li (now at University of Southern California), soon-to-graduate doctoral candidate Shengxin Tu, Nathan T. James (PhD 2022), and professors Frank Harrell and Bryan Shepherd on the publication of “Addressing Multiple Detection Limits with Semiparametric Cumulative Probability Models” in Journal… Read More

Congratulations to PhD candidate Maximilian Rohde on the publication of Bayesian transition models for ordinal longitudinal outcomes in Statistics in Medicine. The paper was co-authored by professor Benjamin French, adjoint professor Thomas G. Stewart, and professor Frank Harrell. In the words of the tutorial abstract: “Ordinal longitudinal… Read More

Congratulations to PhD candidate Jiangmei Ruby Xiong on the publication of GammaGateR: Semi-automated marker gating for single-cell multiplexed imaging in Bioinformatics on June 4. The paper was co-authored by assistant professor Siyuan Ma and associate professor Simon Vandekar, with colleagues in Vanderbilt’s Program of Chemical and Physical… Read More