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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

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 Siwei Zhang, alumnus Nicholas Strayer (PhD 2020; now at Posit), senior biostatistician Yajing Li, and assistant professor Yaomin Xu on the publication of “PheMIME: an interactive web app and knowledge base for phenome-wide, multi-institutional multimorbidity analysis” in the Journal of the American… 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

PhD candidate Hannah L. Weeks will defend her dissertation on Tuesday, October 24, at 10 a.m. Central Time, at 2525 West End Avenue, in the 10th floor conference room (suite 1020, room 10105). Her advisor is Matthew Shotwell. All are invited and encouraged to attend. Overcoming Challenges with… Read More

PhD candidate Chiara Di Gravio will defend her dissertation on Friday, June 9, at 8 a.m. Central Time, on-site and online. Her advisors are Jonathan Schildcrout and Ran Tao. All are invited and encouraged to attend. The in-person event will be held in Room 11105 (11th floor)… Read More