Published: Sep 21st, 2017
Dr. Babette Brumback was recently elected as a member of the International Biometric Society’s Eastern North American Region (ENAR) Regional Committee (RECOM). Dr. Brumback will serve as a RECOM member for the 3-year term 2018-2020.
Published: Sep 21st, 2017
Congratulations to Dr. Susmita Datta who has been selected as a plenary speaker for the American Statistical Association’s, 2017 Women in Statistics and Data Science Conference.
Published: Sep 20th, 2017
Congratulations to Dr. Samuel Wu (PI) from Department of Biostatistics, Dr. Shigang Chen (co-PI) from Department of Computer and Information Science and Engineering and Dr. Michael Okun (co-I) from Department of Neurology, who received an R01 grant from NIH/NIGMS.
Published: Sep 19th, 2017
Dr. Caleb Huo, Assistant Professor, was recently appointed as the Director of the Biostatistics Consulting Lab. The BCL offers researcher statisticians who are highly skilled and knowledgeable in statistical and data-related services.
Published: Sep 15th, 2017
Dr. Somnath Datta, Professor, was selected as the Dean’s Citation Paper Award winner for the Department of Biostatistics. This award is given by the College of Public Health and Health Professions to acknowledge innovation and excellence in research.
Published: Sep 5th, 2017
Jingnan Zhang, Ph.D., was recently named as one of the thirteen College of Public Health and Health Professions’, outstanding alumni for the year 2017. Dr. Zhang received her doctorate in biostatistics from the department in 2016. She is currently a biostatistician at Pfizer.
Published: Sep 1st, 2017
The department welcomes seven more graduates to its alumni circle. Jing Liu, Yushuf Sharker, Sinjini Sikdar, and Suwa Xu graduated with their PhD in Biostatistics on August 4. Kuei-Hsun Chiu, Yiqing Chen, and Chuan Zou graduated with their Master of Science in Biostatistics on August 5.
Published: Sep 1st, 2017
The department is excited to have kicked off the new Online Master of Science in Biostatistics program which began Fall term. This online program is the first of its kind in the nation and the inaugural class consists of 33, both domestic and international, students.
Published: Aug 23rd, 2017
Dr. Sinjini Sikdar was recently awarded a PhD in Biostatistics. She successfully defended her dissertation in June 2017, entitled “Statistical Methods for Analyzing Genomics Data”. She was mentored by Professor, Susmita Datta.
Published: Aug 8th, 2017
Congratulations to Dr. John Kairalla who was recently promoted to Research Associate Professor.
October 20, 2017
Faculty Meeting
CTRB 5235; 9:30am- 11:00am
October 24, 2017
College of Medicine Faculty Appreciation Reception
Harrell Medical Education Building 5:00pm- 7:00pm
November 9, 2017
Guest Seminar - Dr. Michael Hudgens
CTRB 2161/2162 11:00am - 12:00pm
November 10, 2017
Annual PHHP Faculty and Staff Picnic
Cypress Lodge at Lake Wauburg
November 17, 2017
Annual Faculty Retreat
CTRB 2161 8:30am- 5:00pm
December 7, 2017
PHHP Staff and Faculty Appreciation Lunch and Holiday Celebration
HPNP G-301 11:30am- 1:00pm
December 8, 2017
Department Holiday Dinner
CTRB 3161/ 3162 5:30pm- 7:30pm
January 27, 2018
PHHP 60th Anniversary Gala
Ben Hill Griffin Touchdown Terrace
February 8, 2018
PHHP Diversity Day
3:00pm-5:00pm
February 19, 2018
COM Celebration of Research
O'Connell Center
April 6, 2018
PHHP Research Day
May 17-20, 2018
IISA International Conference on Statistics