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Ji-Hyun Lee, DrPH, named associate director for cancer quantitative sciences

The UF Health Cancer Center is pleased to announce that Ji-Hyun Lee, DrPH, has been elevated to a new role as associate director for cancer quantitative sciences. In this role, she will provide high-level strategic leadership and administrative direction for Cancer Center researchers. This support aims to ensure high-quality data,…

John Kairalla to speak at CReDO workshop in India

John Kairalla, Ph.D., B.S.P.H., a research associate professor and associate program director of the Children’s Oncology Group Statistics and Data Center in the PHHP department of biostatistics, was invited to be a speaker and faculty mentor at the International Collaboration for Research Methods Development in Oncology, or CReDO, workshop March 12-18,…

Shangchen Song, Ph.D. Student Wins APHA Scholar Award

Biostatistics student, Shangchen Song, was chosen by the American Public Health Association Statistics Committee as the final winner of the APHS/Stata Scholar Award after finalists’ presentations.  Shangchen beat out two other finalists, one from Harvard Biostatistics, and another from the University of Maryland College Park. Shangchen remarks, “It was a memorable…

Supporting next generation AI research

The University of Florida College of Public Health and Health Professions has launched the Ph.D. Fellowship in Artificial Intelligence program to foster doctoral students’ training and research in AI and encourage out-of-the-box ideas.

96.4% of Americans had COVID-19 antibodies in their blood by fall 2022

This article is co-authored by Dr. Matt Hitchings, Sc.D. in Epidemiology, an assistant professor in the department of biostatistics, and Derek Cummings, Ph.D., a professor of biology in the department of epidemiology, for publication in The Conversation, an independent news organization featuring contributions from academic experts. In addition to their teaching…

Three PHHP graduate students selected for aging research award

Alyssa Falise, Christian McLaren and Shangchen Song, doctoral students representing three different University of Florida College of Public Health and Health Professions departments, were selected as 2023 recipients of the Leighton E. Cluff Award for Aging Research. This prestigious award recognizes outstanding scholarly pursuits in aging research among undergraduate and graduate…

Ji-Hyun Lee elected American Statistical Association president

Members of the American Statistical Association have elected Ji-Hyun Lee, DrPH, a professor of biostatistics in the University of Florida College of Public Health and Health Professions and the UF College of Medicine, president of ASA for the 2025 term. ASA is the world’s largest community of statisticians, with more than 19,000 members…