Dr. John Kairalla Promoted
Published: Aug 8th, 2017
Congratulations to Dr. John Kairalla who was recently promoted to Research Associate Professor.
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Welcome to New Faculty Members
Published: Aug 1st, 2017
The Department of Biostatistics is pleased to announce the arrival of four new faculty members, Drs. Natalie Dean, Steven Foti, Zhiguang Huo and Robert Parker.
PhD Student, Tyler Grimes, Receives Travel Award
Published: Jun 19th, 2017
Congratulations to first year PhD biostatistics student, Tyler Grimes, as he has received a travel award from the International Society for Computational Biology, to attend the 25th Conference on Intelligent Systems for Molecular Biology and the 16th European Conference on Computational Biology.
Annual Spring Picnic
Published: May 10th, 2017
On April, 29, 2017, the department hosted its annual spring picnic. All department faculty, staff, students, visitors and their families were invited to attend. This year the picnic took place at Drs. Somnath and Susmita Datta’s home here in Gainesville, Florida.
Dr. Peihua Qiu, Plenary Speaker at the STU Hunter Research Conference 2017
Published: Apr 26th, 2017
Each year, the conference invites 6 plenary speakers to present their research on topics that are considered fundamentally important to applied statistical research and applications.
Professor, Sam Wu and Associate Professor, Yang Yang Awarded UF Term Professorship Awards
Published: Apr 21st, 2017
Congratulations to two University of Florida Department of Biostatistics faculty members, Sam Wu, Ph.D., and Yang Yang, Ph.D., who received UF Term Professorship Awards.
Dr. Ira Longini named as a UF Research Foundation Professor
Published: Apr 21st, 2017
The recognition goes to faculty who have a distinguished current record of research and a strong research agenda that is likely to lead to continuing distinction in their fields.
Successful Biostatistics Workshop
Published: Apr 19th, 2017
The department hosted a successful workshop titled, Statistical Inference for Biomedical Big Data, on April 7th and 8th. The workshop brought together prominent statisticians to discuss and foster the cutting –edge developments of statistical theory, methods, and tools for biomedical big data analysis.
Dr. Susmita Datta: Book Publication
Published: Mar 10th, 2017
Dr. Susmita Datta, Professor in the Department of Biostatistics, recently had her book, “Statistical Analysis of Proteomics, Metabolomics, and Lipidomics Data Using Mass Spectrometry”, published by Springer. This book presents an overview of computational and statistical design and analysis of mass spectrometry-based proteomics, metabolomics, and lipidomics data.
UF Plays Key Role in Trial for Successful Ebola Vaccine
Published: Jan 3rd, 2017
Researchers at the University of Florida have played an integral role in the vaccine trial’s execution, finding that it is 100 percent effective at preventing Ebola when given 10 or more days prior to exposure to the deadly virus.