The United Nations’ interventions in the Sierra Leone Ebola outbreak led to a dramatic drop in the transmission of the disease, according to a study led by a University of Florida Health researcher.
Dr. Pei holds a PhD degree in statistics from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Her PhD study was focused on analysis and simulation of flash sequencing, which is a novel genome sequencing method.
An experimental vaccine combined with an innovative way of vaccinating people has resulted in an estimated 100 percent efficacy of the vaccine against the Ebola virus in West Africa — and the approach could establish a new way of responding to outbreaks of emerging pathogens, including the Zika virus.
The 21st Annual Outstanding International Student Awards Ceremony was held on Tuesday, November 17th at the Reitz Grand Ballroom and presented by the University of Florida International Center.
The world’s largest outbreak of the Ebola virus has infected more than 28,000 people and killed more than 11,000 since March 2014 when the epidemic began spreading across West Africa. In July 2015 the World Health Organization announced a major development in the Ebola fight:
Nationally recognized researcher Dr. Fei Zou, has joined the University of Florida Department of Biostatistics, effective August 24, 2015. We welcome Dr. Zou from the University of North Carolina
We are pleased to announce that Dr. Susmita Datta has joined the University of Florida Department of Biostatistics as part of the university’s preeminence initiative in metabolomics. Dr. Datta comes to UF from the University of Louisville
Dr. Somnath Datta comes to the University of Florida from the University of Louisville under UF’s preeminent initiative in genomics, effective September 1, 2015. He was a Professor, Vice Chair, University Scholar
Two biostatistics students were honored for their accomplishments at the annual Convocation Ceremony for the College of Public Health and Health Professions on Saturday, May 2nd. Dr. Peihua Qiu, Professor and Chair of the department presented a certificate for outstanding achievement to Jingnan Zhang for the 2014 PhD Preliminary…
At the annual PHHP Convocation Ceremony held on May 2nd at the Hilton UF Conference Center, Yifan Zhu, a fifth year PhD student, was the recipient of the prestigious Dean's Scholar award, in recognition of his exceptional accomplishments.
