Ji-Hyun Lee, DrPH, is a statistician for the people. Her work, she says, is not glamorous, but it’s as invaluable as it is invisible. “I truly value every data point in my hand, because each one represents a patient’s story, struggle and journey,” Lee said. “It’s the key to…
COVID-19 cases are on the rise this summer in Central Florida. The Florida Department of Health reported the highest weekly case totals so far this year in Orange County, with 1,400 cases in the first week of July and 1,200 cases in the second week. The cases fall…
The University of Florida College of Public Health and Health Professions is pleased to announce the 2024 recipients of the college’s Ph.D. Fellowships in Artificial Intelligence. Now in its second year, the program fosters doctoral students’ training and research in AI and encourages out-of-the-box ideas. In the short term, the…
With summer in full swing, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is updating recommendations and encouraging Americans to protect themselves against seasonal and other outbreaks of infectious diseases. Recently, several U.S. states, including Ohio and California, have reported increased outbreaks of mpox, a highly transmissible virus. Reported cases are…
Tuo Lin, Ph.D., clinical trials unit leader of the UF Health Cancer Center’s Biostatistics and Computational Biology Shared Resource, has earned the 2024 Chancellor’s Dissertation Medal from UC San Diego for his Ph.D. dissertation. Lin, a research assistant professor who joined the …
Ji-Hyun Lee, DrPH, associate director for cancer quantitative sciences at the UF Health Cancer Center and a professor in department of biostatistics in the UF College of Public Health and Health Professions, has been named a chief statistical advisor on the Statistical Advisory Panel of Nature Medicine, part of the…
At this year’s American Statistical Association DataFest at the University of Florida, competition was fierce. More than 75 bachelor’s and master’s students across various disciplines came together in a celebration of data, working around the clock to solve problems, brainstorm solutions and creatively present findings to impress a panel of judges.
The Department of Statistics, at Florida State University hosted the 2024American Statistical Association’s (ASA) Florida Chapter Meeting in Tallahassee, Florida. The two-day agenda consisted of keynote talks, invited panel discussions, invited sessions, invited talks, and a student poster session. Awards for Early Career Statisticians, Student Presentation Awards, and Student Travel…
The Department of Statistics, at Florida State University hosted the 2024American Statistical Association’s (ASA) Florida Chapter Meeting in Tallahassee, Florida. The two-day agenda consisted of keynote talks, invited panel discussions, invited sessions, invited talks, and a student poster session. Awards for Early Career Statisticians, Student Presentation Awards, and Student Travel…
Peihua Qiu, Ph.D., dean’s professor and founding chair of the department of biostatistics at the University of Florida College of Public Health and Health Professions, has been awarded the 2024 Shewhart Medal by the American Society for Quality, or ASQ.
