During the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, biostatisticians were hard at work, tracking the spread of disease, predicting the next hot spots, designing vaccine clinical trials and analyzing data on these and other interventions in order to inform policymakers. It’s no wonder Forbes magazine has called biostatistics a top master’s…
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.
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…
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…
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…
Samuel Wu, Ph.D., a professor and associate chair in the University of Florida College of Public Health and Health Professions department of biostatistics, is among UF’s most productive and promising researchers named to the 2023 roster of UF Research Foundation Professors. Dr. Samuel Wu “This recognition goes to faculty who…
A team of University of Florida Health Cancer Center researchers has found racial and ethnic differences in how people begin using menthol-flavored tobacco products and subsequently use tobacco products. The team evaluated racial and ethnic differences in the initiation of smoking menthol and mint-flavored cigarettes and cigars among never-users…
Rhonda Bacher, Ph.D., an assistant professor in the department of biostatistics at the University of Florida College of Public Health and Health Professions, has been elected president of the Florida chapter of the American Statistical Association for a two-year term.
A new pilot and exploratory study program at the University of Florida Health Cancer Center awarded funding to two teams of UF researchers to apply artificial intelligence (AI) to cancer research. These teams will address serious cancer-related research problems with AI to understand more about hard-to-study areas and develop new…
University of Florida biostatisticians conclude in a recent paper that current COVID vaccines are effective against severe infection and disease from the Omicron viral variant. In the new work, the researchers made a series of estimates of vaccine efficacy. This describes how effective a vaccine is at preventing infection and disease.
