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Dr. Zhigang Li Awarded NIH Grant

Professor Zhigang Li is Principle Investigator of the Data Science Core of a $6.6 million P01 award titled “Interventions to improve alcohol-related comorbidities along the gut-brain axis in persons with HIV infection.” The goal of the Data Science Core is to provide a central source of expertise related to research…

Dr. Sam Wu Awarded Three NIH Grants

Professor Wu and his collaborators received three NIH awards in September 2021. Professor Samuel S. Wu (PI) and Professor Robert Cook (MPI) received a $2.5 million U24 award titled “Southern HIV and Alcohol Research Consortium Biomedical Data Repository.” This project will pursue three aims: 1) Integrate the disparate data sources…

Congratulations Dr. Susmita Datta

Dr. Susmita Datta, Professor, has been elected to serve in the regional committee (RECOM) of the Eastern North American Region (ENAR) of the International Biometric Society for the 2021-2023 term. Dr. Datta was also elected as one of the three Board of Trustees member of the International Indian Statistical Association…

2020 PHHP Outstanding Alumni

Congratulations Dr. Zhang! Xinrui Zhang is a Senior Principal Biostatistician at Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation. In this role, she is responsible for planning and execution of exposure-response and exploratory biomarker analyses to support multiple oncology compounds. She also contributes to implementation of modern and innovative trial/experimental designs, statistical models and data…

Ira Longini has COVID-19’s number

Infectious disease modeler and biostatistician Ira Longini is applying decades of experience to help design and analyze clinical trials to identify a safe and effective COVID-19 vaccine.