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Hannah Weeks dissertation defense – October 24
Oct. 17, 2023—PhD candidate Hannah L. Weeks will defend her dissertation on Tuesday, October 24, at 10 a.m. Central Time, at 2525 West End Avenue, in the 10th floor conference room (suite 1020, room 10105). Her advisor is Matthew Shotwell. All are invited and encouraged to attend. Overcoming Challenges with Real World Data and Clinical Restrictions in...
Welcome to our 2023 first-year cohort
Aug. 31, 2023—We are delighted to welcome seven new students to our program this fall. Kaixing “Charlie” Liu is a new student in our MS program. A native of China, he majored in biological science at Tsinghua University, minoring in economics and statistics. His studies there shaped his interest in the intersection of statistics, health, and programming, and...
Congratulations to our August 2023 graduates
Aug. 15, 2023—We are thrilled to celebrate the graduations of Chiara Di Gravio, Jared Strauch, and Valerie Welty. Welty defended her dissertation, “On False Discovery Rates for Second-Generation p-Values,” in March. Di Gravio defended her dissertation, “Design and Analysis Methods for Modern Biomedical Studies with Longitudinal Outcomes,” in June. Both dissertations and Strauch’s MS thesis will become...
McGowan receives Young Investigator Award
Aug. 9, 2023—Lucy D’Agostino McGowan, a 2018 graduate of our PhD program, was honored this week at JSM2023 with the Young Investigator Award by the American Statistical Association’s Teaching of Statistics in the Health Sciences section. McGowan’s award-winning paper “Design Principles for Data Analysis” was published in the Journal of Computational and Graphical Statistics online in 2022...
Lotspeich receives David P. Byar Early Career Award
Aug. 8, 2023—#JSM2023 is underway in Toronto, and one of this year’s highlights will be Vanderbilt graduate Sarah Lotspeich (PhD 2021) delivering “Optimal Multi-Wave Validation of Secondary Use Data with Outcome and Exposure Misclassification.” It has been designated the best biometrics paper by an early career investigator (definite as an individual who is currently a student or...
Jamie Joseph wins Anchor Award
Jun. 20, 2023—PhD candidate Jamie Joseph is a 2023 recipient of Vanderbilt University’s Graduate Leadership Anchor Award. Having recently completed her fourth year in the graduate program, Joseph impressed department members with her skills in connecting and inspiring other students even before her studies began (at an open house for prospective students, she organized a get-together for...
2023 Faculty lightning talks
Jun. 19, 2023—Each year, as part of our weekly seminar series, some of our faculty members participate in lightning talks, sharing their areas of interest, current research projects, and potential collaboration opportunities for members of our graduate program. Our master’s and doctoral students gain exposure to different avenues of investigation and ideas for projects that can contribute...
Jamie Joseph’s tribute to Rameela Raman
Jun. 6, 2023—In May, AmStatNews published a compilation of thank-you notes from American Statistical Association members to mentors who made a big difference to them. The feature included a testimonial from PhD candidate and 2022 Commodore Award winner Jamie Joseph about the role associate professor Rameela Raman has played in her success. Raman was one of the...
Chiara Di Gravio dissertation defense – June 9
Jun. 2, 2023—PhD candidate Chiara Di Gravio will defend her dissertation on Friday, June 9, at 8 a.m. Central Time, on-site and online. Her advisors are Jonathan Schildcrout and Ran Tao. All are invited and encouraged to attend. The in-person event will be held in Room 11105 (11th floor) at 2525 West End Avenue. For access to...
Congratulations to our recent graduates
May. 16, 2023—The Graduate School’s Commencement ceremony for recent graduates was held on May 12, 2023. Justin Jacobs, Jackson Resser, Jacquelyn Neal (with advisor Dandan Liu), and Elizabeth Sigworth Westerberg (with advisor Qingxia “Cindy” Chen) received their diplomas. A reception was held at 2525 West End Avenue in the afternoon. A slideshow of photos from both gatherings...