Bayesian Clinical Trial Design

On Nov. 6 from 10:30 am - noon, presenter Joeseph Ibrahim, PhD, Alumni Distinguished Professor of Biostatistics, will speak on Bayesian sample size determination for a clinical trial in the presence of historical data that inform the treatment effect. He will discuss a broadly applicable, simulation-based methodology that provides a framework for calibrating the informativeness... Read more »

Faculty Lunch & Learn: Seeking Funding from Foundations and Corporations

Please join Director of Corporate and Foundation Relations Mary Beth Knight, PhD, and fellow faculty members to learn more about the process of seeking research and related funds from private sponsors; specific strategies for success; and the UNC resources available to support your efforts in this process. Discover actionable steps toward diversifying your funding portfolio... Read more »

Leadership in Public Health Alumni Panel

The Public Health Student Leadership Association presents “Leadership in Public Health”. This virtual panel will feature six Gillings School of Global Public Health alumni from diverse backgrounds. Join them for a virtual discussion and Q&A session on Nov. 11 at 5:30 p.m. Panelists include: Dr. Vaughn Upshaw, Panel Moderator, Professor and Leadership in Practice Concentration... Read more »

Joint Nonlinear Association and Prediction of Multi-view Data

Dr. Sandra Safo's research interests are in developing statistical methods and computational tools to help identify risk factors for complex diseases: multivariate statistical methods, statistical learning (including classification, discriminant analysis, association studies), data integration and feature selection methods for high dimensional data; currently integrative analysis of genomics, transcriptomics and metabolomics to help elucidate the complex... Read more »

Odum Institute Short Course — Logistic Regression

This online short course provides an introduction to logistic regression. Model specification, identification, estimation, hypothesis-testing, and interpretation of results are covered. Software to estimate these models is discussed, but not... Read more »

Biostatistics Seminar: Survival Analysis using a 5-STAR Approach in Randomized Clinical Trials

Dr. Devan V. Mehrotra has, over the past 30 years, made significant contributions towards the research, development and regulatory approval of medical drugs and vaccines across a broad spectrum of therapeutic areas. He was awarded an MRL Presidential Fellowship in 2012. Dr. Mehrotra is also an Adjunct Associate Professor of Biostatistics at the University of... Read more »

Data-Adaptive Regression Modeling in High Dimensions

Dr. Ashley Petersen's research focuses on developing methods in the area of statistical learning, and in building flexible and interpretable data-adaptive models that are useful in modern settings with large numbers of covariates. She develops methods for the analysis of calcium imaging data. As a member of the Biostatistics and Bioinformatics Core of the Masonic... Read more »

Spring PHield Trip to RTI

Explore public health in action! Join the virtual PHield trip with RTI International on Feb. 18 from 1-3:00 p.m. The event will feature a keynote on mobilizing global public health... Read more »

Optimal Dynamic Treatment Rule Estimation and Evaluation with Application to Criminal Justice Interventions in the United States

Dr. Lina Montoya's doctorate was funded by an F31 NIH grant from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases. Her project leveraged data from a Sequential Multiple Assignment Randomized Trial (SMART) called Adaptive Strategies for Preventing and Treating Lapses of Retention in HIV Care (ADAPT-R; PIs: Drs. Petersen and Geng) to estimate individualized treatment... Read more »

Statistical methods for single-cell and spatial RNA-seq

Dr. Christina Kendziorski's research concerns statistical methods and software for computational biology and genomics. Her group develops statistical methods and software for the analysis of data from high-throughput genomics experiments... Read more »