BIOS Seminar: Interpretable Machine Learning

Blue Cross and Blue Shield Auditorium (0001 Michael Hooker Research Center) Michael Hooker Research Center, Chapel Hill, NC, United States

Join the Department of Biostatistics in welcoming Dr. Rudin, who directs the Prediction Analysis Lab at Duke University. Previously, Dr. Rudin held positions at MIT, Columbia, and NYU. She holds an undergraduate degree from the University at Buffalo, and a PhD in applied and computational mathematics from Princeton University. Work from her lab has won... Read more »

BIOS Seminar: Statistical Methods for Tobacco Research

Blue Cross and Blue Shield Auditorium (0001 Michael Hooker Research Center) Michael Hooker Research Center, Chapel Hill, NC, United States

David Vock, PhD, assistant professor in the Divison of Biostatistics in the School of Public Health at the University of Minnesota, will present this week's seminar  titled, "Statistical Methods for Regulatory Tobacco Research." Dr. Vock's research focuses on statistical methods development for electronic health data with a particular focus on development of machine learning techniques... Read more »

BIOS Seminar: Bayesian Analysis

Blue Cross and Blue Shield Auditorium (0001 Michael Hooker Research Center) Michael Hooker Research Center, Chapel Hill, NC, United States

This week, the Department of Biostatistics is welcoming back a UNC Alumnus, Dr. Suprateek Kundu. His current research focuses on developing flexible tools for Bayesian analysis of high dimensional data motivated by cancer genomics and neuroimaging applications. Some of his recent key focus areas include high dimensional graphical models and variable selection. For further details,... Read more »

BIOS Seminar: Visualization and Tracking

Blue Cross and Blue Shield Auditorium (0001 Michael Hooker Research Center) Michael Hooker Research Center, Chapel Hill, NC, United States

The Department of Biostatistics is welcoming Lukas Biewald for his seminar on "Visualization and tracking of hyperparameters during training of deep learning models". Weights and Biases is an experiment tracking platform for deep learning. With a few lines of code, explore how hyperparameters affect model performance in real time, record and visualize every detail of... Read more »

BIOS Seminar: Data Monitoring Committees

Blue Cross and Blue Shield Auditorium (0001 Michael Hooker Research Center) Michael Hooker Research Center, Chapel Hill, NC, United States

With more than 10 years of experience in the design and conduct of phase I to III clinical trials, Dr. Barry has provided biostatistical leadership working for both contract research organizations and academic institutions. Dr. Barry is currently a co-PI of the NIAID/DAIT-funded Statistical and Clinical Coordinating Center, serving as a Scientific Leader of the... Read more »

BIOS Seminar: Nonparametric Casual Effects

Blue Cross and Blue Shield Auditorium (0001 Michael Hooker Research Center) Michael Hooker Research Center, Chapel Hill, NC, United States

Edward Kennedy, PhD, assistant professor in the Department of Statistics and Data Science at Carnegie Mellon University, will present this week's biostatistics seminar titled, "Nonparametric Causal Effects Based on Incremental Propensity Score Interventions." Dr. Kennedy joined Carnegie Mellon as Assistant Professor in 2016. His research interests include causal inference, missing data, functional estimation, machine learning,... Read more »

BIOS Seminar: Pragmatic Clinical Trials

Blue Cross and Blue Shield Auditorium (0001 Michael Hooker Research Center) Michael Hooker Research Center, Chapel Hill, NC, United States

Susan Shortreed, PhD, will present "Improving the design of pragmatic clinical trials with real-world data" as part of the Biostatistics seminar series. Dr. Shortreed is a senior investigator at the... Read more »

Biostatistics Seminar: Di Wu, PhD, and Matthew Biggs, PhD

Blue Cross and Blue Shield Auditorium (0001 Michael Hooker Research Center) Michael Hooker Research Center, Chapel Hill, NC, United States

Di Wu, PhD Matthew Biggs, PhD The Biostatistics Seminar on October 24, 2019 will be presented by Di Wu, PhD, and Matthew Biggs, PhD, both assistant professors of Biostatistics at... Read more »

Department of Biostatistics’ 70th Anniversary (BIOS 70)

The Carolina Club, George Watts Hill Alumni Center 150 Stadium Drive, Chapel Hill, NC, United States

We're celebrating 70 years! Join alumni, friends, faculty and current students as we reflect on past achievements and current research endeavors. F. DuBois Bowman, PhD 2000 biostatistics, dean and professor at the University of Michigan School of Public Health, will provide the keynote luncheon on Monday, Oct. 28. Bowman is a distinguished researcher whose scholarship... Read more »

What’s Wrong With Slurs?

105 Caldwell Hall Caldwell Hall, Chapel Hill, NC, United States

Please join the Parr Center for their third headliner of the 2019-2020 series, Robin Jeshion, professor of philosophy at the University of Southern California. She specializes in the philosophy of... Read more »

Biostatistics Seminar: Difficulties with p-values in Diverse Data Settings

Blue Cross and Blue Shield Auditorium (0001 Michael Hooker Research Center) Michael Hooker Research Center, Chapel Hill, NC, United States

Dr. Betensky was prior to NYU Professor of Biostatistics at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. Her research focuses on methods for the analysis of censored and truncated outcomes and covariates, which frequently arise from the subsampling of cohort studies. She has a long-time interest in clinical trials, and has written on the... Read more »

Iran’s Wicked Water: Problems + Politics

Nelson Mandela Auditorium, FedEx Global Education Center 301 Pittsboro St., Chapel Hill, NC, United States

In this seminar, Kaveh Madani, a former deputy head of Iran’s Department of Environment, overviews the major drivers of Iran’s water resource problems and shares his observations during his service... Read more »

2nd Annual Gillings Showcase

1303 McGavran-Greenberg Hall McGavran-Greenberg Hall, Chapel Hill, NC, United States

Join us for the 2nd Annual Gillings Faculty Research Showcase from 1:30-3:30 PM in 1303 McGavran-Greenberg Hall. Various renowned professors from the Gillings School of Global Public Health will be... Read more »

I’m Too Young for This: Understanding, Measuring and Addressing Quality of Life, Fertility Concerns and Distress in Adolescents and Young Adults with Cancer

230 Rosenau Hall (Mayes Center) Rosenau Hall, Chapel Hill, NC, United States

John M. Salsman, PhD, is a tenured Associate Professor in the Department of Social Sciences and Health Policy at the Wake Forest School of Medicine. He is the Director of Clinical Research in Adolescent and Young Adult Oncology and the Co-Leader of the Cancer Prevention and Control Program at the Comprehensive Cancer Center of Wake... Read more »

H.A. Tyroler Alumni Award Lecture 2019

1301 McGavran-Greenberg Hall (Michel A. Ibrahim Seminar Room) McGavran-Greenberg Hall, Chapel Hill, NC, United States

David J. Ballard, MD, MSPH, PhD, FACP is the 2019 Herman A. Tyroler Distinguished Alumni Award Recipient. Dr. Ballard is an adjunct professor in Health Policy and Management and is... Read more »

Biostatistics Seminar with Erica Moodie, PhD

Blue Cross and Blue Shield Auditorium (0001 Michael Hooker Research Center) Michael Hooker Research Center, Chapel Hill, NC, United States

Erica Moodie, PhD, is a William Dawson Scholar and an Associate Professor of Biostatistics at McGill University. She is also the Biostatistics Graduate Program Director and the director of the McGill Health Statistics Training Network. Dr. Moodie's methodological work is focused on developing reliable, reproducible, and robust tools to improve health research, with a focus... Read more »

Understanding Antisemitism as a Form of Hate

Nelson Mandela Auditorium, FedEx Global Education Center 301 Pittsboro St., Chapel Hill, NC, United States

Kenneth S. Stern, director of Bard College’s Center for the Study of Hate, will give a talk titled “Understanding Antisemitism as a Form of Hate” on Thursday, Nov. 7 at... Read more »

Scavenger Hunt – PHield Trip to Orange County Health Department

Orange County Health Department 2501 Homestead Rd, Chapel Hill, NC, United States

Offered during the fall each year, the PHield Trip experience provides a way for students, faculty and staff to engage with public health partners throughout the community. Join the Orange County Health Department on this year's scavenger hunt and discover public health in action! Learn more

Introduction to Qualtrics

Room 219 Davis Library 208 Raleigh St., Chapel Hill, NC, United States

This is a hands-on introductory workshop. Participants will create a basic survey, add display and skip logic, and use content validation, piped text and embedded data. This course is only... Read more »

Deep Generative Models for Density Estimation and Beyond

Blue Cross and Blue Shield Auditorium (0001 Michael Hooker Research Center) Michael Hooker Research Center, Chapel Hill, NC, United States

This Biostatistics seminar will feature Junier Oliva, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Computer Science at UNC-Chapel Hill. Dr. Oliva completed his PhD in machine learning at Carnegie Mellon University and worked at Yahoo! before coming to UNC. He is interested in seeing what makes data tick and understanding data at an aggregate, holistic level. By... Read more »

Challenges in Developing Learning Algorithms to Personalize Treatment in Real Time

Blue Cross and Blue Shield Auditorium (0001 Michael Hooker Research Center) Michael Hooker Research Center, Chapel Hill, NC, United States

This Biostatistics Seminar features Susan A. Murphy, PhD, Professor at the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, Professor of Statistics and of Computer Science, Harvard University. Dr. Murphy is a UNC alumna with an extensive previous research experience as Professor in both Statistics, Social Research and Psychiatry, and a 2013 recipient of a MacArthur Fellowship. Her... Read more »