Gillings Career Services Virtual Summer Series
“Don't Quarantine Your Career: Log In & Learn” series Join UNC's Gillings School Career Services office for their “Don't Quarantine Your Career: Log In & Learn” weekly career series to... Read more »
Loading view.
Biostatistics Events
Gillings Career Services Virtual Summer Series
“Don't Quarantine Your Career: Log In & Learn” series Join UNC's Gillings School Career Services office for their “Don't Quarantine Your Career: Log In & Learn” weekly career series to help recent graduates and alumni survive COVID-19 and come out victorious. We’ll be sharing expert advice, straight talk, alumni personal stories and ideas, along with... Read more »
Gillings Career Services Virtual Summer Series
“Don't Quarantine Your Career: Log In & Learn” series Join UNC's Gillings School Career Services office for their “Don't Quarantine Your Career: Log In & Learn” weekly career series to help recent graduates and alumni survive COVID-19 and come out victorious. We’ll be sharing expert advice, straight talk, alumni personal stories and ideas, along with... Read more »
Gillings Career Services Virtual Summer Series
“Don't Quarantine Your Career: Log In & Learn” series Join UNC's Gillings School Career Services office for their “Don't Quarantine Your Career: Log In & Learn” weekly career series to help recent graduates and alumni survive COVID-19 and come out victorious. We’ll be sharing expert advice, straight talk, alumni personal stories and ideas, along with... Read more »
Statistical Considerations in the Design and Analysis of SARS-CoV-2 Prevalence Studies
Presenters: Michael Hudgens, PhD, professor, Department of Biostatistics Bonnie Shook-Sa, DrPH, postdoctoral research associate, Department of Biostatistics SARS-CoV-2 PCR and serology tests are critical tools for identifying COVID-19 infections, modeling... Read more »
Collaborative Core Center for Clinical Research Speaker Series – Statistical Methods to Machine Learning: Methods for Learning from Data
The Collaborative Core Center for Clinical Research is hosting a speaker series that highlights methodological work being conducted by researchers across the National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin... Read more »
Biostatistics Seminar: Truncated Latent Gaussian Copula Model for Zero-Inflated Data
Truncated Latent Gaussian Copula Model for Zero-Inflated Data Dr. Gaynanova’s research focuses on the development of statistical methods to address the challenges associated with the analysis of modern high-dimensional biomedical... Read more »
Biostatistics Seminar – Online Multiple Hypothesis Testing
Dr. Ramdas' main theoretical and methodological research interests include selective and simultaneous inference, sequential uncertainty quantification, and distribution-free black-box predictive inference. His areas of applied interest include neuroscience, genetics and... Read more »
Biostatistics Seminar: Efficient Epidemiological Study Designs for Quantitative, Multivariate Longitudinal Data
The Department of Biostatistics welcomes the remote visit of Dr. Jonathan Schildcrout, vice chair for research, biostatistics at Vanderbilt University Medical Center. Dr. Schildcrout's main research interests are in longitudinal data studies, such as correlated and longitudinal data analyses, epidemiological study design with longitudinal data, and statistical analyses of medical informatics data. Please visit his... Read more »
Biostatistics Seminar: Reframing Proportional-Hazards Modeling for Large Time-to-Event Datasets with Applications to Deep Learning
We are welcoming Dr. Simon, who will talk about "Reframing proportional-hazards modeling for large time-to-event datasets with applications to deep learning." Dr. Simon works on machine learning (including penalized regression... Read more »
Biostatistics Seminar: Functional programming for High-Functioning Statisticians
We are welcoming Dr. Saul, who will talk about "Functional programming for high-functioning statisticians." At NoviSci in Durham, Dr. Saul leads the statistics team and oversees the development of research... Read more »
Biostatistics Webinar: Handling Sampling and Selection Bias in Association Studies Embedded in Electronic Health Records
In this talk we will discuss statistical challenges and opportunities with joint analysis of electronic health records and genomic data through " Genome and Phenome-Wide Association Studies (GWAS and PheWAS)". Presenter: Bhramar Mukherjee, PhD, John D. Kalbfleisch Collegiate Professor and Chair, Dept. of Biostatistics; Professor, Dept. of Epidemiology; Professor, Global Public Health, University of Michigan... Read more »
Online Stata Three-Part Short Course: Part 1
This is an online 3-part short course (held over three afternoons – October 6, 7 and 8, 2020). Stata Part 1 will offer an introduction to Stata basics. Part 2... Read more »
Online Stata Three-Part Short Course: Part 2
This is an online 3-part short course (held over three afternoons – October 6, 7 and 8, 2020). Stata Part 1 will offer an introduction to Stata basics. Part 2... Read more »
Featured
Biostatistics Seminar: Adventures in Sparsity and Shrinkage with the Normal Means Model
The Department of Biostatistics will host Dr. Stephens, a statistician and data scientist who has made seminal contributions to the practice and applications of statistics in genetics. The seminar is... Read more »
Online Stata Three-Part Short Course: Part 3
This is an online 3-part short course (held over three afternoons – October 6, 7 and 8, 2020). Stata Part 1 will offer an introduction to Stata basics. Part 2... Read more »
Text Analysis Using R
Text Analysis Using R This two-day workshop hosted by the Odum Institute for Research in Social Science will introduce participants to the basics of text analysis in R. Text analysis... Read more »
Text Analysis Using R
Text Analysis Using R This two-day workshop hosted by the Odum Institute for Research in Social Science will introduce participants to the basics of text analysis in R. Text analysis is a promising new approach that uses machine learning to discover patterns, trends, and other information by using text as data. Participants will develop the... Read more »
Biostatistics Seminar – Statistical Frameworks for Mapping 3D Shape Variation onto Genotypic and Phenotypic Variation
Dr. Lorin Crawford is a Senior Researcher at Microsoft Research New England and the RGSS Assistant Professor of Biostatistics at Brown University. His most recent work has earned him a place on the Forbes 30 Under 30 list, The Root 100 Most Influential African Americans list, and recognition as an Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellow.... Read more »
Computational Methods for Analyzing Big Data in the Social Sciences
Computational Methods for Analyzing Big Data in the Social Sciences In this workshop hosted by the Odum Institute for Research in Social Science, participants will get an overview of various... Read more »
Three-day SPSS Course
This online 3-day (10/19, 10/22, and 10/23) course will offer an introduction to SPSS and will demonstrate how to work with data saved in SPSS format. It will demonstrate how to work with SPSS syntax, how to create your own SPSS data files, and how to convert data in other formats to SPSS. it will... Read more »
Biostatistics Seminar – Knowing the signs: simpler ways to think about p-values, and much else
Dr. Kenneth Rice's research focuses primarily on developing and applying statistical methods for complex disease epidemiology, notably cardiovascular disease. He leads the Data Coordinating Center and Analysis Committee for the... Read more »
Three-day SPSS Course
This online 3-day (10/19, 10/22, and 10/23) course will offer an introduction to SPSS and will demonstrate how to work with data saved in SPSS format. It will demonstrate how to work with SPSS syntax, how to create your own SPSS data files, and how to convert data in other formats to SPSS. it will... Read more »
Three-day SPSS Course
This online 3-day (10/19, 10/22, and 10/23) course will offer an introduction to SPSS and will demonstrate how to work with data saved in SPSS format. It will demonstrate how to work with SPSS syntax, how to create your own SPSS data files, and how to convert data in other formats to SPSS. it will... Read more »
Thrive: Revisiting (and Revising) Your 2020 Goals with Dr. Bahby Banks
Gillings Virtual Fall Student Success Seminar - Thrive: Revisiting (and Revising) Your 2020 Goals with Dr. Bahby Banks UNC Gillings Student Success Seminars focus on empowering all of our students to succeed in navigating the university environment. We plan the seminars with the overall goal of equipping students to achieve their academic and personal goals... Read more »