Biostatistics Events

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 »

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 and classification), efficient algorithms in high dimensional spaces, shrinkage estimation and clinical trial design. The techniques he develops are directed at problems in biology and... Read more »

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 software. Contact anneli@unc.edu with questions. View the flyer.

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 »

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 »