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... Read more »
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... Read more »
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... Read more »
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 »
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 Kaiser Permanente Washington Health Research Institute. Abstract Clinical trials embedded in health systems can randomize large populations by using automated data sources to determine trial... Read more »
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 »
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... Read more »
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 »
Elsevier Town Hall Meeting Dates The University Libraries is now in renewal negotiations with Elsevier, the world’s largest publisher of scholarly journals. The contract expires on December 31. The University... Read more »
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... Read more »
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 »
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 »
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... Read more »
Elsevier Town Hall Meeting Dates The University Libraries is now in renewal negotiations with Elsevier, the world’s largest publisher of scholarly journals. The contract expires on December 31. The University... Read more »
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 »
