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Steve Grambow, PhD, associate chair of education in the Department of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics, has been honored with an education innovation award from the Association for Clinical and Translational Science.

New research shows routine medical records could help flag risk early, when support matters most

Lindsell among 4 Duke leaders named inaugral Fellows of ACTS

Durga S. Borkar, MD, MMCi’21, has been named a recipient of a 2026 Emerging Leader Award by the Duke Medical Alumni Association in recognition of her exceptional impact at the intersection of vitreoretinal surgery, clinical data science, and health‑technology innovation.

Zada Tiimod, a second-year master of biostatistics student, has been selected as a recipient of a travel award to attend the Spring 2026 meeting of the Council for New and Emerging Statisticians (CENS) at Eastern North American Region (ENAR). The award, from CENS and the American Statistical Association Biopharmaceutical Section, highlights her growing leadership in the statistical community and her academic and leadership achievements.

Biostatistics doctoral student Richard Doty successfully defended his dissertation, “Modeling, Analysis, and Interpretation of High-Throughput Genomic Perturbation Assays” on Wednesday, April 1, 2026. His advisor was Andrew Allen, PhD.

Biostatistics doctoral student Elaona Lemoto successfully defended her dissertation, “Bayesian Hierarchical Models for the Combination of Data from Heterogenous Sources,” on Friday, March 20, 2026.

Wenpin Hou, PhD, received a PhD in mathematics from the University of Hong Kong and was a postdoctoral fellow in the Department of Biostatistics and Department of Computer Science at Johns Hopkins University.

Anru Zhang, PhD, has received the 2026 Leo Breiman Junior Award from the Section on Statistical Learning and Data Science of the American Statistical Association . The award recognizes the significant impact of his work in statistical learning and data science.

While AI chatbots can deliver quick answers, their context-blind accuracy may mislead patients in dangerous ways.