Biostatistics & Bioinformatics News

Dr. Alisa Stephens- Shields is currently an Associate Professor of Biostatistics at the University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine. She was raised in Teaneck, New Jersey and discovered her interest for problem-solving at a young age through various games and activities with her siblings and neighborhood friends.

Kaiyuan Hua is set to defend his dissertation 'Design and Analysis of Clinical Trials with Restricted Mean Survival Time' in person and virtually.

For Black History Month this year, students in the Biostatistics PhD program will highlight a Black statistician or biostatistician each week who has made tremendous contributions to the f

In the U.S., an average of nearly 70,000 children under the age of 5 are hospitalized with RSV every year, and nearly 7 million people have died from COVID-19 worldwide. Jessilyn Dunn’s lab uses Al and machine learning to analyze data collected by devices such as smartwatches to ultimately predict and prevent outbreaks of RSV, COVID-19 and the flu as well as conditions such as adult-onset diabetes.

The Duke University School of Medicine has announced that Svati H. Shah, MD, MS, MHS, has been named associate dean for translational research, effective immediately.

The National Institute of General Medical Sciences has awarded Bill Majoros, PhD, assistant professor in the Duke Department of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics, a $1.9 million research grant.

The Duke Department of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics is excited to announce the promotion of three faculty members.

The Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) has awarded Duke University School of Medicine researchers more than $22 million to conduct a trial to develop a treatment protocol for children who have not responded to initial medication for Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis.

In August, 28 faculty and staff members from the Duke Department of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics showcased their work at the largest gathering of statisticians and data scientists in North America.

The School of Medicine kicked off a new restorative justice pilot program last week with participants from across School of Medicine departments and units.