Biostatistics & Bioinformatics News

A multidisciplinary team of Duke clinicians, bioinformaticians, statisticians, and researchers with high-throughput genomics expertise is hoping their work will lead to more treatment options for IPF patients that will improve both their quantity and quality of life.

Anru Zhang, PhD, has been awarded the Data Science Distinguished Paper Award by the American Medical Informatics Association for ‘Timeline Registration for Electronic Health Records.’

Transcription factors bind to DNA to help control gene regulation.

Congratulations to Hilmar Lapp, winner of last month’s Duke University School of Medicine Black History Month quiz.

Dean Mary Klotman, MD, talks with David Page, Professor and Chair of the Department of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics, and Professor of Computer Science about Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning.

New computer science faculty member Jian Pei is a leader in improving efficiency and equity in the applications of data science. His work is affecting everything from car loans to interstellar imaging.

A less extensive surgical option is proving to be an effective method for treating early non-small-cell lung cancer, the most common type of lung cancer, according to a long-term, randomized trial co-authored by scientists from the Duke University School of Medicine. 

The Duke-Industry Statistics Symposium (DISS) will be held virtually March 29-31, 2023 with the theme “Empower Clinical Development by Harnessing Data from Diverse Sources”.

A failure to accurately assess stroke risk could perpetuate racial differences in stroke