Congratulations to Vanderbilt Biostatistics PhD candidate Alexis Fleming on her appointment to the editorial board of Child Maltreatment, a peer-reviewed journal. At Gustavus Adolphus College and now VU, Fleming has excelled in service, teaching, and research. www.vanderbilt.edu/biostatistic...

Vanderbilt Health senior biostatistician Tess Stopczyński (MS statistics @uvmvermont.bsky.social) and associate professor Andrew Spieker among experts calling for better adherence to guidelines for antiviral prescribing for children at higher risk of severe influenza news.vumc.org/2025/12/11/e...

Congratulations to Dr. Ruby Jiangmei Xiong (advisers: @vandyatvandy.bsky.social & Siyuan Ma) on her graduation! www.vanderbilt.edu/biostatistic... #machinelearning #statisticalimaging #healthinformatics @cens-enar.bsky.social #datascience

Do you want to report effect sizes for any brain-behavior association? Do you want to include spatial confidence intervals for effect sizes? This paper, by Xinyu Zhang has the methods and software you need! with @aarona-b.bsky.social @neilwoodward.bsky.social and others :)

First author Xinyu Zhang is a PhD candidate at Vanderbilt Biostatistics. Second author Kenneth Liao is a 2024 MS graduate of the program. Senior author Simon Vandekar is associate professor and director of graduate recruitment. Congratulations to all!

Sessions include @f2harrell.bsky.social with "Tips for Biostatisticians Collaborating with Non-Biostatistician Medical Researchers." $25 for ENAR members, $45 for non-members. www.enar.org/education/in...

Participants include Vanderbilt Biostatistics PhD students Hannah Klinger and @ashleymullan.bsky.social, professor Rameela Raman, and alumni Sarah Lotspeich, Lucy McGowan, and Jacquelyn Neal. www.vanderbilt.edu/biostatistic... #CausalInference #StudentResearch #PublicHealth

Jiangmei Xiong will defend her dissertation, "Statistically Guided Improvement of Medical Imaging Analysis," on Monday 10/27 at 9 am Central Time, in Nashville and online. Her advisors are @vandyatvandy.bsky.social and Siyuan Ma. #Rstats #biomedical #AppliedStats www.vanderbilt.edu/biostatistic...

Congratulations @vandyatvandy.bsky.social (right, with 2025 graduate @kaidikang.bsky.social) on being named Outstanding Faculty Mentor by the Vanderbilt Biostatistics student body! www.vanderbilt.edu/biostatistic...

Interested in obtaining an MS or PhD degree in biostatistics? Vanderbilt is hosting a virtual info session with director of recruitment Simon Vandekar (@vandyatvandy.bsky.social) on Thursday 10/9, 6pm Central. vanderbilt.zoom.us/meeting/regi... (Pictured: MS students Seth Young and Zongyue Teng)

Vanderbilt Biostatistics will welcome past ASA president Jessica Utts on Wed 9/24 for "Statistical Literacy and Data Science Ethics." This one-hour non-technical webinar is open to all; visit www.vanderbilt.edu/biostatistic... to view the full description and request access.

Registration will remain open for "Everyday Reproducibility" until 8 pm Central Time Wednesday 9/17. This Friday's short course is an excellent opportunity to pick up tools and methods to enhance computationally reproducible, shareable, and accessible analyses. www.eventbrite.com/e/asa-travel...

There is still space in September 19's Everyday Reproducibility, an in-person half-day course organized by the American Statistical Association and hosted by its Mid-Tennessee chapter. www.eventbrite.com/e/asa-travel...

Vanderbilt Biostatistics professor Frank Harrell @f2harrell.bsky.social is presenting a hybrid seminar on Wednesday 9/17 at 1:30 pm Central that is open to all: "Goal-Driven Flexible Bayesian Design" #ClinicalTrials www.vanderbilt.edu/biostatistic... Photo: Erin O. Smith/VUMC

There is still space in September 19's Everyday Reproducibility, an in-person half-day course organized by the American Statistical Association and hosted by its Mid-Tennessee chapter. www.eventbrite.com/e/asa-travel...

Frank Harrell ( @f2harrell.bsky.social ) is busy as ever, with two upcoming talks online and open to the public - "Challenges of Dimensional Data Analysis" 9/10, and "How to learn to use the data.table package in R" 9/11. Learn more and contact the organizers via www.vanderbilt.edu/biostatistic...

Vanderbilt Biostatistics is hosting a hybrid seminar on Wednesday, September 3, where University of Central Florida statistics professor Hsin-Hsiung Huang will introduce two methods to improve statistical analysis in neuroimaging. www.vanderbilt.edu/biostatistic...

There's still room in the ASA Everyday Reproducibility half-day course on September 19! Held at Vanderbilt Biostatistics in Nashville, Tennessee. www.eventbrite.com/e/asa-travel...

Y'all, Vanderbilt Bookstore is hosting Silent Book Club at 2 pm Sat 8/22. Participating 10 times gets you a free book! events.vanderbilt.edu/event/87698-...

The Middle Tennessee chapter of the American Statistical Association (@amstatnews.bsky.social) is hosting a half-day course 9/19: Everyday Reproducibility. Lunch and parking provided. Sign up by August 27 for a 10% discount! www.eventbrite.com/e/asa-travel...

Congratulations to Dr. Lee on being named chair of National Cheng Kung University's Department of Statistics!

Vanderbilt Biostatistics faculty member Yuwei Zhu is co-author of a study debunking claims that Tamiflu causes seizures and other neuropsychiatric events news.vumc.org/2025/08/04/r...

Statisticians from Vanderbilt & 3 Taiwanese universities are presenting a half-day symposium on August 2, featuring @spiekerstats.bsky.social @vandyatvandy.bsky.social and more! Full lineup at www.vanderbilt.edu/biostatistic...

‘Statisticians Leading the Way’ panel to be part of Joint Statistical Meeting Conference, Aug. 4 news.vumc.org/2025/06/24/s... feat. Vanderbilt Biostatistics faculty Cathy Shyr, Paul Harris & Cindy Chen

Statisticians from Vanderbilt & 3 Taiwanese universities are presenting a half-day symposium on August 2, featuring @spiekerstats.bsky.social @vandyatvandy.bsky.social and more! Full lineup at www.vanderbilt.edu/biostatistic...

Congratulations to Dr. Bob Johnson on his Outstanding Chapter Service Award @amstatnews.bsky.social! www.vanderbilt.edu/biostatistic... Recently retired from @vanderbilt.edu, Dr. Johnson previously received the award in 1996 for his longtime service to the Virginia chapter.

Thrilled to see International Journal of STD and AIDS paper first-authored by one of our first VN-Biostat fellows, Dr. Bryan Shepherd, Dr. Muktar Aliyu, and more journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/... #sicklecell #HIV #kidneydisease #Nigeria #WestAfrica

New methods paper @gigascience.bsky.social has an all-Vanderbilt byline, with Biostatistics research assistant professor Jing Wang and data scientist Hua-Chang Chan as co-first authors and professors Yu Shyr and Qi Liu as co-corresponding authors. academic.oup.com/gigascience/... #transcriptomics

Do you know someone who deserves to be recognized for outstanding or groundbreaking work? Is your institution embarking on an exciting project? Send ACTS your story using this form to be highlighted in future issues of the ACTS Connection. docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

🚨BREAKING: IDSA, along with AAP, APHA, ACP and others, has filed a lawsuit against HHS/Secretary Kennedy to stop unlawful changes to vaccine policy and defend public health. We refuse to stand by while America’s public health safeguards are torn apart. bit.ly/4lm7UkW

Biostatistics faculty Dandan Liu & Panpan Zhang are key members & co-authors of a @kaidikang.bsky.social (PhD 2025) award-winning presentation: Vanderbilt Memory and Alzheimer’s Center receives federal funding to support world-class research as a Center of Excellence   news.vumc.org/2025/07/02/v...

See the ASA @amstatnews.bsky.social full local page for info on caregiver grants and other support for #JSM2025 in Nashville #MusicCity ww2.amstat.org/meetings/jsm...

Planning your trip to Nashville for #JSM2025? The ASA ( @amstatnews.bsky.social) has created an Insider's Guide for you, with suggestions from Vanderbilt Biostatistics and Mid-TN chapter members (thanks to everyone who weighed in! ww2.amstat.org/meetings/jsm...

If gutting healthcare for poor people & ensuring the uberwealthy don't see a tax increase reflects your values- well, you're not a good person. There's no point in sugarcoating it. 🤷🏾‍♂️ #OBBB If you don't approve, call your Representative: www.house.gov/representati... www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

@harvardmed.bsky.social putting right on its homepage features about cancer research at risk, threats to research funding and progress, and doctor shortages hms.harvard.edu

My spouse was a big fan of Dead Can Dance back in the day, Lisa Gerrard co-composed the movie score with Hans Zimmer, and the conductor-producer worked directly with her. The insights he's serving up in rehearsals @nashvillesymphony.org = a fun time. #WhatIDoBesidesCheerleadingBiostatistics

Speaking of Nashville Symphony Chorus, the last concert of the season's this Wednesday: www.nashvillesymphony.org/tickets/conc...

Why I wear a mask even during Symphony Chorus rehearsals: Many U.S. Adults Wouldn't Test for Suspected COVID, Survey Shows www.medpagetoday.com/infectiousdi...

In the June issue @alzdemjournals.bsky.social: paper with first authors @kaidikang.bsky.social (PhD biostatistics @vanderbilt.edu 2025) & assistant professor Panpan Zhang, & associate professor Dandan Liu as senior/corresponding author doi.org/10.1002/alz.... #neurology #reproducibility #Alzheimers

👏 Huge congratulations to Assistant Prof @sarahlotspeich.bsky.social Lotspeich for her Societal Impact Award from the @cwstat.bsky.social! Dr. Lotspeich is being recognized for her outstanding efforts and impact on social justice through your collaboration, leadership, and partnerships.

🆕 Check out this new article in @hbr.org written by @lucystats.bsky.social (Assistant Prof) and Jeff Camm (Prof in @wakeforest.bsky.social School of Business) demystifying the use of percentages in statistics. Read more ⬇️

🆕 I'm excited to share a new arXiv preprint with Anh Nguyen and @sarahlotspeich.bsky.social on "Linking Potentially Misclassified Healthy Food Access to Diabetes Prevalence." I couldn't have asked for a better duo to help my first first-author paper come together! 😊 🔗: arxiv.org/abs/2505.01465

Dr. Lin is co-teaching "a practical tutorial for analyzing complex data with minimum assumptions" at #JSM2025 with Vanderbilt assistant prof of biostatistics and psychiatry Jinyuan Liu & professor Xin Tu @ucsandiego.bsky.social ww3.aievolution.com/JSMAnnual202... #microbiome #HIV #HighThroughput

Vanderbilt Biostatistics prof Bill Dupont @wddupont.bsky.social (shown here at Friday's intern presentations) is on the scientific committee of the 2025 Stata Conference in Nashville July 31-August 1, right before #JSM2025: www.stata.com/meeting/us25 The venue is close to a great museum & eateries!

Brand-new @jaccjournals.bsky.social - paper on predicting heart failure outcomes co-authored by Vanderbilt lead biostatistician Amy Perkins and professors Rob Greevy and Michael Matheny. #MachineLearning #HealthInformatics pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40499980/ #PCORI #NIHfunded

Nice piece this week about an asthma study co-authored by Vanderbilt Biostatistics' Tebeb Gebretsadik and Siyuan Ma: news.vumc.org/2025/06/17/c... #NIHfunded #pediatrics

Early registration (20% discount) for the CQS Summer Institute is open through June 17. www.vumc.org/cqs/cqs-summ...

Instructors include Vanderbilt Biostatistics professor Ben French, who is teaching Joint Modeling of Longitudinal and Survival Data July 17-18.

Thinking about submitting a talk to LatinR this year? ✨ R-Ladies offers abstract reviews for women and gender minorities in the R community. Whether it’s your first abstract or your fifth, we’re here to help! 📅 Submit a draft: rladies.org/form/abstrac... #rladies #rstats #LatinR2025

Vanderbilt Biostatistics prof Tatsuki Koyama is on this team. The study was highlighted as highly impactful in Dr. Jane Freedman's State of the Department of Medicine Address last week. news.vumc.org/2025/06/06/v...