Department of Biostatistics Seminars

The department hosts seminars by visiting experts on biostatistical topics most weeks during the school year. Seminars are from 1:30 to 2:30 p.m. Central Time unless otherwise noted. The final presentation for the fall semester is "New Developments of Proper Accuracy Metrics in Biomarker Evaluation" by University at Buffalo's Lili Tian on Wednesday, December 11 (online).

If you have questions about seminar programming, contact Panpan Zhang. For location information, access to Zoom links, or to be added to our seminar announcements listserv, contact Cierra Streeter.

Fall 2024 seminars

Date

Title

Presenter

Location

August 14AI for Science: Phenotype-Embedding Theorem and Genotype-Fitness LandscapeYixue LiHybrid
August 21Recent Development of Power Priors for Leveraging Historical DataMing-Hui ChenVirtual
August 28Confidence on the Focal: Conformal Prediction With Selection-Conditional CoverageZhimei RenVirtual
September 4Adaptive and Efficient Learning with Blockwise Missing and Semi-Supervised DataYing WeiVirtual
September 11Uniting Statistics and AI for Revolutionizing Medical Data Analysis and MoreHongtu ZhuVirtual
September 18Treatment Evaluation with a Concomitant TreatmentKwun Chuen Gary ChanVirtual
September 25Stochastic Volatility Models with Informative Missingness for the Analysis of Mobile Phone Based EMARobert KraftyHybrid
October 2Addressing Cognitive Biases Caused by Statistical Training and TraditionsSander GreenlandVirtual
October 9Exploring the Spatial and Temporal Patterns of Neuroimaging-based Brain Age EstimationFengqing Zoe ZhangVirtual
October 16Enhancing Patient Representation Learning with Inferred Family Relations Improves Disease Risk Prediction in Electronic Health Records and Biobank DataZuoheng Anita WangVirtual
October 23Formulating and Testing Hypotheses About Multiple Brain MapsSarah WeinsteinVirtual
October 30Modeling Structured Dependence in High-dimensional Multi-omics DataShuo ChenVirtual
November 6Spatially-informed Image Harmonization Results in Improved Scanner Effect Removal and PredictionSuprateek KunduHybrid
November 8Imputing Inequality: Efficient Methods for Estimating Food Access in Low-access CommunitiesSarah LotspeichHybrid
November 13Emulating Target Trials in Pregnancy – Challenges and SolutionsEllen CanigliaVirtual
November 20Weaving Ideas Together: Training the Next Generation of Collaborative StatisticiansEmily GriffithVirtual
December 4Interpretable AI in Scientific Applications: Bayesian PyramidsDavid DunsonHybrid
December 11New Developments of Proper Accuracy Metrics in Biomarker EvaluationLili TianVirtual