Andrew Spieker promoted to associate professor

June 2, 2024
We are pleased to announce the promotion of Dr. Andrew Spieker to associate professor of biostatistics (investigator track, with tenure), effective as of June 1. A graduate of Northeastern University (BS, mathematics) and the University of Washington (PhD, biostatistics), with postdoctoral work at the University of Pennsylvania, Dr. Spieker joined our department in 2018. His primary research interests involve the development of causal inference approaches in observational studies and randomized trials.

Joshua DeClercq promoted to principal biostatistician

Peg Duthie, senior program manager
May 30, 2024
We are delighted to announce the promotion of Josh DeClercq to principal biostatistician, in effect as of May 1. A 2018 graduate of our department's MS program, DeClercq previously earned his bachelor's degree in genetics at the University of California, Davis, and worked at Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics, New York University School of Medicine, and Sangamo Biosciences before moving to Nashville.

First-authored paper in Journal of Biomedical Informatics by Andrew Guide

Peg Duthie, senior program manager
May 28, 2024
Congratulations to senior biostatistician Andrew Guide on the publication of "Identifying erroneous height and weight values from adult electronic health records in the All of Us research program." This paper was published online ahead of print on May 23 in the Journal of Biomedical Informatics and is scheduled to appear in the July 2024 print issue.

Registration is open for the 2024 Summer Institute

Margaret Cullum, associate program manager
May 22, 2024
Registration is now open for the 2024 CQS Summer Institute. This year's offerings include three in-person courses at 2525 West End Avenue, and one virtual course on Zoom.

Jacquelyn Neal

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PhD, 2022

Publications include:

Neal JE, Zhang P, Liu D. Predictive partly conditional models for longitudinal ordinal outcomes with application to Alzheimer’s Disease progression. Stat Biosci. 2024. doi.org/10.1007/s12561-024-09433-w

Gifford KA, Liu D, Neal JE, Acosta LMY, Bell SP, Wiggins ME, Wisniewski KM, Godfrey M, Logan LA, Hohman TJ, Pechman KR, Libon DJ, Blennow K, Zetterberg H, Jefferson AL. Validity and normative data for the Biber Figure Learning Test: A visual supraspan memory measure. Assessment. 2020 Sep;27(6):1320-1334. doi: 10.1177/1073191118773870. Epub 2018 May 29. PMID: 29809069; PMCID: PMC6212325.

Gandelman JS, Khan OA, Shuey MM, Neal JE, McNeer E, Dickson A, Barnado A, Wang L, Anandi P, Dupont WD, Stein CM, Chung CP. Increased incidence of resistant hypertension in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus: A retrospective cohort study. Arthritis Care Res (Hoboken). 2020 Apr;72(4):534-543. doi: 10.1002/acr.23880. PMID: 30875459; PMCID: PMC6745299.

Gifford KA, Bell SP, Liu D, Neal JE, Turchan M, Shah AS, Jefferson AL. Frailty is related to subjective cognitive decline in older women without dementia. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2019 Sep;67(9):1803-1811. doi: 10.1111/jgs.15972. Epub 2019 May 16. PMID: 31095735; PMCID: PMC6781867.

Gifford KA, Liu D, Neal JE, Babicz MA, Thompson JL, Walljasper LE, Wiggins ME, Turchan M, Pechman KR, Osborn KE, Acosta LMY, Bell SP, Hohman TJ, Libon DJ, Blennow K, Zetterberg H, Jefferson AL. The 12-word Philadelphia Verbal Learning Test performances in older adults: Brain MRI and cerebrospinal fluid correlates and regression-based normative data. Dement Geriatr Cogn Dis Extra. 2018 Dec 6;8(3):476-491. doi: 10.1159/000494209. PMID: 30631339; PMCID: PMC6323369.

Jefferson AL, Cambronero FE, Liu D, Moore EE, Neal JE, Terry JG, Nair S, Pechman KR, Rane S, Davis LT, Gifford KA, Hohman TJ, Bell SP, Wang TJ, Beckman JA, Carr JJ. Higher aortic stiffness is related to lower cerebral blood flow and preserved cerebrovascular reactivity in older adults. Circulation. 2018 Oct 30;138(18):1951-1962. doi: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.118.032410. PMID: 30018169; PMCID: PMC6394409.

Cambronero FE, Liu D, Neal JE, Moore EE, Gifford KA, Terry JG, Nair S, Pechman KR, Osborn KE, Hohman TJ, Bell SP, Sweatt JD, Wang TJ, Beckman JA, Carr JJ, Jefferson AL. APOE genotype modifies the association between central arterial stiffening and cognition in older adults. Neurobiol Aging. 2018 Jul;67:120-127. doi: 10.1016/j.neurobiolaging.2018.02.009. Epub 2018 Feb 20. PMID: 29656011; PMCID: PMC5985659.

Dissertation: Predictive Partly Conditional Models for Longitudinal Ordinal Outcomes with Applications to Alzheimer’s Disease

Advisor: Dandan Liu

MS, Biostatistics, Vanderbilt University (thesis: Statistical Methods for Modeling Disease Progression); BS, Biological/Biosystems Engineering, University of Florida

At WebMD Ignite since 2024. Currently Product Manager.

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Statistical Computing Series: Cloud, StatComp3, and ACCRE computation

May 12, 2024
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The Department of Biostatistics' Statistical Computing Series focuses on the implementation of statistical models and methods, statistical computation and graphics. These informal meetings allow experienced statisticians and developers to share their expertise on computing topics with practitioners across Vanderbilt. On Thursday, May 23, at 2:30 p.m., principal application developer Zhouwen Liu (MS, computer science, MTSU; MA, biology and biochemistry, Binghamton University), will present "Cloud, StatComp3, and ACCRE computation": 

Congratulations to Cara Lwin, MS

Peg Duthie, senior program manager
May 8, 2024
The VBDCC congratulates associate biostatistician Cara Lwin on earning her master's degree in our department's graduate program.
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