Congratulations to data scientist assistant Hua-Chang Chen, research assistant professor Jing Wang, and professors Yu Shyr and Qi Liu on the January 22 publication of FindAdapt: A python package for fast and accurate adapter detection in small RNA sequencing, in PLoS Computational Biology.

Congratulations to senior associate Daniel W. Byrne, lead biostatistician Henry J. Domenico, and senior biostatistician Ryan P. Moore (a graduate of our MS program) on the publication of "Artificial Intelligence for Improved Patient Outcomes—The Pragmatic Randomized Controlled Trial is the Secret Sauce" in the Korean Journal of Radiology.

Featuring research assistant professor Jing Yang and professors Qi Liu and Yu Shyr, with their Cancer-Immu portal.

We are pleased to announce the promotion of Dr. Ran Tao (pictured here at left, on the first day of the Fall 2023 semester, with professor Frank Harrell and assistant professor Bryan Blette) to associate professor of biostatistics (investigator track, with tenure), effective as of January 1. A graduate of Tsinghua University (Beijing, BS in mathematics) and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (PhD in biostatistics, 2016), Dr. Tao joined our department in 2016.

We are thrilled to announce two new leadership appointments in our department:

Congratulations to research assistant professor Jing Yang, first author of "A large-scale meta-analysis reveals positive feedback between macrophages and T cells that sensitizes tumors to immunotherapy," which was published in Cancer Research on December 20. The paper was co-authored by professors Qi Liu and Yu Shyr.

Co-authors include statistical genetic analyst Marisol Ramirez-Solano, senior associate Dan Ayers, staff scientist Yu Wang, assistant professor Simon Vandekar, and professor Qi Liu.

Congratulations to assistant in biostatistics Zhiguo "Alex" Zhao, first author of "Prospective External Validation of the Esbenshade Vanderbilt Models Accurately Predicts Bloodstream Infection Risk in Febrile Non-Neutropenic Children with Cancer," which was published in the Journal of Clinical Oncology on December 7.

Featuring professor and vice chair of research Jonathan Schildcrout, with mention of assistant professor Ran Tao and professor Bryan Shepherd.

Co-authors include biostatistician Guanchao Wang, data scientist Hua-Chang Chen, and assistant professor Ran Tao.