Yunqi "Vicky" Liao
Yunqi "Vicky"
Liao
Biostatistician (2024–2025)
MS, Biostatistics (Epidemiology minor), University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
Bryan Blette
Bryan
Blette
Assistant Professor of Biostatistics
Office Address
2525 West End Avenue, Suite 1100
Room / Suite
Room 11118A
Nashville
Tennessee
37203
bryan.blette@vumc.org
PhD, Biostatistics, University of North Carolina
Biostatistics faculty in Taipei, Sint-Michielsgestel, and Ann Arbor
On June 9, department chair Yu Shyr (third from left) delivered "Future of Investigational Medicine and Smart Data—What We Learned from ChatGPT" as a keynote during the 2023 Health+ Conference hosted by Taiwan's Bureau of Foreign Trade. (Photo via Taiwan's Ministry of Economic Affairs.)
Biostatistics faculty and students at NESS and CFAR
This past week, presentations by our faculty and students included the following:
June 3–6, 2023 - New England Statistics Symposium (NESS), Boston
Rukayya Alkassim
Rukayya
Sunusi
Alkassim
VN-Biostat Fellow (2023–2024)
Office Address
2525 West End Avenue, Suite 1100
Nashville
Tennessee
37203
rukayya.alkassim@vumc.org
PhD student, Statistics, Ahmadu Bello University (Nigeria)
Chris Slaughter wins 2023 Vanderbilt Epidemiology Teaching Award
Associate professor Chris Slaughter has received the 2023 Vanderbilt Epidemiology Teaching Award. The student-nominated award honors a faculty member for their exceptional effort in training the next generation of epidemiologists in the PhD program.
Akshat Vasisht
Akshat
Vasisht
2022 Intern
High School: Brentwood
Mentor: Amir Asiaee
Project: Reproducibility and quality control for combination drug screening (in collaboration with Asiaee and graduate student Elisa Yazdani)
Rajala Bean
Rajala
Bean
2022 Intern
College: Tennessee State University
Mentor: Christopher Lindsell
Project: SEPSIGN: Early identification of SEPsis SIGNs in emergency department (in collaboration with Lindsell and biostatistician Cassie Hennessy)
Mary Guirguis
Mary
Guirguis
2022 Intern
College: Middle Tennessee State University
Mentor: Amir Asiaee
Project: Reproducibility and quality control for combination drug screening (in collaboration with Asiaee and graduate student Elisa Yazdani)
Terrence Smith
Terrence
Smith
College: Talladega College
Mentor: Bryan Shepherd, with Gustavo Amorim
Project: Assessing the Association between TB Testing and Treatment Outcomes in a Multinational HIV/TB Co-infection Cohort
