We are pleased to announce the promotion of Onur M. Orun to principal biostatistician, effective October 1. Orun earned his bachelor's degree in mathematics from Izmir University of Economics in Turkey, followed by a MS in math from Bilkent University (Ankara, Turkey) and a MS in statistics from Colorado State University, with his master's project focusing on alumni association membership retention at CSU.

Professor Qi Liu is one of this Cancer Moonshot project's investigators.

The Statistical Computing Series hosted by Vanderbilt University Medical Center's Department of Biostatistics features presentations 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.

ENAR 2025 has published a preliminary lineup of invited sessions - we congratulate the department members and alumni whose proposals have been accepted! They include:Assistant professor Gustavo Amorim - speaker, Methodological Considerations for the Design and Analysis of Observational Studies Reliant on Electronic Health Records DataProfessor Benjamin French - organizer/chair, Modern Statistical Challenges of Electronic Health Records Data

The study published in JAMA was co-authored by professor Jonathan Schildcrout and principal biostatistician Aihua Bian.

Dr. Sean Collins: the success of ACTIV-6 “is a testament to the extensive amount of work and expertise behind the scenes by the Vanderbilt Coordinating Center and the Department of Biostatistics at VUMC.”

Co-authors of this study include senior biostatistician Zhihong Yu, data scientist Hua-Chang Chen, and associate professor Ran Tao.

Congratulations to former visiting student Chia-Jung "Charlene" Chang (PhD candidate in biomedical engineering at National Cheng Kung University), research assistant professor Chih-Yuan Hsu, and professors Qi Liu and Yu Shyr on the publication of "VICTOR: Validation and inspection of cell type annotation through optimal regression." The article on this new method appeared online ahead of print on October 15 and will go to press as part of

Alumnus Zhijun Yin (MS, 2017) is co-PI of this ARPA-H funded project, and professor Bradley Malin is a member of the team.