Spotlight on Vanderbilt Biostatistics: Laurie Samuels

This week's Spotlight is on Laurie Samuels, PhD, Research Assistant Professor in the Vanderbilt Department of Biostatistics.  Learn more about Laurie's path to biostatistics and her love of nature and greyhounds. What was your draw to biostatistics? What has served as the pathway to your position?

Onur M. Orun

Onur
Orun
Principal Biostatistician
Phone
(615) 875-4988
Delivery Address
2525 West End Avenue, Suite 1100
Nashville
Tennessee
37203
onur.m.orun@vumc.org

MS, Statistics, Colorado State University

MS, Mathematics, Bilkent University, Turkey

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Spotlight on Vanderbilt Biostatistics: Matt Shotwell

This week our Spotlight series is taking a closer look at Matt Shotwell, PhD, Associate Professor of Biostatistics.  Learn more about his research interests, hobbies and thoughts on adjusting the p-value for multiple comparison.

Spotlight on Vanderbilt Biostatistics: Yuwei Zhu

This week's Spotlight series features one of our great faculty members, Yuwei Zhu.  Read on to learn more about her impressive research with vaccine studies, and heed her advice for aspiring statisticians.   What was your draw to statistics and/or Vanderbilt?  

Spotlight on Vanderbilt Biostatistics: Jennifer Morse

Next up in the series is one of our wonderful staff biostatisticians, Jennifer Morse, who shares more about her interests in the field and admits her guilty pleasure for Candy Crush Saga!  Read on to learn more . . . What is your research focused on and what have been the major findings so far?

Spotlight on Vanderbilt Biostatistics: Liping Du

This week we are excited to feature one of our faculty members, Liping Du, PhD, who is an Assistant in Biostatistics and supports the Center for Quantitative Sciences.  Read on to learn more about her work here at Vanderbilt and her interests outside of our group: What is the focus of your research and where have your findings been published?   

Spotlight on Vanderbilt Biostatistics: Yu Wang

This week we are excited to feature one of our postdoctoral fellows from the Center for Quantitative Sciences within the Department of Biostatistics.  Dr. Yu Wang has had experience in both bioinformatics and biostatistics and is involved in some fascinating research.  Read on to learn more...Tell us about your current research focus. 

Spotlight on Vanderbilt Biostatistics: Ahra Kim

This week's Spotlight features one of our newer staff biostatisticians, Ahra Kim.  Learn how this Southern California native ventured East to Nashville for a great opportunity in research and is now learning to brave the winters, all while providing statistical support to her collaborators here at Vanderbilt. Tell us about the research you are involved in.