2024 Summer Intern Cohort

The Vanderbilt Biostatistics Summer Internship for Underrepresented Undergraduates program, directed by Leena Choi, is taking place from May 6 through June 14.

Planning and selection committee members: Amir Asiaee, Cole Beck, Bryan Blette, Mario Davidson, Siyuan Ma, Bryan Shepherd, Andrew Spieker, Simon Vandekar, Shilin Zhao

Mentors: Amir Asiaee, Bryan Blette, Tatsuki Koyama, Siyuan Ma, Bryan Shepherd, Chris Slaughter

Faculty sponsors: Frank Harrell, Matt Shotwell, Chris Slaughter

Statistics and computing instructors: Cole Beck, Andrew Spieker, Simon Vandekar, Shilin Zhao

Professional training: TBD

Special lectures: Benjamin French, Simon Vandekar, Yu Shyr

Lunch meetings: TBD

Administrative support: Margaret Cullum, Peg Duthie, Nicole Gunnison, Janey Wang

  • Corey Goddard

    2024 Intern

    College: Howard University

    Project: Dose escalation clinical trial of high-dose oral montelukast to inform future RCT in children with acute asthma exacerbations

  • Ermias Takele

    2024 Intern

    College: Middle Tennessee State University

  • Naij Taylor

    2024 Intern

    College: Middle Tennessee State University

  • Eliab Woldegebriel

    2024 Intern

    College: Middle Tennessee State University

    Project: A machine learning tool for imputation of body fat percentage