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Gustavo Amorim
Research Assistant Professor of BiostatisticsPhD, Statistics, University of Auckland, New Zealand
Research interests include: developing novel statistical methods for problems arising in public health studies; developing semiparametric models that are flexible and robust to model misspecification; two-phase designs; measurement-error problems; ordinal data analysis
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Amir Asiaee
Assistant Professor of BiostatisticsPhD, Computer Science, University of Minnesota
Research interests include: bioinformatics, causal inference, cancer genomics, computational biology, data science, high-dimensional statistics, machine learning
More information: amirasiaee.com
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Dan Ayers
Senior Associate in BiostatisticsMS, Applied Statistics, Louisiana State University
Research interests include: statistical evidence, effective statistical collaboration, clinical trial methodology
More information: biostat.app.vumc.org/DanAyers
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Lynne Berry
Vice Chair of Informatics & Collaborative Programs, Department of BiostatisticsDeputy Director, Center for Quantitative SciencesResearch Assistant Professor of BiostatisticsPhD, Cell Biology, Vanderbilt University
Responsibilities include: working with the software development team at the Center for Quantitative Sciences, overseeing and directing individual projects as well as the entire group.
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Daniel W. Byrne
Director of Artificial Intelligence Research, AVAIL (Advanced Vanderbilt Artificial Intelligence Laboratory)Senior Associate in Biostatistics, Biomedical Informatics, and MedicineProject Leader, CorneliusMS, Biostatistics, New York Medical College
Research interests include: artificial intelligence in medicine, machine learning, pragmatic adaptive randomized controlled trials, studies using electronic health records for precision medicine, development of accurate real-time risk prediction models, evaluation of predictive models’ impact on patient outcomes, teaching physician-scientists, medical writing
Selected honors: Academy for Excellence in Education (2010), MSCI Teaching awards (2003, 2004, 2017), numerous book awards (1998), C. Everett Koop National Health Award (2008), AAMC Innovation Award (2012), Vanderbilt Team Award (2017)
Books: Publishing Your Medical Research (2nd edition, 2017) and Artificial Intelligence for Improved Patient Outcomes (2022)
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Heidi Chen
Research Associate Professor of BiostatisticsPhD, Biomathematics, North Carolina State University
Research interests include: survival analysis, mixed model and longitudinal data analysis, two-stage adaptive design for phase II clinical trials, model/process validation for high-dimensional data
More information: biostat.app.vumc.org/HeidiChen
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Qingxia (Cindy) Chen
Vice Chair of EducationDepartment of BiostatisticsDirector, Biostatistics Post-Graduate Studies and Distance LearningDirector, Executive Masters in Health Data ScienceAssociate Professor of Biostatistics, Biomedical Informatics, and Ophthalmology & Visual SciencesPhD, Biostatistics, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Research interests include: missing data, survival analysis (especially time-varying effect and treatment switching), Bayesian methods in big data, penalized approach for 1<n/p<10, developing statistical methods for using electronic health records (EHRs) and genetics information in precision medicine, cancer, ophthalmology, infection disease, cardiovascular diseases, suicide
More information: biostat.app.vumc.org/QingxiaChen
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Sheau-Chiann Chen
Research Assistant ProfessorPhD, Biostatistics, National Cheng Kung University (Taiwan)
Research interests include: Methodology development in phase I clinical trials, pattern recognition and robust estimation; statistics with applications in clinical trials, industrial statistics, cancer biology
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Leena Choi
Vice Chair of Diversity and Inclusion, Department of BiostatisticsProfessor of Biostatistics and Biomedical InformaticsPhD, Biostatistics, Johns Hopkins University
Research interests include: constructing a system for pharmacokinetics, pharmacodynamics, and pharmacogenomics studies using electronic health records (EHRs), which would provide the foundation for dose-optimization support system for precision medicine; developing medication dosing extraction algorithms from EHRs, which would also benefit medication-related studies in pharmacoepidemiology
More information: The Choi Lab
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Mario Davidson
Director for Classroom Peer Reviews, Educator Development Program (EDP)Assistant Professor of BiostatisticsPhD, statistics/mathematics education, The Ohio State University
Research interests include: medical education assessment; research and statistical collaboration; questionnaire design; regression modeling; statistical consulting; statistics and mathematics education; mixed methodology; the statistics and mathematics achievement gap
Honors include: 2022 Geoffrey David Chazen Award for Innovation in Medical Education; Academy for Excellence in Education (elected 2015)
More information: biostat.app.vumc.org/MarioDavidson
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Mary S. Dietrich
Professor of Nursing, Biostatistics, and Psychiatry & Behavioral SciencesPhD, Statistics & Measurement, Vanderbilt University
Specialties: see biostat.app.vumc.org/MaryDietrich
For more information: nursing.vanderbilt.edu/people/bio/mary-dietrich
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Liping Du
Assistant in BiostatisticsPhD, chemical engineering, Vanderbilt University
Responsibilities include: collaborating with basic science and clinical research scientists in different fields, focusing on writing statistical analysis plan for grant applications and helping them with experimental designs, analyzing statistical data, interpreting results, and preparing manuscripts. Du also works on clinical trial reporting at ClinicalTrials.gov for Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center (VICC), performs data analysis for epidemiology studies and high-dimensional proteomic/genomic/metabolomics research, and collaborates with Peabody at Vanderbilt on education-related statistical data analysis.
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William D. Dupont
Director of Mentoring, Department of BiostatisticsDirector, Nashville Breast Cohort StudyProfessor of Biostatistics, Preventive Medicine, and Health PolicyPhD, biostatistics, Johns Hopkins University
Research interests include: epidemiology, breast disease, cancer, genetics, hormonal replacement therapy, screening, power and sample calculations, data management, data quality assurance, clinical trials, stopping rules, foundations of statistical inference, likelihood methods
Selected honors: Fellow, American Statistical Association (elected 2009); Ernest W. Goodpasture Award for Groundbreaking Research, 2003; Academy for Excellence in Education (elected 2021)
More information: biostat.app.vumc.org/WilliamDupont
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Svetlana Eden
Research Assistant Professor of BiostatisticsPhD, biostatistics, Vanderbilt University
Research interests include: developing semi- and nonparametric methods of estimating correlation in survival data; causal inference methods (specifically Mendelian Randomization analysis); risk factors in veterans; survival analysis; rank association measures; Bayesian modeling
More information: svetlanaeden.github.io
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Irene Feurer
Director of Quantitative Services, Vanderbilt Transplant CenterResearch Professor of Surgery and BiostatisticsPhD, Education, University of Pennsylvania
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PhD, Quantitative Ecology, University of Georgia
Research interests include: computational statistics, hierarchical modeling, Bayesian statistics, meta-analysis, epidemiology, decision analysis and adaptive decision-making, machine learning, statistical software, sabermetrics
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Benjamin French
Associate Professor of BiostatisticsDirectorBiostatistics Graduate ProgramPhD, biostatistics, University of Washington
Research interests include: statistical analysis methods for longitudinal and survival data, with scientific focus on estimation of exposure-outcome associations or evaluation of prediction accuracy; cardiovascular disease; cancer epidemiology; health economics
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Shawn Garbett
Director, Informatics Software DevelopmentAssistant in BiostatisticsMS, statistics, Pennsylvania State University
Research interests include: applying computational and numerical skills to modeling complex data, Rational Integration of Genomic Healthcare Testing (RIGHT), reproducible manuscripts
More information: biostat.app.vumc.org/ShawnGarbett
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Cheryl L. Gatto
Associate Director at Vanderbilt Institute for Clinical and Translational Research (VICTR)Research Assistant Professor of BiostatisticsPhD, Biomedical Sciences, University of Massachusetts Medical School
PMP (Project Management Professional), Project Management Institute
More information: linkedin.com/in/cheryl-l-gatto-phd-pmp-71985823
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Tebeb Gebretsadik
Senior Associate in BiostatisticsMPH, University of California, Berkeley
Research interests include: clinical asthma research (adult and pediatric), infectious disease/global health, rheumatology/immunology, statistical methods in epidemiology, predictive modeling, analysis of electronic health records, multidimensional data, observational studies, causal inference studies, maternal and environmental influences on pediatric respiratory health, teaching biostatistics, clinical pharmacology, HIV and AIDS, cancer, clinical trials, diabetes
More information: biostat.app.vumc.org/TebebGebretsadik
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Robert Greevy
Director, Health Services Research BiostatisticsAssociate Professor of BiostatisticsPhD, Statistics, University of Pennsylvania
Research interests include: restricted randomization methods and sample size adaptive randomization for clinical trials, inverse probability weighted and doubly robust estimators, sensitivity analyses for unmeasured confounding, foundational tools for better statistical inference, comparative effectiveness of anti-hyperglycemic medications in an EHR derived cohort of 400 thousand veterans with type 2 diabetes, effects of acute kidney injury in an EHR derived cohort of 17 million veterans, randomized controlled trials for smoking cessation and for diabetes management
More information: biostat.app.vumc.org/RobertGreevy
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Amber J. Hackstadt
Assistant Professor of BiostatisticsPhD, Statistics, Colorado State University
Research interests include: health service research, public health research, diabetes, environmental biostatistics, causal inference, Bayesian inference, regression splines, semi parametric estimation
Honors and service include: Data safety and monitoring board member, Preliminary Investigation of optimaL Oxygen Targets (PILOT) trial; graduate program and staff promotions committees (chair); useR!2022 organizing committee
More information: biostat.app.vumc.org/AmberHackstadt
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Frank E. Harrell, Jr.
Professor of BiostatisticsAssociate Director, VICTR Research Methods ProgramVanderbilt University School of MedicineCo-Director, Study Design Core, Trial Innovation CenterVanderbilt Institute for Clinical and Translational ResearchPhD, Biostatistics, University of North Carolina
Research interests include: development of accurate prognostic and diagnostic models, model validation, clinical trials, observational clinical research, cardiovascular research, technology evaluation, pharmaceutical safety, Bayesian methods, quantifying predictive accuracy, missing data imputation, statistical graphics and reporting
Honors and service include: Founding department chair, 2003–2017; fellow, American Statistical Association (ASA; elected 2005); associate editor, Statistics in Medicine; W. J. Dixon for Excellence in Statistical Computing (ASA, 2014); senior biostatistics advisor, Office of the Center Director, FDA Center for Drug Evaluation and Research (CDER, 2022–present); expert statistical advisor, Office of Biostatistics, CDER (2016–2020); scientific advisory board member, Science Translational Medicine; policy advisory board member, Journal of Clinical Epidemiology
More information: hbiostat.org
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Paul Harris
Professor of Biomedical Informatics, Biomedical Engineering, and BiostatisticsDirector, VUMC Office of Research InformaticsPhD, Biomedical Engineering, Vanderbilt University
Creator of REDCap, ResearchMatch, and other investigative tools.
Honors include: FACMI and FAHSI
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Li-Ching Huang
Research Assistant Professor of BiostatisticsPhD, Statistics, National Cheng Kung University
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Shi Huang
Assistant in BiostatisticsPhD, Epidemiology, University of Miami
Research interests include: latent variable modeling, confirmatory factor analysis (CFA), structural equation modeling (SEM), mediation analysis, application of advanced statistical methodology for prevention research on substance use and HIV risk behavior.
More information: biostat.app.vumc.org/ShiHuang
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Robert (Bob) E. Johnson
Associate Professor of BiostatisticsPhD, Biostatistics, University of North Carolina
Responsibilities include: teaching; serving on graduate student committees; ASA Mid-Tennessee Chapter secretary
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Hakmook Kang
Associate Professor of BiostatisticsDirector, IDDRC Biostatistics and Bioinformatics CoreVanderbilt Kennedy CenterPhD, Biostatistics, Brown University
Research interests include: spatio-temporal modeling; multiple testing problems and their applications to imaging data; multi-modal imaging data analysis (e.g., fMRI and DTI)
Honors include: Jacek Hawiger Award for Excellence in Teaching Graduate Students and Postdoctoral Fellows in the Classroom, Lecture, or Small Group Setting (2022); election to the Academy for Excellence in Education (2022); Golden Apple Awards for Excellence in Teaching (2020 and 2016); Vanderbilt Center for Quantitative Sciences High Impact Research Award (2016)
More information: biostat.app.vumc.org/HakmookKang
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Tatsuki Koyama
Associate Professor of BiostatisticsPhD, Statistics, University of Pittsburgh
Research interests include: group sequential methods; two-stage adaptive procedures (phase II / phase III); noninferiority / superiority / equivalence trials; statistics in basic science; statistical graphics; p value, confidence interval, unbiased estimate from a Simon's two-stage procedure
Honors and service include: Patrick G. Arbogast Collaborative Publication Awards (2014 and 2017); treasurer, American Statistical Association, Middle Tennessee Chapter
More information: biostat.app.vumc.org/TatsukiKoyama
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Christopher John Lindsell
Professor of Biostatistics and Biomedical InformaticsDirector, Vanderbilt Institute for Clinical and Translational Research (VICTR) Methods ProgramCo-director, Vanderbilt Health Data Science (HEADS) CenterAssociate Director, Center for Clinical Quality and Improvement ResearchAssociation for Clinical and Translational Science (ACTS) president, 2020 - 2021
PhD, Epidemiology, University of Southampton
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Dandan Liu
Associate Professor of BiostatisticsPhD, Biostatistics, University of Michigan
Research interests include: biomarker evaluation, event history data analysis with application to cardiovascular disease, cancer, Alzheimer's disease, risk prediction modeling, electronic health records
More information: biostat.app.vumc.org/DandanLiu
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Qi Liu
Associate Professor of BiostatisticsTechnical Director, VANGARDDirector, CQS Omics Coordinating CenterPhD, Biomedical Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University
Research interests include: omics, single-cell transcriptomics, single-cell multimomics integration, genomics, epigenomics, transcriptional and post-transcriptional regulation, enhancer-mediated regulation
More information: biostat.app.vumc.org/QiLiu
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Jinyuan Liu
Assistant Professor of BiostatisticsPhD, biostatistics, University of California, San Diego
Research interests include: behavior sciences, psychiatry, psychology, causal inference, and longitudinal data analysis
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Bradley Malin
Accenture Professor of Biomedical Informatics, Biostatistics & Computer ScienceVice Chair for Research Affairs, Department of Biomedical InformaticsAffiliated Faculty, Center for Biomedical Ethics & SocietyDirector, Health Information Privacy LaboratoryCo-director, PhD Program in Big Biomedical Data ScienceCo-director, Center for Genetic Privacy & Identity in Community SettingsCo-director, Health Data Science CenterPhD, Societal Computing, Carnegie Mellon University
FAIMBE, FIAHSI, FACMI
Health Information Privacy Laboratory page
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Michael E. Matheny
Associate Professor of Biomedical Informatics, Medicine, and BiostatisticsDirector, Center for Improving the Public's Health through Informatics (CIPHI)Associate Director, Advanced Fellowship in Medical InformaticsVA Tennessee Valley Healthcare SystemMD, University of Kentucky • MPH, Harvard University
Honors include: Fellow, American Medical Informatics Association (AMIA, 2022)
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Hui Nian
Assistant in Biostatistics and Orthopaedic SurgeryPhD, Biochemistry, Oregon State University
Research interests include: causal inference for multilevel treatments, Bayesian adaptive design for clinical trials, provider profiling
For more information: biostat.app.vumc.org/HuiNian
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Sharon E. Phillips
Associate in BiostatisticsMSPH, Biostatistics, University of South Florida
Research interests include: survival analysis, categorical data analysis, longitudinal data analysis
For more information: biostat.app.vumc.org/SharonPhillips
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Rameela Raman
Associate Professor of Biostatistics, Health Policy, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, and NursingPhD, Biostatistics, State University of New York, Buffalo
Research interests include: health disparities, geocoding, critical care, child welfare, influenza, statistical education
More information: biostat.app.vumc.org/RameelaRaman
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Peter F. Rebeiro
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases & EpidemiologyDirector of Graduate Studies, Epidemiology PhD ProgramAssistant Professor of BiostatisticsPhD, Epidemiology (Methods), Johns Hopkins University • MHS, Biostatistics, Johns Hopkins University
Winner of the 2021 Division of Epidemiology Teaching Award
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Lauren R. Samuels
Research Assistant Professor of BiostatisticsPhD, Biostatistics, Vanderbilt University
Cohort selection app: Visual Pruner
Research interests include: observational studies, health services, Type 2 Diabetes/Kidney Disease
Collaborations include: Vanderbilt Center for Health Services Research, Vanderbilt Department of Health Policy, PCORI,
For more information: biostat.app.vumc.org/LaurieSamuels
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Jonathan S. Schildcrout
Vice Chair for Research, Department of BiostatisticsProfessor of BiostatisticsPhD, Biostatistics, University of Washington
Research interests include: longitudinal data studies, epidemiological study designs, health services research, diabetes and obesity prevention interventions, pharamcogenetics, resource preserving genetic testing programs for indvidualized medicine, epidemiology, predictive modeling and evaluation of predictive models, topics in pain and anesthesiology research
Honors include: Fellow, American Statistical Association (elected 2019); Golden Apple Award for Excellence in Teaching, 2015 and 2018; Methods Publication Award, 2016
More information: biostat.app.vumc.org/JonathanSchildcrout
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Quanhu "Tiger" Sheng
Assistant Professor of BiostatisticsPhD, Bioinformatics, Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences
Research interests include: next generation sequencing data analysis (especially for RNAseq, DNAseq and miRNAseq data); bioinformatics in proteomics, glycomics and metabolimics (including algorithm development, data analysis and software implementation).
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Bryan E. Shepherd
Vice Chair of Faculty Affairs, Department of BiostatisticsProfessor of Biostatistics and Biomedical InformaticsPhD, Biostatistics, University of Washington
Research interests include: causal inference, observational data analysis, ordinal data analysis, applications in HIV and other infectious diseases, measurement error, global health
Affiliate appointments include: Vanderbilt Institute for Global Health; Vanderbilt Tuberculosis Center; Vanderbilt University Medical Center Department of Biomedical Informatics
Honors and service include: Fellow, American Statistical Association (elected 2018); associate editor, American Journal of Epidemiology (since 2016); associate editor, Biometrics (since 2018); director of the Data Science Core of TN-CFAR (since 2015)
More information: biostat.app.vumc.org/BryanShepherd
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Matt Shotwell
Associate Professor of BiostatisticsPhD, Biostatistics, Medical University of South Carolina
Collaborations include: topics in anesthesiology, geriatrics and quality aging, drug repurposing
Research interests include: optimal design and statistical treatment of biomedical experiments
For more information: http://biostat.app.vumc.org/MattShotwell
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Yu Shyr
Chair, Department of BiostatisticsHarold L. Moses Chair in Cancer ResearchDirector, Vanderbilt Center for Quantitative Sciences (CQS)Director, Vanderbilt Technologies for Advanced Genomics Analysis and Research Design (VANGARD)Professor of Biostatistics, Biomedical Informatics, and Health PolicyPhD, Biostatistics, University of Michigan
Research interests include: statistical and bioinformatic methodology, next-generation sequencing data, adaptive clinical trials, longitudinal binary data; cancer biology, epidemiology, genetics, and bioinformatics; proteomics; survival analysis; teaching biostatistics
Honors and service include: Fellow, American Association for Cancer Research (AACR; elected 2022); Fellow, American Statistical Association (ASA; elected 2010); fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS; elected 2016); associate editor for statistics, JAMA Oncology (since 2015); honorary doctorate, National Cheng Kung University (2018)
More information: biostat.app.vumc.org/YuShyr
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James Christopher (Chris) Slaughter
Associate Professor of BiostatisticsDrPH, Biostatistics, University of North Carolina
Research interests include: longitudinal data analysis for observational studies, latent variable methods, Bayesian statistics, reproductive health applications
Areas of collaboration include: gastroenterology, pediatrics, neonatology
For more information: biostat.app.vumc.org/ChrisSlaughter
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Derek K. Smith
Assistant Professor of BiostatisticsDDS, Indiana University; PhD, Biostatistics, Vanderbilt University; MPH, Dental Public Health, A. T. Still University of Health Sciences
Research interests include: long-term oral side-effects of cancer therapy; models of care for oral health across the cancer care trajectory; novel methods for assessing risk and predicting the likely course of survivorship-related outcomes
More information: biostat.app.vumc.org/DerekSmith
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Andrew Spieker
Assistant Professor of BiostatisticsPhD, Biostatistics, University of Washington
Research interests include: causal inference, diagnostic tests and accuracy, health policy, longitudinal data analysis, nonparametric statistics, sensitivity analyses, teaching biostatistics
Awards and service include: Golden Apple Award for Excellence in Teaching (2021); Outstanding Faculty Mentor (2020)
More information: andrewspieker.com
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Thomas G. Stewart
Assistant Professor of BiostatisticsPhD, Biostatistics, University of North Carolina
Research interests include: missing data, with a special focus on support vector machines
Honors include: election to the Academy for Excellence in Education (2022)
More information: biostat.app.vumc.org/ThomasStewart
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Ran Tao
Assistant Professor of BiostatisticsPhD, Biostatistics, University of North Carolina
Affiliations include: Vanderbilt Genetics Institute
Research interests include: two-phase designs, missing data, measurement error, rare-variant analysis, trans-ethnic genetic association analysis, genetic risk prediction
More information: https://sites.google.com/site/dragontaoran/
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Vikram Tiwari
Associate Professor of Anesthesiology, Biomedical Informatics, Biostatistics, and ManagementSenior Director, Surgical Business AnalyticsPhD, Operations Management and Decision Sciences, Indiana University
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Andrew Tomarken
Professor of Psychology EmeritusPhD, Clinical Psychology, University of Wisconsin
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Simon Vandekar
Assistant Professor of BiostatisticsPhD, Biostatistics, University of Pennsylvania
Research interests include: psychiatry, psychology, neuroimaging, ecology
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Jing Wang
Research Assistant Professor of BiostatisticsPhD, Bioinformatics, Shanghai Jiao Tong University
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Pingsheng Wu
Research Professor of MedicinePhD, Crop Science, University of Kentucky • MS, Statistics, University of Kentucky
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Yaomin Xu
Assistant Professor of Biostatistics and BioinformaticsPI, Translational Bioinformatics & Biostatistics LabPhD, Statistics, Case Western Reserve University
Research interests include: translating big biomedical genomic data (e.g., BioVU, TCGA, UKBiobank) into precision medicine discoveries
For more information: tbilab.org and biostat.app.vumc.org/YaominXu
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Fei Ye
Associate Professor of Biostatistics and MedicinePhD, Biostatistics, University of South Carolina
Research interests include: multi-omics data analysis and biomarker discovery; clinical trial design; cancer research; prediction model development and validation
Honors and service include: Assistant editor for statistics, JAMA Oncology; president, Mid-Tennessee chapter, American Statistical Association
More information: http://biostat.app.vumc.org/FeiYe
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Shilin Zhao
Assistant Professor of BiostatisticsPhD, Bioinformatics, Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences
Research interests include: developing tools with statistical methods to solve problems in next generation sequencing data analysis; high-dimensional data; transcriptomics; genomics; proteomics data analysis and integration
Co-investigator, Translational Bioinformatics and Biostatistics Lab
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Yuwei Zhu
Senior Associate in BiostatisticsMD, Shanghai Medical University; MS, Biometry, University of Texas Health Science Center
Research interests include: influenza vaccine effectiveness, disease burden analysis, studies with EHR-based prognostic decision support
More information: http://biostat.app.vumc.org/YuweiZhu