Peg Duthie
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Do you want to report effect sizes for any brain-behavior association? Do you want to include spatial confidence intervals for effect sizes? This paper, by Xinyu Zhang has the methods and software you need!
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@aarona-b.bsky.social @neilwoodward.bsky.social and others :)
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@aarona-b.bsky.social @neilwoodward.bsky.social and others :)
New paper in Imaging Neuroscience by Xinyu Zhang, Simon Vandekar, et al:
Semiparametric confidence sets for cross-sectional and longitudinal neuroimaging
doi.org/10.1162/IMAG...
Semiparametric confidence sets for cross-sectional and longitudinal neuroimaging
doi.org/10.1162/IMAG...
November 6, 2025 at 9:24 PM
Do you want to report effect sizes for any brain-behavior association? Do you want to include spatial confidence intervals for effect sizes? This paper, by Xinyu Zhang has the methods and software you need!
with
@aarona-b.bsky.social @neilwoodward.bsky.social and others :)
with
@aarona-b.bsky.social @neilwoodward.bsky.social and others :)
First author Xinyu Zhang is a PhD candidate at Vanderbilt Biostatistics. Second author Kenneth Liao is a 2024 MS graduate of the program. Senior author Simon Vandekar is associate professor and director of graduate recruitment. Congratulations to all!
New paper in Imaging Neuroscience by Xinyu Zhang, Simon Vandekar, et al:
Semiparametric confidence sets for cross-sectional and longitudinal neuroimaging
doi.org/10.1162/IMAG...
Semiparametric confidence sets for cross-sectional and longitudinal neuroimaging
doi.org/10.1162/IMAG...
November 21, 2025 at 12:21 AM
First author Xinyu Zhang is a PhD candidate at Vanderbilt Biostatistics. Second author Kenneth Liao is a 2024 MS graduate of the program. Senior author Simon Vandekar is associate professor and director of graduate recruitment. Congratulations to all!
Sessions include @f2harrell.bsky.social with "Tips for Biostatisticians Collaborating with Non-Biostatistician Medical Researchers." $25 for ENAR members, $45 for non-members. www.enar.org/education/in...
October 28, 2025 at 10:40 PM
Sessions include @f2harrell.bsky.social with "Tips for Biostatisticians Collaborating with Non-Biostatistician Medical Researchers." $25 for ENAR members, $45 for non-members. www.enar.org/education/in...
Participants include Vanderbilt Biostatistics PhD students Hannah Klinger and @ashleymullan.bsky.social, professor Rameela Raman, and alumni Sarah Lotspeich, Lucy McGowan, and Jacquelyn Neal. www.vanderbilt.edu/biostatistic... #CausalInference #StudentResearch #PublicHealth
October 13, 2025 at 5:11 AM
Participants include Vanderbilt Biostatistics PhD students Hannah Klinger and @ashleymullan.bsky.social, professor Rameela Raman, and alumni Sarah Lotspeich, Lucy McGowan, and Jacquelyn Neal. www.vanderbilt.edu/biostatistic... #CausalInference #StudentResearch #PublicHealth
Jiangmei Xiong will defend her dissertation, "Statistically Guided Improvement of Medical Imaging Analysis," on Monday 10/27 at 9 am Central Time, in Nashville and online. Her advisors are @vandyatvandy.bsky.social and Siyuan Ma. #Rstats #biomedical #AppliedStats www.vanderbilt.edu/biostatistic...
October 11, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Jiangmei Xiong will defend her dissertation, "Statistically Guided Improvement of Medical Imaging Analysis," on Monday 10/27 at 9 am Central Time, in Nashville and online. Her advisors are @vandyatvandy.bsky.social and Siyuan Ma. #Rstats #biomedical #AppliedStats www.vanderbilt.edu/biostatistic...
Congratulations @vandyatvandy.bsky.social (right, with 2025 graduate @kaidikang.bsky.social) on being named Outstanding Faculty Mentor by the Vanderbilt Biostatistics student body! www.vanderbilt.edu/biostatistic...
October 6, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Congratulations @vandyatvandy.bsky.social (right, with 2025 graduate @kaidikang.bsky.social) on being named Outstanding Faculty Mentor by the Vanderbilt Biostatistics student body! www.vanderbilt.edu/biostatistic...
Interested in obtaining an MS or PhD degree in biostatistics? Vanderbilt is hosting a virtual info session with director of recruitment Simon Vandekar (@vandyatvandy.bsky.social) on Thursday 10/9, 6pm Central. vanderbilt.zoom.us/meeting/regi... (Pictured: MS students Seth Young and Zongyue Teng)
September 22, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Interested in obtaining an MS or PhD degree in biostatistics? Vanderbilt is hosting a virtual info session with director of recruitment Simon Vandekar (@vandyatvandy.bsky.social) on Thursday 10/9, 6pm Central. vanderbilt.zoom.us/meeting/regi... (Pictured: MS students Seth Young and Zongyue Teng)
Vanderbilt Biostatistics will welcome past ASA president Jessica Utts on Wed 9/24 for "Statistical Literacy and Data Science Ethics." This one-hour non-technical webinar is open to all; visit www.vanderbilt.edu/biostatistic... to view the full description and request access.
September 18, 2025 at 10:33 PM
Vanderbilt Biostatistics will welcome past ASA president Jessica Utts on Wed 9/24 for "Statistical Literacy and Data Science Ethics." This one-hour non-technical webinar is open to all; visit www.vanderbilt.edu/biostatistic... to view the full description and request access.
Registration will remain open for "Everyday Reproducibility" until 8 pm Central Time Wednesday 9/17. This Friday's short course is an excellent opportunity to pick up tools and methods to enhance computationally reproducible, shareable, and accessible analyses. www.eventbrite.com/e/asa-travel...
ASA Traveling Course: Everyday Reproducibility
This half-day course introduces simple, flexible tools for making statistical analyses more accessible and reproducible.
www.eventbrite.com
September 16, 2025 at 7:49 PM
Registration will remain open for "Everyday Reproducibility" until 8 pm Central Time Wednesday 9/17. This Friday's short course is an excellent opportunity to pick up tools and methods to enhance computationally reproducible, shareable, and accessible analyses. www.eventbrite.com/e/asa-travel...
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There is still space in September 19's Everyday Reproducibility, an in-person half-day course organized by the American Statistical Association and hosted by its Mid-Tennessee chapter. www.eventbrite.com/e/asa-travel...
ASA Traveling Course: Everyday Reproducibility
This half-day course introduces simple, flexible tools for making statistical analyses more accessible and reproducible.
www.eventbrite.com
September 3, 2025 at 10:41 PM
There is still space in September 19's Everyday Reproducibility, an in-person half-day course organized by the American Statistical Association and hosted by its Mid-Tennessee chapter. www.eventbrite.com/e/asa-travel...
Vanderbilt Biostatistics professor Frank Harrell @f2harrell.bsky.social is presenting a hybrid seminar on Wednesday 9/17 at 1:30 pm Central that is open to all: "Goal-Driven Flexible Bayesian Design" #ClinicalTrials www.vanderbilt.edu/biostatistic... Photo: Erin O. Smith/VUMC
September 12, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Vanderbilt Biostatistics professor Frank Harrell @f2harrell.bsky.social is presenting a hybrid seminar on Wednesday 9/17 at 1:30 pm Central that is open to all: "Goal-Driven Flexible Bayesian Design" #ClinicalTrials www.vanderbilt.edu/biostatistic... Photo: Erin O. Smith/VUMC
There is still space in September 19's Everyday Reproducibility, an in-person half-day course organized by the American Statistical Association and hosted by its Mid-Tennessee chapter. www.eventbrite.com/e/asa-travel...
ASA Traveling Course: Everyday Reproducibility
This half-day course introduces simple, flexible tools for making statistical analyses more accessible and reproducible.
www.eventbrite.com
September 3, 2025 at 10:41 PM
There is still space in September 19's Everyday Reproducibility, an in-person half-day course organized by the American Statistical Association and hosted by its Mid-Tennessee chapter. www.eventbrite.com/e/asa-travel...
Frank Harrell ( @f2harrell.bsky.social ) is busy as ever, with two upcoming talks online and open to the public - "Challenges of Dimensional Data Analysis" 9/10, and "How to learn to use the data.table package in R" 9/11. Learn more and contact the organizers via www.vanderbilt.edu/biostatistic...
August 29, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Frank Harrell ( @f2harrell.bsky.social ) is busy as ever, with two upcoming talks online and open to the public - "Challenges of Dimensional Data Analysis" 9/10, and "How to learn to use the data.table package in R" 9/11. Learn more and contact the organizers via www.vanderbilt.edu/biostatistic...
Vanderbilt Biostatistics is hosting a hybrid seminar on Wednesday, September 3, where University of Central Florida statistics professor Hsin-Hsiung Huang will introduce two methods to improve statistical analysis in neuroimaging. www.vanderbilt.edu/biostatistic...
Events
Department Seminars Wednesday, September 3, 2025 1:30 - 2:30 pm Central Time 2525 West End Avenue, 11th Floor, Room 11105 (large conference room) and online Regularized Low-Rank Tensor Models for Neur...
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August 28, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Vanderbilt Biostatistics is hosting a hybrid seminar on Wednesday, September 3, where University of Central Florida statistics professor Hsin-Hsiung Huang will introduce two methods to improve statistical analysis in neuroimaging. www.vanderbilt.edu/biostatistic...
There's still room in the ASA Everyday Reproducibility half-day course on September 19! Held at Vanderbilt Biostatistics in Nashville, Tennessee. www.eventbrite.com/e/asa-travel...
ASA Traveling Course: Everyday Reproducibility
This half-day course introduces simple, flexible tools for making statistical analyses more accessible and reproducible.
www.eventbrite.com
August 28, 2025 at 2:33 PM
There's still room in the ASA Everyday Reproducibility half-day course on September 19! Held at Vanderbilt Biostatistics in Nashville, Tennessee. www.eventbrite.com/e/asa-travel...
Y'all, Vanderbilt Bookstore is hosting Silent Book Club at 2 pm Sat 8/22. Participating 10 times gets you a free book! events.vanderbilt.edu/event/87698-...
Silent Book Club at Vanderbilt Bookstore
Calling all readers and introverts! Come join us from 2-3 p.m. Aug. 23 for the Silent Book Club at Vanderbilt University Boo...
events.vanderbilt.edu
August 22, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Y'all, Vanderbilt Bookstore is hosting Silent Book Club at 2 pm Sat 8/22. Participating 10 times gets you a free book! events.vanderbilt.edu/event/87698-...
The Middle Tennessee chapter of the American Statistical Association (@amstatnews.bsky.social) is hosting a half-day course 9/19: Everyday Reproducibility. Lunch and parking provided. Sign up by August 27 for a 10% discount! www.eventbrite.com/e/asa-travel...
ASA Traveling Course: Everyday Reproducibility
This half-day course introduces simple, flexible tools for making statistical analyses more accessible and reproducible.
www.eventbrite.com
August 21, 2025 at 5:21 PM
The Middle Tennessee chapter of the American Statistical Association (@amstatnews.bsky.social) is hosting a half-day course 9/19: Everyday Reproducibility. Lunch and parking provided. Sign up by August 27 for a 10% discount! www.eventbrite.com/e/asa-travel...
Congratulations to Dr. Lee on being named chair of National Cheng Kung University's Department of Statistics!
Vanderbilt Biostatistics is welcoming more than a dozen new faces at 2525 West End this month. They include 2 visiting scholars from National Cheng Kung University, Jo-Ying Hung and Kuo-Jung Lee (PhD, Statistics, UMN). Read more at our blog: www.vumc.org/biostatistic... #genomics #Bayesian #Rstats
August 5, 2025 at 6:29 AM
Congratulations to Dr. Lee on being named chair of National Cheng Kung University's Department of Statistics!
Vanderbilt Biostatistics faculty member Yuwei Zhu is co-author of a study debunking claims that Tamiflu causes seizures and other neuropsychiatric events news.vumc.org/2025/08/04/r...
Researchers debunk long-standing concern about flu treatment in children
Researchers at Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt have debunked a long-standing theory about oseltamivir, known as Tamiflu.
news.vumc.org
August 5, 2025 at 6:08 AM
Vanderbilt Biostatistics faculty member Yuwei Zhu is co-author of a study debunking claims that Tamiflu causes seizures and other neuropsychiatric events news.vumc.org/2025/08/04/r...
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Statisticians from Vanderbilt & 3 Taiwanese universities are presenting a half-day symposium on August 2, featuring @spiekerstats.bsky.social @vandyatvandy.bsky.social and more! Full lineup at www.vanderbilt.edu/biostatistic...
July 17, 2025 at 6:25 AM
Statisticians from Vanderbilt & 3 Taiwanese universities are presenting a half-day symposium on August 2, featuring @spiekerstats.bsky.social @vandyatvandy.bsky.social and more! Full lineup at www.vanderbilt.edu/biostatistic...
‘Statisticians Leading the Way’ panel to be part of Joint Statistical Meeting Conference, Aug. 4 news.vumc.org/2025/06/24/s... feat. Vanderbilt Biostatistics faculty Cathy Shyr, Paul Harris & Cindy Chen
'Statisticians Leading the Way' panel to be part of Joint Statistical Meeting Conference, Aug. 4
news.vumc.org
July 29, 2025 at 11:10 PM
‘Statisticians Leading the Way’ panel to be part of Joint Statistical Meeting Conference, Aug. 4 news.vumc.org/2025/06/24/s... feat. Vanderbilt Biostatistics faculty Cathy Shyr, Paul Harris & Cindy Chen
Statisticians from Vanderbilt & 3 Taiwanese universities are presenting a half-day symposium on August 2, featuring @spiekerstats.bsky.social @vandyatvandy.bsky.social and more! Full lineup at www.vanderbilt.edu/biostatistic...
July 17, 2025 at 6:25 AM
Statisticians from Vanderbilt & 3 Taiwanese universities are presenting a half-day symposium on August 2, featuring @spiekerstats.bsky.social @vandyatvandy.bsky.social and more! Full lineup at www.vanderbilt.edu/biostatistic...
Congratulations to Dr. Bob Johnson on his Outstanding Chapter Service Award @amstatnews.bsky.social! www.vanderbilt.edu/biostatistic... Recently retired from @vanderbilt.edu, Dr. Johnson previously received the award in 1996 for his longtime service to the Virginia chapter.
Dr. Bob Johnson receives Outstanding Chapter Service award from the ASA
We are delighted to announce that the American Statistical Association (ASA) has named Dr. Bob Johnson as a 2025 recipient of its Outstanding Chapter Service Award. His contributions to the Middle Ten...
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July 9, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Congratulations to Dr. Bob Johnson on his Outstanding Chapter Service Award @amstatnews.bsky.social! www.vanderbilt.edu/biostatistic... Recently retired from @vanderbilt.edu, Dr. Johnson previously received the award in 1996 for his longtime service to the Virginia chapter.
Thrilled to see International Journal of STD and AIDS paper first-authored by one of our first VN-Biostat fellows, Dr. Bryan Shepherd, Dr. Muktar Aliyu, and more journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/... #sicklecell #HIV #kidneydisease #Nigeria #WestAfrica
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July 8, 2025 at 12:44 PM
Thrilled to see International Journal of STD and AIDS paper first-authored by one of our first VN-Biostat fellows, Dr. Bryan Shepherd, Dr. Muktar Aliyu, and more journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/... #sicklecell #HIV #kidneydisease #Nigeria #WestAfrica
New methods paper @gigascience.bsky.social has an all-Vanderbilt byline, with Biostatistics research assistant professor Jing Wang and data scientist Hua-Chang Chan as co-first authors and professors Yu Shyr and Qi Liu as co-corresponding authors. academic.oup.com/gigascience/... #transcriptomics
eNRSA: a faster and more powerful approach for nascent transcriptome analysis
Abstract. Nascent RNA sequencing tracks primary transcriptional events, making it crucial for studying the immediate regulatory changes of genes and enhanc
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July 7, 2025 at 5:29 PM
New methods paper @gigascience.bsky.social has an all-Vanderbilt byline, with Biostatistics research assistant professor Jing Wang and data scientist Hua-Chang Chan as co-first authors and professors Yu Shyr and Qi Liu as co-corresponding authors. academic.oup.com/gigascience/... #transcriptomics