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Peg Duthie @plduthie.bsky.social · 2d

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...

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Peg Duthie @plduthie.bsky.social · 16d

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)

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Peg Duthie @plduthie.bsky.social · 20d

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.

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Peg Duthie @plduthie.bsky.social · 22d

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.

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Peg Duthie @plduthie.bsky.social · Sep 3

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.

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Peg Duthie @plduthie.bsky.social · 26d

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

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Peg Duthie @plduthie.bsky.social · Sep 3

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

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Peg Duthie @plduthie.bsky.social · Aug 29

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...

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Peg Duthie @plduthie.bsky.social · Aug 28

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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Peg Duthie @plduthie.bsky.social · Aug 28

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

Peg Duthie @plduthie.bsky.social · Aug 22

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...

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Peg Duthie @plduthie.bsky.social · Aug 21

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

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Peg Duthie @plduthie.bsky.social · Aug 5

Congratulations to Dr. Lee on being named chair of National Cheng Kung University's Department of Statistics!

Peg Duthie @plduthie.bsky.social · Aug 19

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

Peg Duthie @plduthie.bsky.social · Aug 5

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.

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Peg Duthie @plduthie.bsky.social · Jul 17

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...

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Peg Duthie @plduthie.bsky.social · Jul 29

‘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

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Peg Duthie @plduthie.bsky.social · Jul 17

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...

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Peg Duthie @plduthie.bsky.social · Jul 9

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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Peg Duthie @plduthie.bsky.social · Jul 8

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

Sage Journals: Discover world-class research

Subscription and open access journals from Sage, the world's leading independent academic publisher.

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Peg Duthie @plduthie.bsky.social · Jul 7

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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Association for Clinical and Translational Science @actscience.bsky.social · Jul 7

Do you know someone who deserves to be recognized for outstanding or groundbreaking work? Is your institution embarking on an exciting project? Send ACTS your story using this form to be highlighted in future issues of the ACTS Connection. docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

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IDSA @idsainfo.bsky.social · Jul 7

🚨BREAKING: IDSA, along with AAP, APHA, ACP and others, has filed a lawsuit against HHS/Secretary Kennedy to stop unlawful changes to vaccine policy and defend public health.

We refuse to stand by while America’s public health safeguards are torn apart. bit.ly/4lm7UkW

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Peg Duthie @plduthie.bsky.social · Jul 3

Biostatistics faculty Dandan Liu & Panpan Zhang are key members & co-authors of a @kaidikang.bsky.social (PhD 2025) award-winning presentation: Vanderbilt Memory and Alzheimer’s Center receives federal funding to support world-class research as a Center of Excellence  news.vumc.org/2025/07/02/v...

Vanderbilt Memory and Alzheimer’s Center receives federal funding to support world-class research as a Center of Excellence

The Vanderbilt Memory and Alzheimer’s Center has received a five-year, $25 million Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center of Excellence award.

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Peg Duthie @plduthie.bsky.social · Jul 2

See the ASA @amstatnews.bsky.social full local page for info on caregiver grants and other support for #JSM2025 in Nashville #MusicCity ww2.amstat.org/meetings/jsm...

2025 Joint Statistical Meetings - Statistics, Data Science, and AI Enriching Society

The Joint Statistical Meetings (JSM) is the largest gathering of statisticians held in North America. Attended by more than 5,000 people, meeting activities include oral presentations, panel sessions,...

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Peg Duthie @plduthie.bsky.social · Jul 2

Planning your trip to Nashville for #JSM2025? The ASA ( @amstatnews.bsky.social) has created an Insider's Guide for you, with suggestions from Vanderbilt Biostatistics and Mid-TN chapter members (thanks to everyone who weighed in! ww2.amstat.org/meetings/jsm...

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