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Wake Forest Statistical Sciences @wakeforeststats.bsky.social · 1d

Associate Professor @lucystats.bsky.social spoke today at the ISI World Statistics Congress in The Hague on how “Causal inference is not just a statistics problem”

You can find her slides here: www.lucymcgowan.com/talk/isi_wor...

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Wake Forest Statistical Sciences @wakeforeststats.bsky.social · Aug 25

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Battle of the Bands: Trying to Identify Contributions to a Collaboration

In this article, we create and explore a dataset containing musical and lyrical features for tracks from three rock bands – Manchester Orchestra, The Front Bottoms, and All Get Out – all of whom co...

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Wake Forest Statistical Sciences @wakeforeststats.bsky.social · Aug 25

🆕 New ✨ semester ✨ , new pub! Ciaran Evans (Assistant Teaching Prof) and Nicole Dalzell (Associate Teaching Prof) recently published a new music-inspired study in the Journal of Statistics and Data Science Education with collaborators from Colgate University and Furman University.

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Wake Forest Statistical Sciences @wakeforeststats.bsky.social · Jul 30

✈️ Next week, our faculty, students, and alums are headed to Nashville for the 2025 Joint Statistical Meetings! They will be presenting their research, receiving awards, and serving the statistical community.

🗺️ Keep an eye on this page for upcoming details on where to catch Wake Stat!

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Wake Forest Statistical Sciences @wakeforeststats.bsky.social · Jul 28

🆕 New week, new pub! @sarahlotspeich.bsky.social (Assistant Professor) co-authored a recently published study in Gender Issues (Springer Nature) with collaborators from Syracuse University, Hofstra University, and University of Guelph.

🔗 doi.org/10.1007/s121...

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Wake Forest Statistical Sciences @wakeforeststats.bsky.social · Jul 21

Dr. Hepler is being recognized for her influential theoretical and applied work in multivariate and spatio-temporal Bayesian modeling, which she has effectively applied to advance ecological research and opioid misuse survey methodologies.

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Wake Forest Statistical Sciences @wakeforeststats.bsky.social · Jul 21

👏 Huge congratulations to Associate Professor and Associate Chair Staci Hepler, who is the 2025 recipient of the Michael Woodroofe Award from the Caucus for Women in Statistics and Data Science!

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Wake Forest Statistical Sciences @wakeforeststats.bsky.social · Jul 15

👏 We're so excited to hear that M.S. Alum Xinyu Zhang (now a PhD Candidate in Statistics at Ohio State) has won a Student Paper Award from the @amstatnews.bsky.social Section on Bayesian Statistical Sciences!

🔗 Read more: stat.osu.edu/news/xinyu-z...

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Wake Forest Statistical Sciences @wakeforeststats.bsky.social · Jul 14

Associate Professor @lucystats.bsky.social spoke today at the “Character Across the Curriculum” workshop about the importance of curiosity in the era of artificial intelligence — part of @wakeforest.bsky.social Educating Character Initiative and the Program for Leadership and Character

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Wake Forest Statistical Sciences @wakeforeststats.bsky.social · Jul 14

🆕 New week, new pub! Mostafa Shams, Ph.D. (Teacher-Scholar Postdoc) is a coauthor on a recently published study in JAMA Network Open with collaborators from Allegheny Health Network and Wellstar Paulding Medical Center.

🔗 jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

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Wake Forest Statistical Sciences @wakeforeststats.bsky.social · Jun 25

👏 Earlier this month, Associate Teaching Professor Nicole Dalzell was invited to present "Mentoring Matters: Tips for Research and Writing with Mentees of all Levels" at the 2025 Southern Region Council on Statistics (SRCOS) in Jekyll Island, Georgia. Awesome work!

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Wake Forest Statistical Sciences @wakeforeststats.bsky.social · Jun 23

👏 Last week Professor Kenneth Berenhaut was invited to present his research on "Distance, density and cohesion in clustering" at the Classification Society's Annual Meeting in Ottawa, Canada. Well done!

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Wake Forest Statistical Sciences @wakeforeststats.bsky.social · Jun 16

👏 Huge congratulations to Assistant Prof @sarahlotspeich.bsky.social Lotspeich for her Societal Impact Award from the @cwstat.bsky.social! Dr. Lotspeich is being recognized for her outstanding efforts and impact on social justice through your collaboration, leadership, and partnerships.

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Wake Forest Statistical Sciences @wakeforeststats.bsky.social · May 30

🆕 Check out this new article in @hbr.org written by @lucystats.bsky.social (Assistant Prof) and Jeff Camm (Prof in @wakeforest.bsky.social School of Business) demystifying the use of percentages in statistics. Read more ⬇️

Harvard Business Review @hbr.org · May 27

Remember that statistics alone aren't always data; they are descriptions of data.

One Simple Way to Get Better at Reading Data

Senior leaders are likely to be a consumer of statistics calculated by their direct reports to help them make informed decisions. While data are observed, the presenter decides which statistics are…

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Wake Forest Statistical Sciences @wakeforeststats.bsky.social · May 24

🆕 Courtney Di Vittorio's research (Affiliate Faculty) was highlighted by NASA! Her project on Louisiana's wetlands engaged students from all over @wakeforest.bsky.social, including two of Wake Stats Masters Alums, Melita Wiles and Saeed Movahedi! Read more: earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/15430...

Forty Years of Change in Louisiana’s Wetlands

Scientists used Landsat satellite images to detect both abrupt and gradual changes and to examine how phenomena, from storms to sea level rise, have reshaped coastal ecosystems.

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Wake Forest Statistical Sciences @wakeforeststats.bsky.social · May 19

What a weekend of celebrations at @wakeforest.bsky.social!
🧑‍🎓 On Saturday, we celebrated the hooding of our seven incredible masters students.
🏠 On Sunday, we hosted our graduates and their families for our department open house.
🧑‍🎓 Today, we continue by celebrating our many amazing undergraduates.

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Lucy D’Agostino McGowan @lucystats.bsky.social · May 18

Happy Graduation Weekend from the @wakeforeststats.bsky.social faculty!!

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Wake Forest Statistical Sciences @wakeforeststats.bsky.social · May 17

Let’s go, grads! 👏 Excited for our marvelous MS grads to get hooded at @wakeforest.bsky.social this afternoon.

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Wake Forest Statistical Sciences @wakeforeststats.bsky.social · Apr 30

🤩 Yesterday, five of our @wakeforest.bsky.social undergraduates shared their statistics honors thesis research. We enjoyed learning about their great work!

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Wake Forest Statistical Sciences @wakeforeststats.bsky.social · Apr 30

📈 Leveling up! It's official! Drs. Lucy D'Agostino McGowan (@lucystats.bsky.social) and Emily Huang have been promoted to the rank of Associate Professor (with tenure). We are so proud of you and lucky to call you both colleagues!

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Wake Forest Statistical Sciences @wakeforeststats.bsky.social · Apr 28

🏔️ This week, Wake Stats is heading to Salt Lake City for the 2025 ASA Symposium on Data Science & Statistics!

🎤 Dr. Noah Gade (Assistant Prof) will discuss a novel measure of functional connectivity using permutations, with applications to neuronal response data.

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Wake Forest Statistical Sciences @wakeforeststats.bsky.social · Apr 25

👏 Last Friday, Nikolas Lindauer successfully defended his M.S. thesis in Statistics at @wakeforest.bsky.social! Congratulations to Nikolas and his incredible advisor, Dr. Staci Hepler, on an impact-driven project that showcased the stats while keeping North Carolinians' health at the forefront.

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Wake Forest Statistical Sciences @wakeforeststats.bsky.social · Apr 23

⚾️ Today senior John Nelson presented his research on "Quality and Longevity of MLB Pitchers Post-Tommy John Surgery" to his colleagues in the SESH Lab! He has worked with Dr. Staci Hepler (Assoc Prof/Vice Chair) on it. Next week he'll be starting his new job at #InmarIntelligence! Go, Jack!

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Wake Forest Statistical Sciences @wakeforeststats.bsky.social · Apr 23

👏 Huge congratulations to Dr. Lynne Yengulalp (Associate Prof), who was recognized yesterday with a @wakeforest.bsky.social "Thrive Dimension Champion Award," recognizing excellence demonstrated through programming, teaching, or other collaborative efforts within the Wake community.

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Wake Forest Statistical Sciences @wakeforeststats.bsky.social · Apr 21

🍃 This work was supported by a seed grant from the Andrew Sabin Family Center for Environment and Sustainability.

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Combining Straight‐Line and Map‐Based Distances to Investigate the Connection Between Proximity to Healthy Foods and Disease

Healthy foods are essential for a healthy life, but accessing healthy food can be more challenging for some people than others. This disparity in food access may lead to disparities in well-being, po...

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