Brown Biostatistics

Biostatistics Reception Recap 🎓

AWARD WINNERS:

The Undergraduate Statistics Concentration Capstone Poster Award of Excellence was awarded to Benjamin Moshes!

The PhD Presentation Award of Excellence was awarded to Robert Zielinski and Chang Yu!

Congratulations! 🥳

We are pleased to welcome our new Provost’s STEM Postdoctoral Fellow in Biostatistics, Kenya Andrews to Brown Universtity, @brownpublichealth.bsky.social Department of @brownbiostatistics.bsky.social!

Welcome, Kenya! 🥳

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Biostatistics Commencement Reception Recap!

We had an amazing turnout at the 2025 Biostatistics Commencement Reception celebration! The 2025 award winners were revealed for Doctorates, Master's and Undergraduate Statistics Concentrators.

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Congratulations to our Brown University Biostatistics graduates, Class of 2025! 🎓

Professor Alyssa Bilinski, Ph.D., has found that systematically including pregnant participants in trials would speed up the detection of adverse effects and increase uptake of beneficial medications.

🔗 For more information: sph.brown.edu/news/2025-05...

Professor Corwin Zigler, Ph.D., discusses breaks down the Air Quality Index and its real-world impact on public health on the Possibly Podcast on Spotify!

Check out the New Episode out now!
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TODAY! Brian Caffo, Ph.D., from @johnshopkinssph.bsky.social will be speaking at the Statistics Seminar and Charles K. Colver Lectureship Series at @brownpublichealth.bsky.social in room 245 at noon.

We hope you can join us!

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📰 Check out our Spring 2025 Newsletter!

Subscribe today to get the latest Department news, events, student information, seminars, job postings, publications and much more!

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Couldn't attend our Statistics Seminar and Charles K. Colver Lectureship Series with Alisa J. Stephens Shields?

We've got you covered!

Watch the recorded session here: brown.hosted.panopto.com/Panopto/Page...

Jon Steingrimsson has been named Biostatistical Editor of Gastroenterology. Gastroenterology is a premiere journal for original research in the field of GI disease!

TODAY! Alisa J. Stephens Shields, Ph.D., from @pennmedicine.bsky.social will be speaking at the Statistics Seminar and Charles K. Colver Lectureship Series at @brownpublichealth.bsky.social in room 245 at noon.

We hope you can join us!

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Today's the day! Join your fellow Brunonians and pay it #Forward4Brown by making a gift to the #BrownSPH Annual Fund today! Maybe you'll be the donor to unlock a $100,000 challenge gift to the Brown University School of Public Health!! >>>> bbis.advancement.brown.edu/bbphenix/pifd/

Congratulations to Brown Biostatistics students, staff & faculty honored at the #BrownSPH 2025 Dean's Awards Ceremony!🏅

Congratulations to the students, staff & faculty honored Wednesday at the #BrownSPH 2025 Dean's Awards Ceremony!🏅

“You remind us that in moments of uncertainty,” Dean @ashishkjha.bsky.social said, “the mission of our school becomes not just relevant, but essential.”
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Congratulations to Dr. Gauri Kamat for successfully defending her dissertation on Friday, April 11th! 🥳

Gauri joined the Biostats PhD program in 2020 after earning her Master’s from Duke.

We are incredibly proud of Gauri's determination and diligence over the last five years!

Stay connected with the latest research, events, data science, and academic life from Brown Biostatistics!

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Congratulations to Dr. Ruofan Bie for successfully defending her dissertation on Thursday, April 10th! 🥳

Ruofan joined the Biostatistics PhD Program in 2020 after earning her MS from Harvard and BS from Renmin University of China.

We're incredibly proud of her hard work and perseverance!

SPH Dean’s Awards Ceremony Please join us for the third annual SPH Dean’s Awards Ceremony for faculty excellence, alumni impact and staff excellence in leadership and innov...

Join us in honoring these accomplishments at the Dean’s Award Ceremony on April 16, 2025 from 4 PM - 5:30 PM at the Hope Club (6 Benevolent Street, Providence RI) - RSVP required.
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Congratulations to our very own Maia Lindner-Liaw, ScM Biostatistics, for being one of the poster winners from Public Health Research Day 2025! 🏆

"Effect of Meals on Wheels Delivery Model on Nursing Home and Inpatient Usage: A Power Prior Approach for Historically Augmented Pilot Trial Data"

SPH Dean’s Awards Ceremony Please join us for the third annual SPH Dean’s Awards Ceremony for faculty excellence, alumni impact and staff excellence in leadership and innov...

Join us in honoring these accomplishments at the Dean’s Award Ceremony on April 16, 2025 from 4 PM - 5:30 PM at the Hope Club (6 Benevolent Street, Providence RI) - RSVP required.
events.brown.edu/public-healt...

Congratulations to our very own Jennifer Scodes, Ph.D. Biostatistics, for being one of the poster winners from Public Health Research Day 2025! 🏆

"Item-response theory to adjust proxy-responses when evaluating treatment effects in quality-of-life outcomes: an application to Parkinson’s disease"

TODAY! Peter Hoff, Ph.D., from Duke University will be speaking at the Statistics Seminar and Charles K. Colver Lectureship Series at Brown University School of Public Health in room 245 at noon.

Talk Title: FAB tests and intervals for multilevel data

🔗 events.brown.edu/biostatistic...

SPH Dean’s Awards Ceremony Please join us for the third annual SPH Dean’s Awards Ceremony for faculty excellence, alumni impact and staff excellence in leadership and innov...

The SPH Dean’s Awards Ceremony will be held on April 16, 2025 from 4 PM - 5:30 PM at the Hope Club (6 Benevolent Street, Providence RI) - RSVP required.

events.brown.edu/public-healt...

Congratulations to our very own Arman Oganisian, Assistant Professor of Biostatistics, for receiving the 2025 SPH Dean’s Award for Excellence in Research Collaboration! 🏆

We’re so proud to celebrate your achievement!

SPH Dean’s Awards Ceremony Please join us for the third annual SPH Dean’s Awards Ceremony for faculty excellence, alumni impact and staff excellence in leadership and innov...

The SPH Dean’s Awards Ceremony will be held on April 16, 2025 from 4 PM - 5:30 PM at the Hope Club (6 Benevolent Street, Providence RI) - RSVP required.

events.brown.edu/public-healt...

Congratulations to our very own Suzanne Araujo, Director of Finance and Administration, Department of Biostatistics, for receiving the 2025 SPH Dean’s Award for Excellence in Leadership ! 🏆

We’re so proud to celebrate your achievement!

The body of public health is taking two destructive hits at once Cuts to federal programs that have long-standing roles in public protection have been layered on top of massive funding reductions to state and local health departments.

"When America calls for help," Professor Scott A Rivkees, M.D. warns, "many of the dedicated and talented public health workforce at the federal and state levels will not be there to answer." www.statnews.com/2025/04/04/p...