Faculty Activity

At the 2025 Joint Statistical Meetings, which brought more than five thousand quantitative scientists from around the world to Nashville in early August, Department of Biostatistics faculty, students, alumni, and colleagues were recognized as winners of the American Statistical Association’s Statistical Partnerships Among Academe,… Read More

It is our very great pleasure to bring together leading statisticians from our graduate program, Academia Sinica, National Cheng Kung University, and National Tsing Hua University to the Vanderbilt University campus on Saturday, August 2. The detailed agenda for the morning can be viewed on our symposium page. Read More

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 Tennessee chapter include serving as secretary since 2022, development of an online election ballot, and assistance in local arrangements… Read More

The 2025 Joint Statistical Meetings are taking place in Nashville, from August 2 through August 7. They are expected to bring together more than five thousand attendees from fifty-two countries (including more than a thousand students). This year’s theme is “Statistics, Data Science, and AI Enriching Society.” We are… Read More

Congratulations to associate professor Chris Slaughter on his election to the Academy for Excellence in Education. Dr. Slaughter has been teaching at Vanderbilt University since 2007, after earning his doctorate in public health (DrPH) at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. Initially serving as an instructor in… Read More

Congratulations to associate professor Andrew Spieker on his election to the board of the Society for Causal Inference (SCI). His methodological research focus is on causal inference methods, with special emphasis on sensitivity analysis, instrumental variable approaches, and longitudinal treatment regimes. Recognition for his methodological research in causal… Read More

Professor of biostatistics and director of graduate studies Benjamin French is senior author of “Type 1 Error Control—Avoiding an Upset,” published online on April 21, 2025, in JAMA Pediatrics. Co-authored by University of Utah statistician John VanBuren, the editorial discusses how “using a common type I error rate across studies allows… Read More