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Personal account of professional biostatistics cheerleader. Exploring how things work. Standard disclaimers apply.

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Peg Duthie @plduthie.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
On Wednesday 9/30/26 at 3 pm CT, Huiding Chen defends his dissertation, "Synthetic Sampling Weights for Volunteer-Based National Biobanks: Global Calibration, Subgroup Calibration, and Software." All are welcome and encouraged to attend. www.vanderbilt.edu/biostatistic... #RStats #AllOfUsResearch
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Huiding Chen dissertation defense
Synthetic Sampling Weights for Volunteer-Based National Biobanks: Global Calibration, Subgroup Calibration, and Software Volunteer-based biobanks provide unprecedented opportunities for biomedical res...
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Peg Duthie @plduthie.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Congratulations to Vanderbilt Biostatistics assistant professor Qingyan Xiang on first-authorship of "Using Large Language Models for Sensitivity Analysis in Causal Inference," in the latest issue of Observational Studies. doi.org/10.1353/obs....
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Peg Duthie @plduthie.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Interested in earning an MS or PhD in biostatistics at Vanderbilt University? Join graduate faculty leaders on Zoom on Thursday 10/8 at 6 pm CT for info & insights on applying for Fall 2027 admission (deadline 12/1). Register at vanderbilt.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
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Peg Duthie @plduthie.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Another member of the 2021 Vanderbilt Biostatistics cohort, Yeji Ko, defends her dissertation on Sept. 2. #electronichealthrecords www.vanderbilt.edu/biostatistic...
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Yeji Ko dissertation defense
Maximizing the Utility of Electronic Health Record Data for the Development, Evaluation, and Implementation of Real-time Prognostic Models Electronic health record (EHR) data provide a rich resource f...
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Peg Duthie @plduthie.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
I've been @vanderbilt.edu long enough that students whose arrival I blogged about 5 years ago are now completing their doctorates. Put another way, it's a thrill to congratulate Lan Shi, PhD, on her graduation! www.vanderbilt.edu/biostatistic...
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Lan Shi graduation
Congratulations to Dr. Lan Shi on her graduation from the Vanderbilt Biostatistics PhD program, officially as of August 7, 2026. Dr. Shi successfully defended their dissertation, "Statistical Advancem...
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Peg Duthie @plduthie.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
The Mid-Tennessee Chapter of the ASA @amstatnews.bsky.social welcomed Dr. Richard Zink earlier this month for a morning of applying improv skills to building connections - and occasionally weaponizing them (e.g., the exercise where Cindy Chen made @f2harrell.bsky.social say "p-values" repeatedly 😆).
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Peg Duthie @plduthie.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
Registration closes this Wednesday (8/12) for the Applied Improv course being taught at Vanderbilt Biostatistics this Friday: www.eventbrite.com/e/fundamenta...
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Fundamentals of Applied Improvisation for (Bio)statisticians
This half-day course introduces applied improvisation as a novel way to pursue interpersonal skills as a quantitative scientist.
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Peg Duthie @plduthie.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
Vanderbilt Biostatistis assistant professor Panpan Zhang is moderating a free webinar this Wednesday (8/12, 1 pm CT) on the use of multimodal AI in clinical Alzheimer’s disease research. Learn more and sign up at go.naccdata.org/august-12th-...
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Webinar Registration: August 12 - Multimodal AI for Biological and Etiological Assessment of Dementias
Join us on August 12 for a webinar exploring how trustworthy multimodal AI can support dementia diagnosis, biomarker assessment, MRI interpretation, and clinical trial recruitment.
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Peg Duthie @plduthie.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
The Middle TN Chapter of the American Statistical Association @amstatnews.bsky.social is hosting a half-day applied improv course in Nashville, Friday 8/14 8:30am-12:30pm w/lunch and parking included. No experience required; sign up by July 22 for 10% discount. www.eventbrite.com/e/fundamenta...
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Fundamentals of Applied Improvisation for (Bio)statisticians
This half-day course introduces applied improvisation as a novel way to pursue interpersonal skills as a quantitative scientist.
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Peg Duthie @plduthie.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
Registration closes TONIGHT (Monday 7/13, at 11:59 pm CT) for "Genomic Data Analysis" & "PyMC and Bayesian Modeling" (the latter by PyMC creator C. Fonnesbeck), and on 7/20 for "Terra-Based Cloud Computing" and "Intro to Causal Inference" in Nashville www.vanderbilt.edu/biostatistic... #shortcourses
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2026 Summer Institute
Register by July 13 for courses beginning on July 20. Register by July 20 for courses beginning on July 27. Course index Monday, July 20 - Friday, July 24, 2026 9 am - noon Central Time 2525 West End ...
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Peg Duthie @plduthie.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
Vanderbilt adjoint associate professor of biostatistics Chris Fonnesbeck is teaching about PyMC and Bayesian modeling both at the CQS Summer Institute (Nashville, July 20-24) and #JSM2026 (Boston, August 3). The last day to sign up for the Nashville course is July 13. www.vumc.org/cqs/cqs-summ...
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CQS Summer Institute | Center for Quantitative Sciences
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Peg Duthie @plduthie.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
Team creates premium fake people to speed HIV research news.vumc.org/2026/06/30/t... Vanderbilt Biostatistics PhD candidate Zhuohui Liang is lead author, with biostatistics faculty Brad Malin, Bryan Shepherd, and Amir Asia among the co-authors of the paper @natcomms.nature.com #AI #NIHfunded
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Team creates premium fake people to speed HIV research
A team created artificial records that statistically resemble those of real people living with HIV without including copies of real records.
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Peg Duthie @plduthie.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
Huge congratulations to @vandyatvandy.bsky.social on being named a 2026 Chancellor Faculty Fellow! news.vanderbilt.edu/2026/06/24/2...
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2026 Chancellor Faculty Fellows Selected
Eleven of Vanderbilt University’s most promising recently tenured faculty have been awarded spots in the 2026 Chancellor Faculty Fellows program. This year’s recipients demonstrate exceptional and inn...
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Peg Duthie @plduthie.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
The 2026 Center for Quantitative Sciences Summer Institute will feature four short courses this July, on genomic data analysis, PyMC and Bayesian modeling, Terra-based cloud computing, and causal inference. Register by May 31 for the early bird discount: www.vanderbilt.edu/biostatistic...
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Peg Duthie @plduthie.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
Congratulations to the newest Vanderbilt Biostatistics MS graduates - Yiqing Pan, Xin Wu, and Haozheng Xu! www.vanderbilt.edu/biostatistic...
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Donald Szlosek @dszlosek.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
I absolutely love this. Caregiver grants for those who need it to join @amstatnews.bsky.social JSM this year. I hope more conferences move in this direction. #academiceky #skystats #statssky #JSM2026
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Peg Duthie @plduthie.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
Congratulations to Dr. Megan Taylor Jones, graduating @vanderbilt.edu today with her PhD in biostatistics! Advisor: @vandyatvandy.bsky.social www.vanderbilt.edu/biostatistic...
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Peg Duthie @plduthie.bsky.social · 16/04/2026
Upcoming presentations by Vanderbilt Biostatistics faculty include Ben French speaking Friday 4/17 on randomized trials for clinical decision support interventions. See www.vanderbilt.edu/biostatistic... for details. Pictured: Dr. French and Dr. Amanda Mixon presenting their work in DC.
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Peg Duthie @plduthie.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
Belated congratulations to Bear (and to Vanderbilt staff biostatistician Elisa Yazdani, MS 2023, who adopted him at the start of her studies @vumedicine.bsky.social) on being chosen as Vanderbilt Health Dog of the Day! news.vumc.org/2026/03/31/v...
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Peg Duthie @plduthie.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
Interested in regression modeling? Frank Harrell @f2harrell.bsky.social will be teaching a 1-day intro to R/RStudio/Regression/rms on May 11 and a 4-day course on regression modeling strategies May 14-19. Details at hbiostat.org/course/ #Rstats #biostatistics
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Stacie Dusetzina @dusetzinas.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
Yep. Funding is about a year late for a post doc program that was supporting one of my fellows. An award already made, but no dollars released. Also hearing similar things from faculty about R01s.
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Peg Duthie @plduthie.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
Study co-authored by Vanderbilt Biostatistics research associate professor (and graduate) Laurie Samuels: news.vumc.org/2026/02/25/p...
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Prevalence of US youth who are overweight or with obesity raises concerns: Study
Childhood obesity, which starts early, contributes to health issues throughout life. A recent study in JAMA Network Open points to 2024 prevalence.
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Peg Duthie @plduthie.bsky.social · 21/02/2026
Vanderbilt Biostatistics paid internships for undergraduates - apply by February 23 to be considered for this six-week research program. www.vanderbilt.edu/biostatistic...
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Peg Duthie @plduthie.bsky.social · 21/02/2026
On Wednesday 2/25 Vanderbilt Biostatistics will host "Statistical Modeling and Inference for Gene Networks from Single-Cell Data" by Emory Business School professor Emma Zhang, who is also @emoryrollins.bsky.social as professor of biostatistics and bioinformatics. www.vanderbilt.edu/biostatistic...
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Frank Harrell @f2harrell.bsky.social · 18/02/2026
@plduthie.bsky.social one correction: I was not a co-author of the FDA draft guidance but was an advisor along with Jack Lee of @mdanderson.bsky.social; we both provided input throughout the process and are gratified to have had the opportunity. @fda.gov
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Peg Duthie @plduthie.bsky.social · 18/02/2026
New publication co-authored by a Vanderbilt Biostatistics professor. (Lots of food for thought at discourse.datamethods.org, in fact. Today the student journal club discusses FDA draft guidance on Bayesian methods, which Frank co-authored. Some comments at discourse.datamethods.org/t/fda-draft-...
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Datamethods Discussion Forum
This is a place for discussions and Q&A about data-related issues and quantitative methods including study design, data analysis, and interpretation.
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Peg Duthie @plduthie.bsky.social · 16/02/2026
On Wed 2/18 Vanderbilt Biostatistics is hosting "Invariance and Inversion in Medical Machine Learning" by assistant professor of computer science Daniel Moyer. The online seminar is open to the public: www.vanderbilt.edu/biostatistic...
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Peg Duthie @plduthie.bsky.social · 16/02/2026
One week left to apply for the 2026 Vanderbilt Biostatistics Summer Internships for Undergraduates program. 6 weeks, $4000 stipend. www.vanderbilt.edu/biostatistic...
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Peg Duthie @plduthie.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
Applications are now open for the 2026 Vanderbilt Biostatistics Summer Internships for Undergraduates. Apply by Feb. 23. www.vanderbilt.edu/biostatistic... (Pictured: 2025 intern Lauryn Holmes with her final project)
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Peg Duthie @plduthie.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
On Wed. 2/11 Vanderbilt Biostatistics is hosting "Statistics in the Age of AI: Theory, Methods, and Data," an online talk by Dr. Didong Li, at 1:30 pm CT. Learn more about the presentation and Dr. Li at www.vanderbilt.edu/biostatistic... #ArtificialIntelligence #LLMs
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Peg Duthie @plduthie.bsky.social · 16/01/2026
Congratulations to Vanderbilt Biostatistics PhD candidate Alexis Fleming on her appointment to the editorial board of Child Maltreatment, a peer-reviewed journal. At Gustavus Adolphus College and now VU, Fleming has excelled in service, teaching, and research. www.vanderbilt.edu/biostatistic...
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Peg Duthie @plduthie.bsky.social · 23/12/2025
Vanderbilt Health senior biostatistician Tess Stopczyński (MS statistics @uvmvermont.bsky.social) and associate professor Andrew Spieker among experts calling for better adherence to guidelines for antiviral prescribing for children at higher risk of severe influenza news.vumc.org/2025/12/11/e...
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Experts call for better adherence to guidelines for antiviral prescribing for children at higher risk of severe influenza
Antiviral prescribing for children at higher risk of severe influenza dropped dramatically during the late COVID-19 pandemic period.
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Peg Duthie @plduthie.bsky.social · 16/12/2025
Congratulations to Dr. Ruby Jiangmei Xiong (advisers: @vandyatvandy.bsky.social & Siyuan Ma) on her graduation! www.vanderbilt.edu/biostatistic... #machinelearning #statisticalimaging #healthinformatics @cens-enar.bsky.social #datascience
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December graduation: Ruby Jiangmei Xiong, PhD
We are thrilled to celebrate the graduation of Ruby Jiangmei Xiong, whose distinguished career as a doctoral student at Vanderbilt officially came to a close last Saturday, December 13. Her dissertati...
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Simon Vandekar @vandyatvandy.bsky.social · 06/11/2025
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 :)
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Peg Duthie @plduthie.bsky.social · 21/11/2025
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!
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Peg Duthie @plduthie.bsky.social · 28/10/2025
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...
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Education - ENAR Webinar Series
Eastern North American Region. International Biometric Society.
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Peg Duthie @plduthie.bsky.social · 13/10/2025
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
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Students, alumni, and faculty participating in IDWSDS 2025
The Caucus for Women in Statistics and Data Science is hosting a free virtual conference this week, from 7:00 pm Central Time (00:00 UTC) on Monday, October 13, to 7:00 pm Central Time on October 14, ...
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Peg Duthie @plduthie.bsky.social · 11/10/2025
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...
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Dissertation defense: Jiangmei (Ruby) Xiong
PhD candidate Jiangmei (Ruby) Xiong will present her dissertation on Monday, October 27, 2025, at 9 a.m. Central Time, in the 10th floor conference room and online. Her advisors are Simon Vandekar and...
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Peg Duthie @plduthie.bsky.social · 06/10/2025
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 · 22/09/2025
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 · 18/09/2025
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 · 16/09/2025
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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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 · 03/09/2025
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...
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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 · 12/09/2025
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 · 03/09/2025
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...
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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 · 29/08/2025
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 · 28/08/2025
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...
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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 · 28/08/2025
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...
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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 · 22/08/2025
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-...
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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 · 21/08/2025
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...
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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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