This is a work of art. I have designed and/or served as principal or co-investigator for dozens of Bayesian clinical trials and still learned a great lot from the elegance and pragmatism of this chapter. Thank you for this service to trialists everywhere Frank Harrell!

Eligible to participate in #ACTIV6Study ? Participants must be 30+ years old and have mild-to-moderate #COVID19 . Contribute to research that can change the future of COVID treatment. If you’re COVID-positive, enroll today! activ6study.org

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#ICSAnashville welcomes poster submissions (via registration) through 5/1. Session/mixer on 6/17 with monetary awards. The symposium will also feature 12+ short courses and nearly 90 invited sessions. symposium2024.icsa.org/poster-session/

The #ACTIV6Study continues to research existing drugs that could be used for #COVID19 treatment. The current study arm is testing metformin, a medicine commonly used to treat diabetes. Learn more at activ6study.org
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An all-Vanderbilt team with data scientist assistant Hua-Chang Chen as first author and Jing Wang, Yu Shyr, and Qi Liu as co-authors is offering a database that sorts EVPs for advancing clinical applications: vumc.org/biostatistics/…

Join us next Wednesday (April 24) at 1:30 p.m. CT for a virtual seminar by Joshua Lukemire (Emory Public Health) on a general framework for brain network extraction from fMRI data. Contact Cierra.Streeter[at]vumc.org for access. biostat.app.vumc.org/wiki/Main/Josh…

New JAMA: paper on diltiazem co-authored by professor William D. Dupont with colleagues Vanderbilt Dept. of Health Policy VUMC Department of Medicine VUMCClinPharm Vanderbilt Neurology and more jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/…

New Scientific Reports: paper co-authored by professor Qingxia Cindy Chen and senior biostatistician Andrew Guide w/colleagues AllofUsResearch, ORISE and more nature.com/articles/s4159…

Congratulations to PhD student Yeji Ko and Professor Ben French, respectively first and corresponding authors of a new paper @annalsofepi made possible ORAU : vanderbilt.edu/biostatistics-… #radiation #MillionPersonStudy

McGowan and Lotspeich earned their PhDs from Vanderbilt Biostatistics in 2018 and 2021 respectively, and both have since scored early investigator prizes ASA.

Today @ news.vumc.org

-The role of Vanderbilt Department of Biostatistics in personalizing health care
-Mariana Byndloss garners FASEB accolade
-Vanderbilt Genetics Institute'🫀🧠 research
-Smart Heart Act is a win for Children's at VUMC

... and much more

Our department is proud to collaborate with Dr. Aliyu and Global Health on many investigations and initiatives.

Have you recently tested positive for #COVID19 ? You may qualify for the #ACTIV6Study . Enrollment is remote and easy, and your participation may help you and others with COVID find medications to #FeelBetterFaster !
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New in #BMCcancer : study of epiplakin 1 (EPPK1) in cancer co-authored by research assistant professor Sheau-Chiann Chen, assistant professor Shilin Zhao, and research associate professor Heidi Chen with colleagues VUMCLung and elsewhere. bmccancer.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.11…

New Molecular Metabolism: study of MASH (metabolic dysfunction-associated steatohepatitis) co-authored by staff scientist Yu Wang and assistant professor Yaomin Xu clinicalkey.com/#!/content/pla…

Congratulations to Dr. Zhang. 🎉 We are so proud of this rising star. 💫Vanderbilt Department of Biostatistics Vanderbilt University Medical Center National Alzheimer's Coordinating Center (NACC)

Featuring co-author and DBMI's Vice Chair for Research Affairs Brad Malin

Congratulations to PhD candidate and Biostatistics Graduate Student Association secretary Shengxin Tu (MS DukeBiostats) on winning the 2024 Provost Pathbreaking Discovery Award Vanderbilt School of Medicine. medschool.vanderbilt.edu/basic-sciences… #ClusteredData #HIV #AIDS

Participating in #ClinicalTrials like NIH #ACTIV6Study contributes to scientific knowledge on diseases such as #COVID19 . If you have recently tested positive, your enrollment may help you and others #FeelBetterFaster !
Learn more and enroll: activ6study.org

Incoming Commodore! 🎆 (h/t Sarah Lotspeich (She/Her), and we see Lucy D’Agostino McGowan here too!)