Maya Ramchandran Data Scientist, ZephyrAI Abstract: Adapting machine learning algorithms to better handle clustering or other partition structure within training data sets is important across a wide variety of biological applications. We first consider the task of learning prediction models when multiple training studies are available. We present a novel weighting approach  for constructing tree-based ensemble […]

Frontiers in Biostatistics Seminar Series Tuesday September 13, 2022 1:00PM Eastern Time Yijuan Hu, Ph.D. Associate Professor Department of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics Rollins School of Public Health Emory University Register for Zoom link Abstract: Studies on the human microbiome have revealed that differences in microbial communities are associated with many human disorders such as inflammatory […]

Frontiers in Biostatistics Seminar Series Tuesday November 1, 2022 1:00PM Eastern Time Register for in-person or virtual attendance. Wendy London, PhD Associate Professor, Harvard Medical School Director of Biostatistics, Boston Children’s Hospital Clement Ma, PhD Assistant Professor, University of Toronto Independent Scientist, CAMH

Frontiers in Biostatistics Seminar Tuesday December 6, 2022 1:00PM Eastern Time Register for Zoom link. Jessie Tenenbaum, PhD she / her / hers Chief Data Officer NC Department of Health and Human Services

Frontiers in Biostatistics Seminar Tuesday January 24, 2023 1:00PM Eastern Time Click to watch the YouTube video. Peter Mueller, PhD Professor Department of Statistics and Data Sciences Department of Mathematics University of Texas at Austin  

Frontiers in Biostatistics Seminar Tuesday February 14, 2023 1:00PM Eastern Time YouTube video Emily Zabor, DrPH Assistant Staff Biostatistician Department of Quantitative Health Sciences at the Cleveland Clinic, with a joint appointment in the Taussig Cancer Institute Assistant Professor of Medicine, the Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine of Case Western Reserve University

Thursday March 2, 2023 1:00pm ET Hillary Heiling Biostatistics PhD candidate University of North Carolina Chapel Hill. Add to calendar Hillary’s statistical focus has primarily been in cancer-related research, both through her graduate research assistant role in the Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center as well as her personal research applications. In cancer research as well as […]

Frontiers in Biostatistics Seminar Wednesday March 29, 2023 1:00PM Eastern Time Pixu Shi, PhD Assistant Professor of Biostatistics & Bioinformatics Division of Integrative Genomics Department of Biostatistics & Bioinformatics Duke University School of Medicine Abstract: The analysis of longitudinal microbiome is crucial to the understanding of how microbiome changes over time. It often requires careful […]