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UrduResearchers at the UNC School of Medicine were awarded $2.3 million from the National Institute of Arthritis, Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases to study the genetic basis of a chronic skin condition called hidradenitis suppurativa.
Tag: Biostatistics
AI-Enabled Ultrasound Revolutionizes Gestational Age Estimation in Low-Resource Settings
A study led by Jeffrey S. A. Stringer, MD, FACOG, professor of obstetrics and gynecology at the UNC School of Medicine, has shown that an AI-enabled, low-cost handheld ultrasound device can estimate gestational age as accurately as expert sonographers, potentially revolutionizing pregnancy care in low-resource settings where healthcare personnel have little ultrasound training.
New Study Lays Out How to Find Meaningful, Not Just “Significant”, Results
The framework has the potential to improve one of the basic facets of how science is done and shift researchers’ and clinicians’ perspectives from statistical significance to biological relevance.
The Time Is Now for Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning
From artificial intelligence (AI) and data integration to natural language processing and statistics, the Cedars-Sinai Department of Computational Biomedicine is utilizing the latest technological advances to find solutions to some of the most complex healthcare issues.
TCT 2023 Career Achievement Award to be Presented to Stuart J. Pocock, PhD
The TCT 2023 Career Achievement Award will be presented to Stuart J. Pocock, PhD, during Transcatheter Cardiovascular Therapeutics (TCT), the annual scientific symposium of the Cardiovascular Research Foundation (CRF). TCT will take place October 23-26, 2023, in San Francisco at the Moscone Center. The award is given each year to an outstanding individual who has made significant contributions to the field of interventional cardiology and transformed patient care through their career endeavors, research pursuits, and mentorship.
FAU Awarded $1 Million NIH Grant for Florida Summer Institute in Biostatistics and Data Science
FAU’s Schmidt College of Medicine received a $1 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to launch the first Florida Summer Institute in Biostatistics and Data Science in the Southeastern United States – and one of only 10 sites across the nation.
KU Cancer Center researchers discover that people with blood-related cancers have a higher chance of COVID breakthrough infections
Individuals with blood-related cancers are more likely to experience a COVID-19 infection even after being vaccinated, a University of Kansas Cancer Center study has found.
Many pathologists agree overdiagnosis of skin cancer happens, but don’t change diagnosis behavior
Recent studies finding that there is an overdiagnosis of melanoma are a significant cause for concern. However, while many pathologists agree overdiagnosis of skin cancer happens, they don’t change diagnosis behavior.
UW to lead new NSF institute for using artificial intelligence to understand dynamic systems
The University of Washington will lead a new artificial intelligence research institute that will focus on fundamental AI and machine learning theory, algorithms and applications for real-time learning and control of complex dynamic systems, which describe chaotic situations where conditions are constantly shifting and hard to predict.
Faculty Named Emerging Scholar
Adana Llanos, assistant professor in the department of biostatistics and epidemiology at the Rutgers School of Public Health, has been named a 2021 Emerging Scholar by Diverse: Issues in Higher Education.
UCLA Fielding School of Public Health Professor Named 2020 AAAS Fellow
Sudipto Banerjee, professor and chair of the Department of Biostatistics at the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health, has been named a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS).
UCLA Fielding School of Public Health adds nine new faculty for 2020-2021 academic year
The UCLA Fielding School of Public Health welcomes nine new faculty members, in four different academic departments, in time for the 2020-2021 academic year.
UCLA Fielding School of Public Health researcher’s work opens doors to understanding COVID-19’s early spread
A UCLA Fielding School of Public Health researcher’s work on two related research projects published in the past month suggests that in both the United States and in Europe, sustained transmission networks of SARS-CoV-2 became established only after separate introductions of the virus that went undetected.
New JAMA reports highlight ‘striking’ number of deaths from COVID-19, says Virginia Tech biostatistics expert
Two new reports published Monday in the Journal of the American Medical Association suggest a stark reality: from March 1 – August 1, 2020, just over 1.3 million people died in the United States from all causes, an estimated 20…
Researchers examine data to identify optimal vasopressor treatment for rare type of stroke
Results of an Electronic Health Record (EHR) study assessing the most commonly used medications for raising blood pressure in patients with nontraumatic subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH), a rare type of stroke, have been published in Neurosurgical Focus by scientists at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth).
UCLA Fielding School of Public Health experts available for media inquiries related to COVID-19
The UCLA Fielding School of Public Health has multiple experts available for media inquiries related to COVID-19. These include experts with English, Chinese (Mandarin), French, German, and Spanish fluency. They include: Professor Hiram Beltrán-Sánchez Hiram Beltrán-Sánchez is an associate professor of…
Biostatistics expert: ‘We’re not testing as much as we should be’ for COVID-19’s spread
A Virginia Tech professor who specializes in statistical modeling and disease surveillance says the United States has to do a better job of testing for the novel coronavirus if the country is to be successful in mitigating the virus’ spread.…
Stephanie Shiau Joins the Rutgers School of Public Health
New Brunswick, NJ – The Rutgers School of Public Health is excited to announce that Stephanie Shiau, PhD, will be joining the department of biostatistics and epidemiology as an instructor in August. Shiau’s research focuses on the effects of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)…