Biostatistics News

Chris Barker
October 30, 2024

From Academia to Industry: Chris Barker's Journey in Statistics and Public Health

Chris Barker (BIOST ’80) emphasizes the value of his experiences in graduate school, particularly at the University of Pittsburgh. "I think that's kind of where I thrive," he says.

faculty teaching - we're hiring
October 4, 2024

We're Hiring! Education-Focused Faculty Position

Seeking applicants for a faculty position with primary responsibility on the educational mission of the department and the school. The candidates may also have interests in methodological and collaborative research. The position is open at the assistant, associate, or full professor level in the appointment stream, based on qualifications, with a start date in Fall 2025 or earlier.

Bedda Rosario
October 3, 2024

From Puerto Rico to Pittsburgh: Bedda Rosario’s Journey to Becoming a Biostatistician

Bedda Rosario's fascination with numbers and patterns began at a young age. Growing up in Puerto Rico, she was drawn to mathematics and problem-solving, and she pursued these interests as an undergraduate at the University of Puerto Rico where she majored in mathematics. However, it wasn't until she took a probability and statistics course in her fourth year that she discovered her true passion for biostatistics and public health.

Vice Dean Jeanine Buchanich
September 10, 2024

Path to public health: Vice Dean Jeanine Buchanich

Jeanine Buchanich, PhD, MPH, MEd, started her journey as an undergraduate at the University of Pittsburgh, where she traversed a winding path to her new role as the vice dean of Pitt Public Health.
Kayleigh Adamson
September 6, 2024

Making a Difference with Data

With an undergraduate degree in neuroscience, Kayleigh Adamson (BIOST ‘20) has always been fascinated by the intersection of health research and statistics, but it wasn't until she came to Pitt that she developed her true passion for biostatistics. It was a good fit with her heavy science background.

Haoran Hu
August 28, 2024

Hu Publishes in Nature Communications

PhD student Haoran Hu has made a significant contribution to the field of single-cell research with the publication of a paper titled "A unified model-based framework for doublet or multiplet detection in single-cell multiomics data" in the top research journal Nature Communications.
Haley Grant
August 21, 2024

Innovating biostatistics education at Pitt

Assistant Professor Haley Grant, PhD, has been a faculty member in the Department of Biostatistics and Health Data Science since 2023.
Pitt Public Health Building
August 5, 2024

Department renamed at Pitt’s School of Public Health

The Department of Biostatistics will become the Department of Biostatistics and Health Data Science to reflect the increasing growth of complex data and biotechnology now being employed in the field of public health.
Runjia Li
August 1, 2024

Runjia Li, PhD student, wins scholarship

Runjia Li (PhD '24) has been selected as one of the prestigious American Statistical Association's Biopharmaceutical Section Scholarship Award winners.
Pedro Baldoni, Soumik Purkayastha and Qiong Wu.
August 1, 2024

The Biostatistics Department welcomes three new faculty members

Welcoming Pedro Baldoni, Soumik Purkayastha and Qiong Wu.
Xinjun Wang
July 10, 2024

Wang treads path from student to faculty member

Xinjun Wang (PhD, BIOST ’22) found his groove developing new statistical models for single-cell muti-omics data during graduate studies at the University of Pittsburgh.
(LEFT TO RIGHT) TINA NDOH, SALLY WENZEL, TIFFANY GARY-WEBB, JEANINE BUCHANICH, AND DARA MENDEZ,
June 21, 2024

Advocates listen and learn, celebrate and plan at first Environmental Justice Summit

May 9-11 was Pittsburgh’s first Environmental Justice Summit with the theme Reflections, Connections, and Collaborative Action.
Craig Parzynski (MS ’11)
June 7, 2024

Biostatistics alum reflects on his journey

Craig Parzynski (MS ’11) discovered a love for problem solving at the University of Pittsburgh. He earned his master’s degree in biostatistics and gained a solid foundation for a career in medical research. However, his path to biostatistics was not straightforward.
Ma and Tang plus journal cover
April 12, 2024

Ma and Tang propose smart data augmentation to address imbalances in data

Department of Biostatistics Chair Yan Ma is the corresponding author on “Smart data augmentation: One equation is all you need," recently published in Statistical Analysis and Data Mining: The ASA Data Science Journal. The paper’s co-authors include Lu Tang, vice chair for education in the Department of Biostatistics.
Manqi Cai
January 26, 2024

Cai publishes in Communications Biology

PhD student Manqi Cai’s article “scMD facilitates cell type deconvolution using single-cell DNA methylation references”  was published in the Communications Biology Journal.