Alumnus of Our Doctoral Program Promoted to Associate Professor with Tenure
Tianzhou (Charles) Ma’s journey to becoming a biostatistician began at the University of Pittsburgh, where he earned a doctoral degree in biostatistics in 2018. Before arriving at Pitt, Ma earned his bachelor’s degree in genetics from the University of Toronto and completed his master’s in biostatistics at Yale University.
Pitt Public Health honors alumni at awards ceremony
The University of Pittsburgh School of Public Health will recognize seven alumni for their outstanding service to the field of public health at an awards ceremony on Nov. 22.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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, 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.
The Biostatistics Department welcomes three new faculty members
Welcoming Pedro Baldoni, Soumik Purkayastha and Qiong Wu.
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.
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.
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.