Last week we lost one of the giants of the statistics world. Sir David Cox, whose unmatched career affected the path of thousands — including many of us in BMI — passed away on 18 …
News
BMI Affiliate Jignesh Patel named AAAS fellow
BMI affiliate Jignesh Patel (Professor of Computer Sciences) is one of 13 UW-Madison faculty elected fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. Read the UW news release for more information. Congratulations to …
BDS student Jiacheng Miao wins ASA student paper competition
BDS PhD student Jiacheng Miao, advised by Assistant Professor Qiongshi Lu, won this year’s ASA Section on Statistical Genomics and Genetics Student Paper award. The paper is titled “A quantile integral linear model to quantify …
Biostatistics & Medical Informatics seminar on Friday December 10th
Please join us for this week’s Biostatistics & Medical Informatics seminar on Friday! Time & Place: Friday, December 10 2021 at 12:00-1:30pm Location: Biotech Center Auditorium The seminar can also be viewed virtually through Zoom. …
BMI Affiliate Matt Churpek and Colleagues Publish Findings on Factors that May Increase COVID Death Rate in ICU Patients
BMI affiliate Dr. Matt Churpek and colleagues published an analysis of 4,019 severely ill COVID-19 patient outcomes at 70 hospitals. The study incorporates a mix of hospital system and patient characteristics that may increase death …
Andreas Velten Lab has an article in Nov. 11 issue of Nature Communications
Please join us for this week’s Biostatistics & Medical Informatics seminar on Friday 11/19
Time: Friday, November 19 2021 at 12:00-1:00pm Zoom Link: https://uwmadison.zoom.us/j/98373810034 Title: Reshaping the Biomedical Research Enterprise Presenter: Dr. Ian Hutchins, School of Computer, Data, and Information Science, University of Wisconsin – Madison Abstract: Biomedical research …
Biostatistics & Medical Informatics seminar on Friday November 12th
Please join us for this week’s Biostatistics & Medical Informatics seminar on Friday! Time: Friday, November 12 2021 at 12:00-1:00pm Zoom Link: https://uwmadison.zoom.us/j/93605616843 Title: Semiparametric Sensitivity Analysis: Unmeasured Confounding in Observational Studies Presenter: Dr. Daniel …
Founding Chair Dave DeMets Spearheads Society for Clinical Trials Data Monitoring Committee Initiative
The Society for Clinical Trials (SCT) launched a Data Monitoring Committee initiative, which was born out of the recognition that there is a dearth of people qualified to serve on Data Monitoring Committees (DMCs). BMI …
Biomedical data science and a new life-saving medical device!
Assistant Professor Irene Ong contributed to the development of a device to detect breathing problems before standard tools like pulse oximeters and in time to potentially prevent crises that occur when patients enter respiratory distress …