Matt Amodio, a former Biomedical Data Science trainee and current Yale PhD student was on an 18-day winning streak as of August 14. His winnings as of that Friday, August 13, were $574,801, the third …
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BMI Strategic Planning Underway
The Department of Biostatistics and Medical Informatics has launched its first ever formal strategic planning process, which we will complete by mid-September of 2021. We are working with Deb Gurke, a consultant from the Office …
BMI Professor Vikas Singh Co-PI on Beckman Foundation award to develop smart lightsheet technology
Professor Vikas Singh is co-Principal Investigator on a new 5-year, $1.2 million award from the Arnold and Mabel Beckman Foundation to the Morgridge Institute for Research. The project, led by Morgridge Investigators Jan Huisken and …
Professor Sunduz Keles Appointed as Vilas Associate
Congratulations to Professor Sunduz Keles for her appointment as a Vilas Associate for July 1, 2021 through June 30, 2023. Professor Keles will receive summer salary support and flexible research funding in each year of …
Newton and Kim on Team Awarded $12.5M NCI Grant to Develop Targeted Radionuclide Therapy
Congratulations to Professors Michael Newton and KyungMann Kim for their role in a successful $12.5M grant application to explore using targeted radionuclide therapy followed by immunotherapy to help the immune system recognize and destroy cancer …
David L. Demets: Celebrating Half a Century of Excellence: The Final Analysis
Founding chair of the Department of Biostatistics and Medical Informatics, Dr. David L. DeMets, is retiring at the end of this year after a 50-year professional career. We are celebrating his contributions and retirement on …
Newton Co-PI on NSF Transdisciplinary Research in Data Science (TRIPODS) award
BMI Chair Michael Newton is co-PI on an NSF TRIPODS award to WID titled: TRIPODS: Institute for Foundations of Data Science (IFDS). Stephen Wright (Computer Sciences) is PI, with Robert Nowak (ECE, ISyE, CS, and …
Yin Li featured on NBC15 News
Assistant Professor Yin Li’s work on the “Fingertrak” device is featured on the NBC15 News website. Fingertrak is a new device designed to help identify and diagnose diseases like Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s at early stages …
Mao wins three-year NSF grant
Assistant Professor Lu Mao was awarded a three-year National Science Foundation grant titled “Randomized Trials with Non-Compliance: Extending the Angrist-Imbens-Ruben Framework. Congratulations to Lu! Abstract: Randomized controlled trial (RCT) refers to a design commonly employed …
Announcing our 2020 Graduates
The faculty and staff of the Department of Biostatistics and Medical Informatics are proud to announce this year’s 28 graduates. The graduates represent a mix of students. Nine students graduated from our MS in Biomedical …