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Events

Short Course

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    Friday, August 14, 2026

    8:30 am - 12:30 pm 2525 West End Avenue, Suite 1100 (11th Floor), Room 11105

    Quick-thinking, Confident, Communicative, and Collaborative: Fundamentals of Applied Improvisation for (Bio)statisticians and Data Scientists

    The Middle Tennessee chapter of the American Statistical Association is excited to host this half-day course on using applied improvisation skills to increase confidence, react more effectively to unexpected events, engage colleagues with active listening, and build ideas through sincere collaboration. No experience queried; parking and lunch are included. The instructor is , PhD, FASA, a prominent biostatistician and professional performer.

Participants are encouraged to enroll in multiple courses. View the Summer Institute FAQ for additional information. Registration is open until July 13 for courses starting on July 20, and until July 20 (or when all spots are filled, for Terra-Based Cloud Computing) for courses starting on July 27.

Conferences

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    Saturday, August 1 - Sunday, August 2

    All day Saturday - Sunday morning Boston, Massachusetts

    ACTStat 2026 Annual Meeting

    The 2026 annual meeting of the Association of Clinical and Translational Statisticians will take place in Boston, at the start of this year's Joint Statistical Meetings (JSM). Associate professor of biostatistics and executive director Dandan Liu is president of ACTStat, and assistant professor Bryan Blette was the 2025 Early Career Award winner.

  • JSM 2026

    Saturday, August 1 - Thursday, August 6

    Boston, Massachusetts

    JSM 2026

    The theme of the 2026 Joint Statistical Meetings is "Communities in Action: Advancing Society," and a number of 国产传媒 Biostatistics students, faculty, staff, and alumni will be participating in this year's edition of the largest annual gathering of statisticians in North America. View the list of talks, posters, and other activities led by members of our graduate program.

  • Logo for REDCapCon 2026, with stylized Oklahoma City skyline

    Monday, August 31 - Thursday, September 3

    Monday afternoon - all day Thursday Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

    2026 REDCapCon

    This year's REDCapCon will feature several department members, including:

    • Dr. Paul Harris - plenary speaker on September 1

    • An applied biostatistics track, organized by Dr. Dandan Liu

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    Wednesday, January 13 - Friday, January 15

    All day Annapolis, Maryland

    ICHPS 2027

    The theme of the 2027 International Conference on Health Policy Statistics is "Evidence-Based Policy in Action: Statistics, AI, and Digital Health in Practice." Its organizers include associate professor Andrew Spieker as conference co-chair, alumna Sarah Lotspeich (PhD 2021) as student committee co-chair, and PhD student Ashley Mullan as outreach committee member.

Our department hosts weekly seminars throughout the academic year that feature biostatisticians from around the world. These are regularly attended by faculty, staff, and students, as well as members of the wider community; individual and small-group meetings with the speaker and faculty-led discussions help foster the exchange of ideas and insights cultivated by this series. See our Seminars page for details about previous presentations.

The series is on hiatus for the summer and will resume in September. To be added to the seminar mailing list, contact the department.