Dissertation defense
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Friday, September 25, 2026
11:00am Central Time 2525 West End Avenue, Room 10105 (10th floor conference room), and online
Statistical Methods for Population Pharmacokinetic Model Evaluation, Individualized Prediction, and Automated Model Development
Presented by Marisa Blackman, PhD candidate
Department seminars
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Wednesday, September 23, 2026
1:30pm Central Time online
Federated Learning for Feature Mismatch
Presented by , Assistant Professor of Statistics at Purdue University
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; when feasible, individual and small-group meetings with the speaker and faculty-led discussions also foster the exchange of ideas and insights cultivated by this series. See our Seminars page for more about the full series.
To be added to the seminar mailing list, contact the department. For access to specific upcoming seminars, contact series administrator Cierra Streeter.
Other seminars
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Friday, September 18, 2026
1:15pm Central Time MRB III Lecture Hall, Room 1220
Improving Replicability of Neuroimaging Research
A VUIIS (国产传媒 Institute of Imaging Science) presentation by associate professor . This event is open to the public; registration is not required.聽
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Friday, October 9, 2026
2:00pm Central Time | 3:00pm Eastern Time online
The Human Side of Statistical Leadership
A free webinar hosted by the Committee on Applied Statisticians of the American Statistical Association. Panelists include (PhD 2018). See Richard Zink's about this event for more details.聽
Conferences
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October 28 - 30, 2026
Multi-day conference Cincinnati, Ohio
WSDS 2026
The 2026 Women in Statistics and Data Science Conference features several department members and alumni on the program, including PhD students Ashley Mullan and Alexis Fleming Schwartz, research associate professor Laurie Samuels, and alumnae Sarah Lotspeich (PhD 2021) and Jamie Joseph (PhD 2024). See our WSDS 2026 page for more about their presentations.
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Wednesday, January 13 - Friday, January 15
Multi-day conference 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.