The world’s largest outbreak of the Ebola virus has infected more than 28,000 people and killed more than 11,000 since March 2014 when the epidemic began spreading across West Africa. In July 2015 the World Health Organization announced a major development in the Ebola fight:
Nationally recognized researcher Dr. Fei Zou, has joined the University of Florida Department of Biostatistics, effective August 24, 2015. We welcome Dr. Zou from the University of North Carolina
We are pleased to announce that Dr. Susmita Datta has joined the University of Florida Department of Biostatistics as part of the university’s preeminence initiative in metabolomics. Dr. Datta comes to UF from the University of Louisville
Dr. Somnath Datta comes to the University of Florida from the University of Louisville under UF’s preeminent initiative in genomics, effective September 1, 2015. He was a Professor, Vice Chair, University Scholar
Two biostatistics students were honored for their accomplishments at the annual Convocation Ceremony for the College of Public Health and Health Professions on Saturday, May 2nd. Dr. Peihua Qiu, Professor and Chair of the department presented a certificate for outstanding achievement to Jingnan Zhang for the 2014 PhD Preliminary…
At the annual PHHP Convocation Ceremony held on May 2nd at the Hilton UF Conference Center, Yifan Zhu, a fifth year PhD student, was the recipient of the prestigious Dean's Scholar award, in recognition of his exceptional accomplishments.
UF researchers, including PHHP's Dr. Ira Longini and Dr. Sarah McKune, join the worldwide response to Ebola.
Qi An, a third year Ph.D. student in Biostatistics, has accepted a 12-week clinical statistics summer internship with Bayer HealthCare in Whippany, New Jersey. As an intern within the Clinical Statistics US Department, she will gain a direct view into research and development at Bayer and witness how clinical…
Implementing a vaccine trial during an epidemic can be difficult, particularly in countries with poor transportation, limited vaccine supplies and difficulty predicting how widespread a disease may become — conditions such as those in West Africa during the recent Ebola outbreak. Now, a University of Florida Health researcher with…
Dr. Ira Longini and colleagues outline three methods for deploying vaccine trials in emergency situations.
