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.
In the January 2015 issue of the journal Lancet Infectious Diseases, Dr. Ira Longini and colleagues published an article entitled “Vespignani A: Spatio-temporal spread of the 2014 outbreak of Ebola in Liberia and the effectiveness of non-pharmaceutical interventions: a computational modelling analysis.” As stated in the aritcle’s abstract, “The 2014…
Reporters from the Miami Herald recently reached out to Dr. Eben Kenah, assistant professor with the department of biostatistics, for his expertise on vaccine efficacy. In an article published on February 14, 2015, entitled "Experts: Vaccine Benefits Outweigh Rare Risks," Dr. Kenah weighed in, noting that it is extremely hard to prove a connection between immunizations and serious side effects.
Dr. Ira Longini and colleagues say there is a nearly 20 percent chance that isolated cases will likely make their way to the United States by the end of September.
Zhi Zhou is a Spring 2014 graduate from the Master of Public Health program, with a concentration in Biostatistics. Zhi worked as an intern in the Southeastern National Tuberculosis Center (SNTC)
University of Florida biostatistician Meenakshi Devidas, Ph.D., has been named group statistician of the Children’s Oncology Group, the world’s largest organization devoted exclusively to pediatric cancer research. Devidas will lead the Statistics and Data Center, which provides statistical expertise for the Children’s Oncology Group’s research studies. She also serves…
Dr. Meenakshi Devidas has been named group statistician of the Children’s Oncology Group and principal investigator of an NCI grant with a planned budget of $39 million.
The University of Florida welcomes leading statistics researcher Peihua Qiu, Ph.D., as the founding chair of the Department of Biostatistics.
