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July 2, 2026
Team’s prediction task compares GPT-4o with classic machine learning
Large language models have been functionally opaque. Seeking some transparency, a team undertook a comparison with traditional machine learning for predicting which patients would discontinue their home cancer medications. -
June 30, 2026
Team creates premium fake people to speed HIV research
Due to nations’ conflicting privacy regulations, de-identified clinical data needed for science doesn’t always travel so well internationally. A team turned to AI to generate a better class of fake people living with HIV. -
June 23, 2026
New framework renders AI trustworthy for cancer subtyping
As trustworthiness takes center stage in medical AI, a new paper in Nature Biomedical Engineering describes a solution for trustworthy AI cancer subtyping. -
June 17, 2026
Biostatistics faculty elected to leadership posts in top statistics societies
Three Department of Biostatistics faculty have won new leadership roles and honors in the American Statistical Association and the International Statistical Institute -
June 17, 2026
Team’s post-op kidney injury risk model could aid prevention
The machine learning-derived model was 88% accurate in ranking preoperative patients according to risk for postoperative acute kidney injury. -
June 12, 2026
Second Vanderbilt Health team wins NIH Replication Prize
Led by Simon Vandekar, PhD, a group of biostatisticians earned the honor for tools that help brain researchers tell strong, trustworthy findings from weak ones. Vanderbilt Health teams took two of 15 total NIH prizes. -
June 9, 2026
Study: Lung biopsy cryoprobe increases diagnostic yield over standard forceps
The FROSTBITE-2 trial used the 1.1-millimeter cryoprobe which, unlike the larger probes, is small enough to remove the biopsy specimen through the working channel without having to remove the scope, which increases safety.