Department of Biostatistics Archive — Page 1 of 7

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.

March 24, 2026

New support for the Department of Biostatistics

The Berry Family Foundation has pledged $1.5 million to the Department of Biostatistics to support improvements to REDCap, a web-based software platform for managing surveys and databases.

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November 3, 2025

Artificial HIV patients do their part for science

To speed HIV research, VUMC scientists are drafting droves of people who do not exist to serve as research subjects.

October 20, 2025

Three VUMC leaders elected to the National Academy of Medicine

With more than 2,400 members, the NAM (formerly the Institute of Medicine) collaborates closely with its peer academies, the National Academy of Sciences and National Academy of Engineering, to provide independent and authoritative advice on matters of science, technology and health nationally and globally.

Among those at the symposium were, from left, Janey Wang, MS, MEng, Yu Shyr, PhD, Hsin-Chou Yang, PhD, and Chun-houh Chen PhD. (photo by Donn Jones)
August 11, 2025

‘Next-Generation Statistics’ symposium highlights innovative research and collaboration possibilities

Leading statisticians from the United States and Taiwan presented their work in a symposium co-organized by VUMC’s Department of Biostatistics.

June 6, 2025

New study highlights potential boost to brain stimulation therapy through targeted symptom provocation

This is the first large-scale meta-analysis to examine whether deliberately triggering symptoms immediately before administering rTMS enhances treatment outcomes.