Three Department of Biostatistics faculty have won new leadership roles and honors in the American Statistical Association and the International Statistical Institute

The investment marks a major public commitment to research on the life-altering neurodegenerative disease.

The machine learning-derived model was 88% accurate in ranking preoperative patients according to risk for postoperative acute kidney injury.

The new research leadership structure "will allow the Department of Medicine to support a breadth of research with an eye to funding diversification, recruitment in strategic areas, and mentorship of trainees and faculty in all forms of research," said department Chair Anna Hemnes, MD.

The research highlights the value of studying rare genetic diseases to uncover fundamental immunological mechanisms.

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.

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.