Congratulations to our Biostats Faculty whose courses received excellent ratings on their evaluations by Bloomberg School students during the Fourth Term of the 2025-26 academic year! 👏🎉 publichealth.jhu.edu/offices-and-...

We ae hiring an Assistant Professor: apply.interfolio.com/189113 We welcome candidates across the full breadth of biostatistics, including those whose work is grounded in classical & foundational biostatistical theory and methods, as well as those working in data science, machine learning, and AI.

With Baltimore experiencing "Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups" conditions, check out our Baltimore Air Quality Dashboard, developed by researchers and engineers at JHU, including Biostats professor Abhi Datta, to provide neighborhood-level air quality maps and real-time conditions across the city. 👇

Our latest Faculty Spotlight features Hongkai Ji, a professor in @jhubiostat.bsky.social where he develops data science and statistical methods for analyzing high-throughput and single cell genomic data in order to study gene regulation.

Faculty Spotlight: Hongkai Ji

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Congratulations to Biostats Assistant Professor Yiqun Chen who recently received a Faculty Innovation Fund award! 👏 The Innovation Fund awards program supports early-stage investigators in piloting innovative methods or generating preliminary data for future grant applications.

Congratulations to Biostats postdoctoral fellow Jesus Vazquez on earning 3rd Place in the 2026 Johns Hopkins Postdoctoral Association Annual Conference Slam Talks Competition! 🎉 Jesus presented his research, “Higher Educational Attainment in Huntington Disease Families.”

Congratulations to our @jhubiostat.bsky.social faculty who each received an "Excellence in Teaching" for the third term of the 2025-26 academic year!

Congratulations to Biostats Postdoc Sandy Pramanik and Professor @dattascientist.bsky.social who each received a 2026 Excellence in Public Health Practice Award! 🎉👏👏

Congratulations to Biostats Professor Karen Bandeen-Roche, who received the 2026 recipient of the Ernest Lyman Stebbins Medal—the highest honor bestowed by BSPH to a faculty member who has made extraordinary contributions to the School’s teaching programs over a period of at least five years.

Congratulations to our PhD and ScM 2026 Graduates!! 👏🎉 Our graduates are off to exciting new positions & adventures, including PhD programs at Columbia, Harvard, JHU, & Yale, as well as new roles at Fred Hutchinson, Humana, Pfizer, Waymo, LLX Solutions, Bard College, Wake Forest, UVA, and many more!

This past Friday night, at the annual BSPH dinner honoring newly promoted faculty, we celebrated Abhirup Datta's promotion to Professor! 🎉Congratulations Abhi! 👏

Last Tuesday, our Department hosted our annual Spring Forum where we celebrated our soon-to-be graduating students, as well as our faculty and students accomplishments this past year. 🎉 Thank you to everyone who attended and participated; it is always a joy to gather and connect as a community!

Our April 2026 Biostats newsletter is now available to read online. Catch up on the last few (eventful) months in the @jhubiostat.bsky.social: mailchi.mp/jh/bsph-dept...

We are thrilled to announce that Prof Vadim Zipunnikov has been elected a fellow of the American Statistical Association!👏🎉 This honor recognizes a select group whose established reputations reflect outstanding contributions to statistical science and a sustained commitment to advancing the field.

Congratulations to @stephaniehicks.bsky.social, Associate Professor in @jhubiostat.bsky.social and the Johns Hopkins Biomedical Engineering Department, who was recently named a Fellow of the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMB)! 👏🎉

Hicks, Spangler elected to AIMBE College of Fellows

Stephanie Hicks and Jamie Spangler honored for outstanding contributions to engineering and medicine research, practice, or education.

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Next Wed, Biostats Professor Kasper Hansen will be the latest faculty member to join Dean Pollack Porter for the @johnshopkinssph.bsky.social's "Dean’s Lecture Series," a tradition that brings community together to learn from select BSPH faculty about their work: publichealth.jhu.edu/events/2026/...

Our dept is honored to again be ranked #1 by U.S. News & World Report. As Biostats Chair @lizstuart.bsky.social shared: “What matters most is the work we do, the impact we have, and the strength and spirit of our community, but it is gratifying to know that we are held in great regard by our peers.”

Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health Again Rated #1 by Peers in U.S. News & World Report | Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

The School has held the #1 spot since the rankings began in 1994. The School has also been named by peers as a leader in five specialty areas within public health this year.

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Nilanjan Chatterjee is the @jhu-bdps.bsky.social of Biostatistics and Genetic Epidemiology, where he models disease risk associated with genetic, lifestyle, biomarkers, and other factors, with the goal of improving disease prevention. Learn more about Nilanjan and his work in our video below:

Faculty Spotlight: Nilanjan Chatterjee

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Thank you to everyone who attended our 2026 ENAR Biostats Happy Hour! It was wonderful catching up with so many alumni, students, faculty, and friends of the Department.

Meet our Biostats faculty: Hear directly from our accomplished faculty about their work at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health via our Faculty Spotlight Series: www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...

Donate today to support @johnshopkinssph.bsky.social students! Help us meet our goal this year of having 8,000 donors make a gift to any area of Hopkins closest to their heart. #ONEHopkins 💙

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Congratulations to our @jhubiostat.bsky.social faculty who each received an "excellence in teaching" for the 2025-26 second term and winter institute! Visit the Bloomberg School Excellence in Teaching page for a full list of names and courses by term: publichealth.jhu.edu/offices-and-...

Faculty Spotlight: Marie Diener-West, PhD ’84, is chair of the @johnshopkinssph.bsky.social MPH Program and the @jhubiostat.bsky.social inaugural Helen Abbey and Margaret Merrell Professor of Biostatistical Education. Learn more about Marie and her time at the Bloomberg School, in our video below:

Faculty Spotlight: Marie Diener-West

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Thinking about a career in public health, or looking to sharpen your skills? The Summer Institute of Epidemiology & Biostatistics offers short, skill-based courses you can fit into your schedule. 👉 Click for info on schedule, courses, registration, and tuition: publichealth.jhu.edu/academics/gr...

Student Spotlight: Cassie Chou is a second-year ScM Biostats student and currently leads the Department's Statistics in the Community chapter, which provides pro bono statistical consulting to community organizations. Learn about Cassie on our website: publichealth.jhu.edu/2026/student...

Student Spotlight: Cassie Chou | Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

Cassie is a second-year ScM student in the Department of Biostatistics whose research interests lie at the intersection of causal inference, machine learning, and data-driven modeling with application...

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Congratulations to Biostats PhD student Grace Ringlein who won a travel scholarship from the Society for Causal Inference (SCI), and with it will be attending their annual meeting this May in Salt Lake City! Learn more about Grace in our student spotlight: publichealth.jhu.edu/2025/student...

Last Thursday, several @jhubiostat.bsky.social students signed the pole going into the new South Building on the @johnshopkinssph.bsky.social campus. The new building will span a city block and rise over 7 stories. Learn more about our expanding campus online: publichealth.jhu.edu/about/campus...

Faculty Spotlight: Martin Lindquist is a Professor in @jhubiostat.bsky.social at the @johnshopkinssph.bsky.social where he works on mathematical and statistical problems relating to neuroimaging with a particular focus on functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (fMRI) data.

Faculty Spotlight: Martin Lindquist

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Congratulations to our Biostats faculty members who received “excellent” course rankings from students during the First Term in the 2025–2026 academic year! publichealth.jhu.edu/offices-and-...

Our @jhubiostat.bsky.social January Newsletter is now available to read online: mailchi.mp/jh/bsph-dept... Highlights include alumni news, BSO cultural potluck, Data Science and AI Institute (DSAI) news, and more.