💎 Emily Huang (Associate Professor) received a shoutout in Ji-Hyun Lee's "Hidden Gems" President's Corner for @amstatnews.bsky.social. We are so lucky to have you, Emily!

🗓️ Mark your calendars! We’re hosting our first Online Open House for our M.S. in Statistics at @wakeforest.bsky.social on Oct 23 at 7pm (EST). Hear about our program offerings (incl data science certificate), job placement, scholarships, and more.

Associate Professor @lucystats.bsky.social spoke today at the ISI World Statistics Congress in The Hague on how “Causal inference is not just a statistics problem” You can find her slides here: www.lucymcgowan.com/talk/isi_wor...

🆕 New ✨ semester ✨ , new pub! Ciaran Evans (Assistant Teaching Prof) and Nicole Dalzell (Associate Teaching Prof) recently published a new music-inspired study in the Journal of Statistics and Data Science Education with collaborators from Colgate University and Furman University.

✈️ Next week, our faculty, students, and alums are headed to Nashville for the 2025 Joint Statistical Meetings! They will be presenting their research, receiving awards, and serving the statistical community. 🗺️ Keep an eye on this page for upcoming details on where to catch Wake Stat!

🆕 New week, new pub! @sarahlotspeich.bsky.social (Assistant Professor) co-authored a recently published study in Gender Issues (Springer Nature) with collaborators from Syracuse University, Hofstra University, and University of Guelph. 🔗 doi.org/10.1007/s121...

👏 Huge congratulations to Associate Professor and Associate Chair Staci Hepler, who is the 2025 recipient of the Michael Woodroofe Award from the Caucus for Women in Statistics and Data Science!

👏 We're so excited to hear that M.S. Alum Xinyu Zhang (now a PhD Candidate in Statistics at Ohio State) has won a Student Paper Award from the @amstatnews.bsky.social Section on Bayesian Statistical Sciences! 🔗 Read more: stat.osu.edu/news/xinyu-z...

Associate Professor @lucystats.bsky.social spoke today at the “Character Across the Curriculum” workshop about the importance of curiosity in the era of artificial intelligence — part of @wakeforest.bsky.social Educating Character Initiative and the Program for Leadership and Character

🆕 New week, new pub! Mostafa Shams, Ph.D. (Teacher-Scholar Postdoc) is a coauthor on a recently published study in JAMA Network Open with collaborators from Allegheny Health Network and Wellstar Paulding Medical Center. 🔗 jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

👏 Earlier this month, Associate Teaching Professor Nicole Dalzell was invited to present "Mentoring Matters: Tips for Research and Writing with Mentees of all Levels" at the 2025 Southern Region Council on Statistics (SRCOS) in Jekyll Island, Georgia. Awesome work!

👏 Last week Professor Kenneth Berenhaut was invited to present his research on "Distance, density and cohesion in clustering" at the Classification Society's Annual Meeting in Ottawa, Canada. Well done!

👏 Huge congratulations to Assistant Prof @sarahlotspeich.bsky.social Lotspeich for her Societal Impact Award from the @cwstat.bsky.social! Dr. Lotspeich is being recognized for her outstanding efforts and impact on social justice through your collaboration, leadership, and partnerships.

🆕 Check out this new article in @hbr.org written by @lucystats.bsky.social (Assistant Prof) and Jeff Camm (Prof in @wakeforest.bsky.social School of Business) demystifying the use of percentages in statistics. Read more ⬇️

Harvard Business Review@hbr.org · last yr.

Remember that statistics alone aren't always data; they are descriptions of data.

🆕 Courtney Di Vittorio's research (Affiliate Faculty) was highlighted by NASA! Her project on Louisiana's wetlands engaged students from all over @wakeforest.bsky.social, including two of Wake Stats Masters Alums, Melita Wiles and Saeed Movahedi! Read more: earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/15430...

Forty Years of Change in Louisiana’s Wetlands

Scientists used Landsat satellite images to detect both abrupt and gradual changes and to examine how phenomena, from storms to sea level rise, have reshaped coastal ecosystems.

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What a weekend of celebrations at @wakeforest.bsky.social! 🧑‍🎓 On Saturday, we celebrated the hooding of our seven incredible masters students. 🏠 On Sunday, we hosted our graduates and their families for our department open house. 🧑‍🎓 Today, we continue by celebrating our many amazing undergraduates.

Happy Graduation Weekend from the @wakeforeststats.bsky.social faculty!!

Let’s go, grads! 👏 Excited for our marvelous MS grads to get hooded at @wakeforest.bsky.social this afternoon.

🤩 Yesterday, five of our @wakeforest.bsky.social undergraduates shared their statistics honors thesis research. We enjoyed learning about their great work!

📈 Leveling up! It's official! Drs. Lucy D'Agostino McGowan (@lucystats.bsky.social) and Emily Huang have been promoted to the rank of Associate Professor (with tenure). We are so proud of you and lucky to call you both colleagues!

🏔️ This week, Wake Stats is heading to Salt Lake City for the 2025 ASA Symposium on Data Science & Statistics! 🎤 Dr. Noah Gade (Assistant Prof) will discuss a novel measure of functional connectivity using permutations, with applications to neuronal response data.

👏 Last Friday, Nikolas Lindauer successfully defended his M.S. thesis in Statistics at @wakeforest.bsky.social! Congratulations to Nikolas and his incredible advisor, Dr. Staci Hepler, on an impact-driven project that showcased the stats while keeping North Carolinians' health at the forefront.

⚾️ Today senior John Nelson presented his research on "Quality and Longevity of MLB Pitchers Post-Tommy John Surgery" to his colleagues in the SESH Lab! He has worked with Dr. Staci Hepler (Assoc Prof/Vice Chair) on it. Next week he'll be starting his new job at #InmarIntelligence! Go, Jack!

👏 Huge congratulations to Dr. Lynne Yengulalp (Associate Prof), who was recognized yesterday with a @wakeforest.bsky.social "Thrive Dimension Champion Award," recognizing excellence demonstrated through programming, teaching, or other collaborative efforts within the Wake community.

🆕 New week, new pub! @sarahlotspeich.bsky.social (Assistant Prof) published in Statistics in Medicine with @wakeforest.bsky.social colleagues @ashleymullan.bsky.social (MS alum, now PhDing @vanderbilt.edu), @lucystats.bsky.social (Assistant Prof), and Staci Hepler (Vice Chair/Associate Prof).

Combining Straight‐Line and Map‐Based Distances to Investigate the Connection Between Proximity to Healthy Foods and Disease

Healthy foods are essential for a healthy life, but accessing healthy food can be more challenging for some people than others. This disparity in food access may lead to disparities in well-being, po...

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🎉 Congratulations to Celine Su (BS Student), recipient of the 2025 Undergraduate Award for Academic Achievement in the Statistical Sciences.

🎙️ This afternoon Nikolas Lindauer (BS from Rice University) will defend his M.S. thesis in Statistics entitled "Modeling Legal Strategies for Opioid Harm Reduction in North Carolina," advised by Dr. Staci Hepler (Vice Chair, Associate Professor). Go, Nikolas!

🎉 Congratulations to Tara Laux (MS Student), recipient of the 2025 Graduate Student Award for Outstanding Scholarship in the Statistical Sciences for exceptional contributions which enrich the department and grad program through scholarship, ingenuity and dedication.

👏 We are so excited to welcome Bhramar Mukherjee to @wakeforest.bsky.social / Wake Forest SOM this week for our 3rd Annual Distinguished Lectureship in Statistics and Biostatistics! Faculty and students can't wait to hear about "The Importance of Statistical Thinking in an AI-Augmented World."

👏 Dr. Collin Cademartori (Assistant Prof) will be discussing some of his incredible pedagogical tools made in R Shiny!

ENAR@enar-ibs.bsky.social · 2y ago

Join #ENAR_ibs Friday, 4/11 at 9:30 am, when we host the WebENAR: "Enhancing Learning and Communication with Interactive Tools in Statistics and Health Surveillance.” More details at www.enar.org/education/in... #statistics #healthsurveillance