Current Seminars

Winter 2024, BST 290 

Instructor: Danielle Harvey
Instructor’s emaildjharvey@ucdavis.edu
Time:  Tuesdays 12:10-1:00pm Pacific Time (US) from January 9, 2024 to March 12, 2024
Location: Mathematical Sciences Building, Room 1147 (unless Zoom is indicated)

Description: BST 290 is a seminar series intended to introduce biostatistics graduate students to a diversity of current research topics and applications of biostatistics. During this session, students will hear presentations on current topics and methodological research in biostatistics, and thus gain practical experience and confidence with the communication formats commonly encountered by biostatisticians practicing in contemporary, research-intensive, multi-disciplinary settings.

Student responsibilities: To receive credit, students must attend and actively participate in all sessions.  Attendance will be assessed during each session.

SCHEDULE:
All seminars are on Tuesday, 12:10 - 1PM in the Math Sciences Bldg, Room 1147 unless otherwise indicated.

Jan. 9 Danielle (meeting with Chair) MSB 1147
Jan. 16 Daniel Tancredi, Professor, Dept of Pediatrics, UC Davis MSB 1147
Jan. 23 Danielle Harvey, Professor, Dept of Public Health Sciences, UC Davis MSB 1147
Jan. 30 Mark Espeland, Professor, Wake Forest University Zoom
Feb. 6 David Rocke, Distinguished Professor, Depts of Public Health Sciences and Biomedical Engineering, UC Davis MSB 1147
Feb. 13 Brandon Gavett, Associate Professor, Dept of Neurology, UC Davis MSB 1147
Feb. 20 Shuai Chen, Associate Professor, Dept of Public Health Sciences, UC Davis MSB 1147
Feb. 27 TBD  
Mar. 5 Chris Drake, Professor, Dept of Statistics, UC Davis MSB 1147
Mar. 12 Jairo Fuquene Patino, Assistant Professor, Dept of Statistics, UC Davis MSB 1147