Professor Alyssa Bilinski has found that systematically including pregnant participants in trials would speed up the detection of adverse effects and increase uptake of beneficial medications.
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April 28, 2025
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U.S. maternal deaths doubled during COVID-19 pandemic, among other findings in new study
Public health researchers untangle two decades of maternal mortality data and find that while early increases were driven by reporting changes, real increases followed during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Statistics Undergraduates present their Capstone work
Brown’s Undergraduate Statistics Concentrators presented their Capstone projects to faculty, students, and visitors, fulfilling an annual requirement and competing for the Undergraduate Statistics Concentration Capstone Poster Award of Excellence to be announced at the Biostatistics Commencement Celebration on May 24th.
Biostatistics Ph.D. candidates present their research
Brown’s Ph.D. candidates in Biostatistics presented their research to faculty, students, and visitors, fulfilling an annual requirement and competing for the Ph.D. Research Presentation award to be announced on May 24th.
2025 Dean’s Awards honors exceptional students, staff and faculty
Congratulations to our Brown Biostatistics students, staff & faculty honored at the Brown University School of Public Health 2025 Dean's Awards Ceremony at the Hope Club on April 16th!
Biostatistics New Faculty - Peter J. Lipman, Ph.D.
Peter J. Lipman, Ph.D., has joined the School of Public Health as an associate professor of the practice of Biostatistics.
Biostatistics New Online Faculty
Brown University's School of Public Health Department of Biostatistics is pleased to welcome our newest faculty members, Beverly Gonzales, Ph.D., and Ishaan Dave, Ph.D., as Adjunct Assistant Professors of Biostatistics for our online master’s degree in biostatistics.
Biostatistics at ENAR 2025
Biostatistics faculty, students, postdocs and alumni attended and presented at the 2025 annual Eastern North American Region (ENAR) meeting. The meeting was held from March 23-26, 2025 in New Orleans, LA. The meeting theme this year was “ENAR is Interdisciplinary.”
Ph.D. Student, Daniel Posmik will be presenting at the DSCoV Workshop
Presenter: Daniel Posmik, PhD Student, Biostatistics
Title: “NeoVim and Co.: Personalized Development Environments for Data Scientists”
Title: “NeoVim and Co.: Personalized Development Environments for Data Scientists”