Brown University's School of Public Health Department of Biostatistics is pleased to welcome one of our newest members, Kenya Andrews, Ph.D., as Postdoctoral Research Associate in Biostatistics, effective July 1, 2025.

Cory Zigler, Professor of Biostatistics, has been named Director of Graduate Studies in Biostatistics, effective July 1, 2025!

Our class had 4 Doctorates, 18 Master’s, and 6 Undergraduate Statistics Concentrators this May!

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.

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.

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.

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!

Peter J. Lipman, Ph.D., has joined the School of Public Health as an associate professor of the practice of Biostatistics.

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 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.”

Presenter: Daniel Posmik, PhD Student, Biostatistics
Title: “NeoVim and Co.: Personalized Development Environments for Data Scientists”

Professor Alyssa Bilinski set out to answer a seemingly simple question: How often are pregnant people included in medical trials? But finding the answer was anything but simple. Check out the New Episode out now!

The Department of Biostatistics and the Data Science Institute present a Health Data Science Workshop on Unlocking Insights from Electronic Health Record Data with Statistics and AI.

Picture a coal power plant: a building with tall smoke stacks with big plumes of gasses coming out of them. By now, we know that those gasses aren’t great for our health or the environment. But how bad are they? That’s where Professor Cory Zigler comes in.

Brown University's School of Public Health Department of Biostatistics is pleased to welcome one of our newest members, Sreeram Anantharaman, Ph.D. as Postdoctoral Research Associate in Biostatistics!

Nick Lewis, Ph.D. Candidate in Biostatistics shares his experience on “What makes our School of Public Health Special?”

The Department of Biostatistics was an active participant in the StatFest conference on September 21.

Congratulations Yi Zhao, Ph.D. ’17!

The Brown University Department of Biostatistics held a welcome reception to kick off the 2024- 25 academic year!

Brown University's School of Public Health Department of Biostatistics is pleased to welcome one of our newest members, Dongliang Zhang, Ph.D. as Postdoctoral Research Associate in Biostatistics!

GirlsGetMath is an annual program where high school students are exposed to different areas of science and mathematics such as cryptography, fluid mechanics, image processing, and data science. This year's program is co-led by Professor Anarina Murillo!

The 2024 Joint Statistical Meeting (JSM) was held from August 3rd-8th, in Portland, Oregon.

Congratulations to Alice Paul, Ph.D., for winning the 2024 Teaching Statistics in the Health Sciences (TSHS) Section's Young Investigator Award!

Brown University's School of Public Health Department of Biostatistics is pleased to welcome one of our newest faculty members, Corwin Zigler, Ph.D. as Professor of Biostatistics!

Get to know Ying Ma, Assistant Professor of Biostatistics and Core Faculty at the Center for Computational Molecular Biology (CCMB).

Brown University's School of Public Health Department of Biostatistics is pleased to welcome one of our newest faculty members, Rebecca Hubbard, Ph.D. as Carl Kawaja and Wendy Holcombe Professor of Public Health, Professor of Biostatistics and Data Science!

Alice Paul has been appointed as the Director of the Undergraduate Statistics Concentration

In celebration of Brown SPH’s 10th Anniversary, we’re featuring an alum on the 10th of each month who is advancing public health in Rhode Island.

Our class had 3 Doctorates, 20 Master’s, and 5 Undergraduate Statistics Concentrators this May!

Congratulations to students Neha Narayan and Kameel Dossal for their exceptional achievements!

Congratulations to Tao Liu, Ph.D., who has been promoted to the position of Professor of Biostatistics! 

Pioneering class of graduate biostatistics students reflect on their experiences at Brown University’s School of Public Health and will cross the stage at Commencement this week, going from students to leaders in health research!

Congratulations to Alice Paul, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Biostatistics, Associate Director of the Master's Graduate Program in Biostatistics for receiving the 2024 Data Science Institute Seed Grant!

Congratulations to Fenghai Duan, Ph.D., who has been promoted to the position of Professor of Biostatistics! 

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 25th.

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 25th.

Check out the latest faculty spotlight from the School of Public Health. "Behind the Lectern: Joseph Hogan"

Congratulations to all of the Biostatistics faculty and students on being recognized for all their hard work and dedication!

Sixteen highschool students from Providence, Pawtucket and Central Falls visited the Department of Biostatistics at Brown University School of Public Health for College Day!

Congratulations to our Biostatistics students who were inducted into the Brown’s Epsilon Iota Chapter of the Delta Omega Honorary Society!

Congratulations to Alyssa Bilinski, Peterson Family Assistant Professor of Health Policy, Assistant Professor of Health Services, Policy and Practice and Biostatistics for being awarded the 2024 Salomon Award!

Congratulations to Roee Gutman, Ph.D., who has been promoted to the position of Professor of Biostatistics! 

Congratulations to Ying Ma, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Biostatistics for receiving the American Cancer Society Institutional Research Grant Pilot award!

The International Workshop on HIV and Hepatitis Observational Databases (IWHOD) 2024 was held from March 21-23, 2024 in Vilamoura, Portugal.

The Eastern North American Region (ENAR) 2024 Spring meeting was held from March 10-13, 2024 in Baltimore, MD. The meeting theme this year was “ENAR – A Home for Every Biostatistician.”