Latest News in Biostatistics
Award-winning statistician Bhramar Mukherjee, PhD, has been appointed Yale School of Public Health’s inaugural Senior Associate Dean of Public Health Data Science and Data Equity, an important new leadership position that reflects the school’s focus on data science as a critical pillar for the future of public health. She joins YSPH on Aug. 1, 2024.
- April 01, 2024
Yale Cancer Center researchers will present their new cancer research findings at the 2024 AACR annual meeting. A few of the presenting YCC researchers offer their key study takeaways and the significance for patients and oncologists.
- March 18, 2024
Yale Cancer Center (YCC) and Smilow Cancer Hospital physicians and scientists will share new data for breakthrough and emerging cancer treatments as well as new discoveries in obesity, tobacco, evolution, and early onset cancers in early April at the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) annual meeting.
- February 28, 2024Source: YaleNews
A new Yale study is the first to describe the short- and longer-term risk of hospital readmission for older persons who have had major surgery.
- February 19, 2024Source: CNN
How beneficial olive oil is to your health depends on how the product is harvested, processed, stored and used — in farms or mills, grocery stores and your own home. YSPH Assistant Professor Tassos Kyriakides, an olive oil expert, explains.
- February 05, 2024
A clinical trial of Patient Priorities Care showed potential to impact shared decision-making, treatment burden, and nonhealthy days, even amid COVID-19 challenges.
- January 29, 2024
Dr. Jeffrey Townsend on Yale Cancer Answers.
- January 17, 2024Source: CT Public
Olive oil is a thing of beauty—and essential in so much of our cooking. Olive oil sommelier Tassos Kyriakides, an assistant professor at the Yale School of Public Health, teaches us how to better appreciate olive oil – both for its flavor and its health and ecological benefits.
- January 10, 2024
This Spotlight on Teaching focuses on Josh Warren, associate professor of biostatistics, who teaches Bayesian Statistics and its widespread applicability.
- January 02, 2024
A new method from the Yale School of Public Health offers a way to analyze how mutations interact with each other to alter tumor development. The innovation should make it easier to develop targeted therapies that anticipate the evolutionary path of a cancer, then corner and eradicate it.