Rod Little and Bhramar Mukherjee, University of Michigan
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The University of Michigan Department of Biostatistics is celebrating its 70th anniversary, having been founded as the university’s department of public health statistics in 1949. To celebrate, the department is organizing a symposium, titled “Biostatistics, Data Science, and Genomics,” in Ann Arbor May 15–16.
Events will include a career forum on May 15 at 4:30 p.m., followed by a poster session and mixer. May 16 will include a varied series of talks, followed by a mixer and banquet in the evening that includes after-dinner speaker Tom Nichols, musical entertainment, and a skit.
Speakers and panelists will be distinguished alumni and past faculty of the department, including Rebecca Andridge, DuBois Bowman, Michael Epstein, Debashis Ghosh, Lang Li, Mingyao Li, Xihong Lin, Qi Long, Bhramar Mukherjee, Tom Nichols, Mark Reppell, Jason Roy, Brisa Sanchez, Paul Scheet, Brian Segal, Yu Shyr, Robert Strawderman, and Nabihah Tayob.
Registration is free, with a fee for the mixer and banquet.
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