The Division of Biostatistics

Brian Hobbs wins 2010 Van Ryzin Award

Brian Hobbs has been awarded the 2010 John Van Ryzin award. This award is presented annually by the Eastern North American Region (ENAR) of the International Biometric Society.

Brian's work, based on his PhD dissertation (advisor Brad Carlin) was recognized as the best paper submitted to the ENAR Distinguished Student Paper Award competition. He won the award for his paper entitled: "Hierarchical Gaussian Power Prior Models for Adaptive Incorporation of Historical Information in Clinical Trials."

The Van Ryzin Award is recognized throughout the Biostatistical community as an extraordinary achievement. Congratulations!

Two other students win ENAR awards

Two of our other Biostatistics students also received a 2010 ENAR Distinguished Student Paper Award.  They are:  Pei Li and Sang Mee Lee.  These students received funds to help support their travel to the ENAR meeting in New Orleans, Louisiana this part March 21-24. 

There are 20 ENAR travel awards given each year, the three student travel awards won by our division represents 15 percent of the total number of awards given, and was the largest number by any department of statistics or biostatistics nationwide. 

The departments winning travel awards this year were:

• University of Minnesota Biostatstics    3
• University of North Carolina Biostatistics  2
• University of North Carolina Statistics  2
• University of Michigan Biostatistics  2
• Johns Hopkins University Biostatistics  2
• University of Pennsylvania Biostatistics  2
• 7 other schools (Harvard, Duke, Pitt, Georgia State, Florida State, Rochester, Waterloo):  1 each

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Tan's poster a winner at SPH Research Day

Biostatistics student Adrian Tan(right) was one of the winners at the 2010 SPH Research Day.

His winning entry was titled, "Effects of Population Stratification on Logistic Regression and an Alternative to achieving Greater Power."

Tan worked on the project with Professor Saonli Basu.

The annual event, sponsored by the U of M School of Public Health, is intended to:

• Honor and celebrate the research endeavors of public health students.
• Show others the kind of research activities possible in public health by students.
• Encourage students to consider further research in their public health careers.
• Give all SPH students the experience of developing and presenting a poster.

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Events

Event	Description
Childhood Obesity: Towards Evidence-based Policy and Environmental Solutions	Friday, September 10 10:00-11:00 am 364 WBOB
EpiCH Annual Back to School Open House	Friday, September 10 10:00 a.m. 364 WBOB
Biostatistics Plan B Presentation	Friday, Sept.10 1 p.m. Mayo A301
SPH Student Back-to-School BBQ	Wednesday, September 15 4:30-6:30 p.m. Coffman Union Riverbend Plaza
"Toxic Archipelago: Industrial Pollution in Japan"	Thursday, Sept. 16 4 p.m. 125 Nolte Center
"Looking Back and Looking Forward: The Policy and Politics of U.S Health Care Reform"	Thursday, September 16 7 p.m. Mendota Heights City Hall
"Foodborne Disease Surveillance: Evaluation of a Consumer Driven Complaint System and Development of Methods for Screening of Pathogens and Cluster Detection"	Friday, Sept. 17 8:30-9:30 a.m. West Bank Office Building, Room 140
Low doses of n-3 fatty acids and cardiovascular diseases. Results of the Alpha Omega Trial	Friday, Sept. 17 10:00 a.m. 364 WBOB
EnHS Picnic	Friday, September 17 4:30 p.m. Wabun Picnic Area, Minnehaha Park
Hamilton Lecture with Javon Bea	Monday, September 20 5-7:15 p.m. West Wing, Campus Club (4th floor), Coffman Memorial Union

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