Seminars
The Division of Biostatistics & Health Data Science (BHDS) seminar series includes research-focused talks by visiting faculty from a wide range of institutions, and faculty from the University of Minnesota. All seminars are free and open to the public. Biostatistics students organize the Student Seminar Series, where students present and discuss their work in progress.
| Date/Time/Location | Name | Affiliation | Title |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wed, Sept 16, 2026 3:00 p.m. University Office Plaza, Room 240 |
Nandita Mitra | University of Pennsylvania | A Causal Framework for Evaluating Drivers of Policy Effect Heterogeneity Using Difference-in-Differences |
| Wed, Sept 23, 2026 3:00 p.m. University Office Plaza, Room 240 |
Yidong Zhou | University of Minnesota | TBA |
| Wed, Sept 30, 2026 3:00 p.m. University Office Plaza, Room 240 |
Elizabeth Stuart | Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health | TBA |
| Wed, Oct 14, 2026 3:00 p.m. University Office Plaza, Room 240 |
Sarah Lotspeich | Wake Forest University | TBA |
| Wed, Oct 21, 2026 3:00 p.m. University Office Plaza, Room 240 |
Qi Xu | University of Minnesota | TBA |
| Wed, Oct 28, 2026 3:00 p.m. University Office Plaza, Room 240 |
Bin Nan | University of California, Irvine | TBA |
| Wed, Nov 4, 2026 3:00 p.m. University Office Plaza, Room 240 |
Anru Zhang | Duke University | When Does Synthetic Data Augmentation Help in Imbalanced Learning? |
| Wed, Nov 18, 2026 3:00 p.m. University Office Plaza, Room 240 |
Emily Zabor | Cleveland Clinic | TBA |
| Wed, Dec 2, 2026 3:00 p.m. University Office Plaza, Room 240 |
Heather Shappell | Wake Forest University School of Medicine | TBA |
| Wed, Feb 17, 2027 3:00 p.m. University Office Plaza, Room 240 |
Michele Guindani | University of California, Los Angeles | TBA |
| Wed, Mar 3, 2027 3:00 p.m. University Office Plaza, Room 240 |
Gen Li | University of Michigan | TBA |
| Wed, Mar 24, 2027 3:00 p.m. University Office Plaza, Room 240 |
Claire Kelling | Carleton College | TBA |
| Wed, Mar 31, 2027 3:00 p.m. University Office Plaza, Room 240 |
Rebecca Betensky | New York University School of Global Health | TBA |
| Wed, Apr 7, 2027 3:00 p.m. University Office Plaza, Room 240 |
Jose-Miguel Yamal | UTHealth Houston School of Public Health | TBA |
| Wed, Apr 21, 2027 3:00 p.m. University Office Plaza, Room 240 |
Debashree Ray | Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health | TBA |
| Wed, Apr 28, 2027 3:00 p.m. University Office Plaza, Room 240 |
Sushmita Roy | University of Wisconsin, Madison | TBA |
