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Medical College of Wisconsin Biostatistics Events

Upcoming Events

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2026 Events

To be notified of upcoming Biostats Talks, email Gabby Williams

Biostats Seminar Series

As part of the PhD curriculum between six to eight well-established statistician Professors are invited to speak with Biostats faculty and students during the academic calendar year. The aims is to expand our vision and knowledge for current advancement in statistics.
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2026 Seminar Series
02/17/2026: Dr. Candace Berrett, Professor of Statistics, Brigham Young University
03/03/2026: Dr. Eric Leifer, Mathematical Statistician, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
03/17/2026: Dr. Laleh Jamshidi, Assistant Professor of Biostatistics, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee

To be notified of upcoming Biostats Talks, email Gabby Williams

2025 Seminar Series
03/04/2025: Regression Analysis for Restricted Mean Duration of Response, Dr. Michael Martens, MCW, Division of Biostatistics (PDF)
04/11/2025: WI Chapter Workshop, Dr. James Berger from Duke University & Dr. Wesley Johnson from UC Irvine (PDF)
05/02/2025: Bayesian Methodology for Disease Severity Forecasting, Dr. Jarad Niemi, Professor from Iowa State University (PDF)
10/28/2025: Dr. Mehdi Maadooliat, Associate Professor of Mathematical and Statistical Sciences, Marquette University
11/11/2025: Dr. Jaihee Choi, Assistant Professor of Mathematical and Statistical Sciences, Marquette University
11/18/2025: Dr. Li Ma, Professor of Statistics, University of Chicago

Other Statistical Lectures & Meetings

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ASA Wisconsin Chapter

06/07 - 06/08: Ensemble Learning with Bayesian Additive Regression Trees | Robert E. McCulloch, PhD, Professor, School of Mathematical and Statistical Sciences, Arizona State University & Rodney Sparapani, PhD, Associate Professor, Division of Biostatistics, Medical College of Wisconsin

11/05/2021:State of the Art Strategies for Addressing Selection Bias when Comparing Two or More Treatment Groups | Daniel McCaffrey, PhD, Associate Vice Presidents, ETS Insights

Clinical and Translational Science Institute (CTSI)

05/26/2023: CTSI Spotlight Seminar Series: Working with EHR Data: Defining Your Outcomes | Sergey Tarima, PhD, Associate Professor of Biostatistics

04/28/2023: CTSI Spotlight Seminar Series: Working with EHR Data: Defining the Study Cohort | Aniko Szabo, PhD, Professor of Biostatistics

03/31/2023: CTSI Spotlight Seminar Series: Designing Observational Studies Using Electronic Health Record Data | Ruta Brazauskas, PhD, Associate Professor of Biostatistics

07/15/2022: An Introduction to Big Data Mining of Electronic Health Record with Jupyterhub, R, SQL, and SAS (PDF) | Kristen Osinski, Senior Enterprise Business Analyst, CTSI; Rodney Sparapani, PhD, Associate Professor of Biostatistics; Bradley Taylor, MBA, Chief Research Informatics Officer, CTSI

10/09/2020 Simple Statistics with Excel (PDF) | Aniko Szabo, PhD, Medical College of Wisconsin, Inc. (MCW) / Division Biostatistics

Data Peers | Networking Group

Data Peers is a unique opportunity to learn and network with professionals who work with data on a daily basis in our community, including MCW, Children’s Wisconsin, UW-Milwaukee, Zablocki VA, and Marquette. The meet-up is a mix of presentations and networking opportunities that provide you with valuable insights into the daily work of our speakers.

During these sessions, attendees have the chance to hear from a variety of departments and learn about the innovative work being done in the field of data analysis. The speakers provide valuable insights into their daily work, allowing us to gain a better understanding of the latest trends, technologies, and methodologies in the industry.

Upcoming Events:

October 11, 2023: 3-4 p.m., Hub A9030
November 1, 2023: 3-4 p.m., Hub A6628
December 6, 2023: 3-4 p.m., Hub A2545

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