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A new JAMA study involving Sean Hennessy examines occupational heat-related deaths among U.S. workers, identifying high-risk industries and opportunities to improve workplace heat-safety policies.
Michael Z. Levy has received a $3.5 million NIH Director’s Pioneer Award to study how innovative housing designs may influence disease risk and help create healthier living environments.
Brian Lee, PhD, is a new member of the Department of Biostatistics, Epidemiology, and Informatics whose work focuses on population brain health, including the developmental origins of autism and other neurodevelopmental conditions. In this Q&A, Brian shares what inspired his work, the real-world challenges it addresses, and what drew him to DBEI.
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A new JAMA study involving Sean Hennessy examines occupational heat-related deaths among U.S. workers, identifying high-risk industries and opportunities to improve workplace heat-safety policies.
Michael Z. Levy has received a $3.5 million NIH Director’s Pioneer Award to study how innovative housing designs may influence disease risk and help create healthier living environments.
DBEI’s Bonnie Ky and Jinbo Chen have received an NHLBI R01 grant to develop better tools for predicting and reducing cardiovascular risk in men with prostate cancer.
A new JAMA study involving Sean Hennessy examines occupational heat-related deaths among U.S. workers, identifying high-risk industries and opportunities to improve workplace heat-safety policies.
Michael Z. Levy has received a $3.5 million NIH Director’s Pioneer Award to study how innovative housing designs may influence disease risk and help create healthier living environments.
DBEI’s Bonnie Ky and Jinbo Chen have received an NHLBI R01 grant to develop better tools for predicting and reducing cardiovascular risk in men with prostate cancer.
Qi Long, PhD, has been granted a dual primary appointment in Informatics, in addition to his existing primary appointment in Biostatistics, strengthening cross-divisional collaboration within DBEI.
We are pleased to announce that Dahlia Stott, PhD, Postdoctoral Researcher, has been selected for the Penn Climate Scholars Program. The Penn Climate Scholars Program is a competitive leadership development […]
Yong Chen, PhD, has been granted a dual primary appointment in Informatics, in addition to his existing primary appointment in Biostatistics, strengthening cross-divisional collaboration within DBEI.
CHIRP postdoctoral fellow Yajnaseni Chakraborti has received an NIH Pathway to Independence (K99/R00) Award to study how everyday endocrine-disrupting chemicals may affect fertility and early pregnancy.
Dr. LauraEllen Ashcraft has been appointed Associate Editor of Implementation Science Communications, a leading peer-reviewed journal in implementation science, recognizing her expertise and contributions to advancing the field.
DBEI is proud to congratulate Yong Chen, PhD, on being elected a 2026 Fellow of the Institute of Mathematical Statistics in recognition of his outstanding contributions to biostatistics and statistical science.
Drs. Qi Long and Robert Gross have received a $6 million NIH/NIMH R01 grant to develop multimodal AI tools that enhance HIV prevention, care, and clinical decision-making.
Qi Long, PhD, has been elected to the 2026 Class of AIMBE Fellows, one of the highest professional honors in medical and biological engineering.
Jeffrey Morris, PhD, was featured in a New York Times article discussing the FDA’s decision to block publication of large COVID-19 vaccine safety studies and the importance of transparent scientific research.
Mingyao Li, PhD, has received the prestigious IMS Medallion Award and been selected as an IMS Medallion Lecturer for the 2028 Joint Statistical Meetings in Philadelphia.
In this Faculty Spotlight video, LauraEllen Ashcraft, PhD, shares insights into her research on implementation science, maternal health, and efforts to improve access to evidence-based care.
AWS recently highlighted work led by Joost Wagenaar on scalable cloud-native infrastructure for biomedical research, featuring the Pennsieve platform as a model for secure scientific data management and collaboration at scale.
In a new STAT First Opinion, Charles E. Leonard argues that access to air conditioning should be treated as essential preventive care as extreme heat increasingly threatens people living with chronic diseases.
DBEI is pleased to welcome Andrew J. King, PhD, as Assistant Professor of Informatics.
In this Faculty Spotlight video, Ricardo Castillo, PhD, shares insights into his research on rabies epidemiology, transmission dynamics, and efforts to improve vaccination coverage in endemic regions.
Congratulations to Michael Harhay on being selected for the 2026–27 Penn Fellows cohort, recognizing his leadership and contributions as a mid-career faculty member.
Congratulations to Mingyao Li on receiving the 2026 Michael P. Nusbaum Graduate Student Mentoring Award, recognizing her outstanding dedication to mentoring and supporting graduate students.
In this Faculty Spotlight video, Jordana Cohen, MD, MSCE, shares insights into her research on hypertension and efforts to improve blood pressure detection and care.
Anne Marie McCarthy, PhD, is featured on a new podcast discussing racial differences in background parenchymal enhancement (BPE) on breast MRI and how these findings may inform breast cancer risk assessment and screening.
Congratulations to Dr. Peter Merkel, who has been named a finalist for the Clinical Research Forum’s 2026 Top 10 Clinical Research Achievement Awards for his New England Journal of Medicine publication on treating giant cell arteritis.
Congratulations to Dr. Yong Chen on his RECOVER-EHR study being named a 2026 Top 10 Clinical Research Achievement.
Dr. LauraEllen Ashcraft has been named Co-Director of AMETHIST@Penn, where she will help lead efforts to support the NIH IMPROVE initiative and advance equitable maternal health research through implementation science.
Congratulations to Drs. Jason D. Christie and James P. Guevara on their election as Fellows of the College of Physicians of Philadelphia, recognizing their impactful contributions to medicine and public health.
Nandita Mitra, PhD, was honored with two 2025 Penn Medicine Awards of Excellence for her outstanding contributions to research and education.
Dr. Qi Long and collaborators have received NIH/NIBIB funding to advance neurosymbolic AI for smarter, more trustworthy healthcare.
DBEI Chair Enrique Schisterman, PhD, has been elected to the National Academy of Medicine, one of the most prestigious honors in health and medicine.
Michael Harhay, PhD, MPH, leads the newly launched Center for Clinical Trials Innovation, a hub dedicated to advancing clinical trial methods and improving research outcomes worldwide.
Penn faculty Dr. Yong Chen and Dr. David Wolk have received a landmark NIH U24 award to lead national efforts to improve data quality and advance Alzheimer’s research.
Dr. Nandita Mitra has been elected President-Elect of ENAR, a leading professional society for biostatistics and quantitative research.
We’re excited to share that Li Shen, PhD, has agreed to serve as Interim Director of the Division of Informatics.
DBEI proudly welcomes Sunni Mumford, PhD, as the new Director of the Division of Epidemiology.
Please register and join us for a special seminar from the leaders of the Center for Global Oncology. Dr. Larry Shulman and Dr. Surbhi Grover will guide us through “Providing […]
Drs. Nadir Yehya and Michael Harhay received a 5-year R01 grant from NICHD to lead the PARMA trial, a study advancing treatment strategies for pediatric ARDS.
Congratulations to Dr. Todd Miano, recipient of the American College of Epidemiology’s 2025 Early Career Epidemiologist Award. This honor recognizes his outstanding contributions to advancing drug safety research and shaping the future of acute care pharmacoepidemiology.
Join us in congratulating Dr. Nandita Mitra on her appointment to Penn’s Academic Planning and Budget Committee, where she will help guide the University’s academic and financial planning.
Congratulations to Dr. Adam Naj, honored with the Publication of the Year Award for a major study on PSP genetics published in Nature Communications.
Dr. Jeffrey Morris was featured in The Atlantic and New York Magazine’s Intelligencer, where he discussed major flaws in widely cited vaccine studies and the risks of bias in study design.
Carmen Guerra, MD, MSCE, is launching a mobile mammography program on July 13 to expand access to mammography for communities in and around Philadelphia.
Congratulations to Dr. Ellie Caniglia on receiving the Brian MacMahon Early Career Epidemiologist Award in recognition of her outstanding contributions to epidemiology.
Dr. Alexis Ogdie joins Medscape’s InDiscussion podcast to talk about digital tools for psoriatic disease, including the development of the Psorcast app and the future of technology in rheumatology care.
Join health systems, cancer centers, stakeholders, and community members as we discuss concerns about cancer in Philadelphia and chart a path forward to reduce disparities in our city.
Congratulations to Dr. Kevin B. Johnson on his publication in The Scientist highlighting the development and global impact of REDCap as a vital tool for clinical research data management.
Congratulations to Dr. Nandita Mitra on her election as President of the Society for Causal Inference. This leadership role recognizes her longstanding contributions to the field and her commitment to advancing research and collaboration in causal inference.
Penn researchers have published new findings in AIDS showing that HIV status may influence the risk of infection following abortion. The study focuses on patients in Botswana and underscores the importance of improving reproductive health care and equity for people with HIV.
Read about Dr. Sean Hennessy’s recent publication in the American Journal of Epidemiology, which uses a new statistical method to better understand the real-world effects of testosterone therapy. The study offers valuable insights into balancing its potential benefits and risks in clinical care.
Read about Dr. Joshua Baker’s invited review explaining the connection between rheumatoid arthritis and metabolism, and how this link affects patient care amid new obesity treatments and improvements in arthritis management.
Read about Dr. Jordana Cohen’s editorial in Annals of Internal Medicine, where she highlights important considerations around diagnostic testing for primary aldosteronism and its impact on patient care.
Qi Long, Professor at the University of Pennsylvania, has been named a Fellow of the Institute of Mathematical Statistics—a prestigious honor awarded for his impactful work in advancing data science and applying statistics to improve biomedical research.
Alexis Ogdie, MD, MSCE, selected Executive Leadership in Academic Medicine Fellow.
Dr. Yong Chen has been awarded $8 million to lead a national effort using AI to improve how mental health conditions are diagnosed and treated—part of a larger $150 million initiative to advance mental health research.
A new study led by James Lewis, MD, MSCE, finds that racial and ethnic gaps in IBD care are closely tied to socioeconomic factors—highlighting the need for more equitable access to treatment and specialist care.
Sleep issues are common in older adults–but vision problems may be part of the cause. A new study by Alan Y. Huang, Joshua R. Ehrlich, and Ali G. Hamedani finds that those with visual impairments are more likely to use sleep medications, highlighting a connection between eye health and sleep quality.
Flawed study designs in nutrition research may be leading to misleading advice about healthy eating. DBEI’s Mary E. Putt, ScD, and co-authors warn that many popular dietary trials are too short and poorly structured to give reliable results-putting future nutrition guidelines at risk.
Jinbo Chen, PhD elected 2024 American Association for the Advancement of Science Fellowof this post here.
Nandita Mitra, PhD has been awarded the Lindback Foundation Award for Distinguished Teaching.
Dr. Eric Tchetgen Tchetgen has been awarded the inaugural David Cox Medal for Statistics, which honors mid-career researchers for outstanding contributions to the field.
Elizabeth Diemer, PhD, brings expertise in causal inference and mental health epidemiology to her new role as an Assistant Professor of Epidemiology within the department.
This is a full-time position with the Center for Health Behavior Research (CHBR) and UPenn Prevention Research Center (PRC). The Research Coordinator/ Senior Research Coordinator (RC/SRC) will work on the […]
Drs. Christie, Halpern, and Harhay are to be honored by the American Thoracic Society (ATS) for excellence in research, humanism, and mentorship. Awards will be presented at the 2025 ATS International Conference in San Francisco (May 18-21, 2025).
Rising temperatures pose serious risks for people with type 2 diabetes, increasing the likelihood of heat exhaustion, blood sugar fluctuations, and cardiac issues. Charles Leonard, PharmD, MSCE, FISPE addresses these health threats with Yale Climate Connections.
A new National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (NASEM) report, involving DBEI experts Brian Strom, MD, MPH and John Farrar, MD, PhD, finds that co-prescribing opioids and benzodiazepines to veterans increases the risk of death, highlighting critical implications for veteran health care.
Muscio Kit Delgado, MD, MS, Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine and Epidemiology, has been elected to the ASCI. His research blends behavioral and data science with insights gleaned from practicing emergency medicine in an urban trauma center to help promote smarter health choices and policy.
Kevin B. Johnson, and Li Shen—faculty in the Division of Informatics—were recognized by the American College of Medical Informatics (ACMI) at the AMIA 2024 Annual Symposium.
Community-Driven Research Day (CDRD) is a program that encourages collaboration between researchers and community-based organizations (CBOs)/community groups that have research questions they are interested in answering. Through CDRD, Community-Based Organizations […]
Amid rising polarization and misinformation, Jeffrey Morris, PhD, of Penn Medicine tackles vaccine skepticism with evidence-based insights. In an interview with Undark, he advocates respectful dialogue that considers social and political dynamics.
A collaborative team from SEAS and PSOM including Dr. Qi Long has received in September 2024 a $7-million, four-year award from the Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health (ARPA-H) […]
Alisa Stephens Shields, PhD, Associate Professor of Biostatistics, was selected by the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health to receive the 2024 Myrto Lefkopoulou Distinguished Lectureship.
Penn undergraduates assist Beth Leong Pineles, MD, PhD with a study of activity restriction during pregnancy with the goal of “deimplementation” in the Penn Medicine system and ultimately nationwide.
In a recent Undark feature, Dr. M. Kit Delgado, Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine, discusses how behavioral science and nudge theory are transforming health care decision-making.
Can cash incentives make roads safer? A Penn Medicine study led by Dr. M. Kit Delgado reveals how rewards and feedback can significantly cut down handheld phone use while driving.
Join us in welcoming Jiayin Zheng, PhD, as an Assistant Professor of Biostatistics. Dr. Zheng’s research spans data integration, bioequivalence, and survival analysis, collaborating across neurology, cancer, and infectious disease.
Qi Long, PhD, Professor of Biostatistics, has been appointed as the new DBEI Vice Chair of Faculty Professional Development, effective July 1, 2024 through June 30, 2027.
Nandita Mitra, PhD, Professor of Biostatistics, has been awarded the 2024 L. Adrienne Cupples Award for her outstanding contributions to research, teaching, and leadership in biostatistics and public health.
Penn Medicine researchers are developing AI-powered tools to help clinicians interpret conflicting clinical trial results, aiming to improve patient care and decision-making.
Dr. Horwath is a recent graduate of Temple University with a PhD in Psychology. She completed her undergraduate degree in Psychology at Alfred University in December 2017. She will be […]
via CHOP Center for Violence Prevention and CDRD Community-Driven Research Day (CDRD) is a program that encourages collaboration between researchers and community-based organizations (CBOs)/community groups that have research questions they […]
The latest cancer statistics report from the American Cancer Society (ACS) paints a complex picture of our struggle against the disease. While cancer mortality rates are declining, a worrying trend […]
Joining the DBEI as an Assistant Professor of Epidemiology, LauraEllen Ashcraft, PhD, MSW, will support the development of implementation science infrastructure across divisions.
Karen Glanz, PhD, MPH, received two distinguished honors in the month of November. Dr. Glanz is the George A. Weiss University Professor, Professor of Epidemiology in the Perelman School […]
The Department of Biostatistics, Epidemiology and Informatics and Master of Public Health Program at the University of Pennsylvania have established an Epidemiology track within the MPH Program, an interdisciplinary graduate program focused on preparing the next generation of public health leaders.
Behavioral Economics: Policy Impact and Future Directions – Highlights from the NASEM Consensus Study Report The hybrid event was co-sponsored with the Population Science Research Programs at the Abramson Cancer […]
The Community Engagement and Research Core (CEAR) at the University of Pennsylvania has awarded pilot grant funding for 2023-2024. Two projects were selected to receive funding through the CEAR Pilot […]
Kevin B. Johnson, MD, MS was awarded the NIH Director’s Pioneer Award under the “High-Risk, High-Reward Research” program funded by the National Institutes of Health Common Fund. Established in 2004, the NIH […]
A new research initiative “The Center for AI-Driven Translational Informatics (CATI) ” supported by the Penn Institute for Biomedical Informatics (IBI), the Department of Biostatistics, Epidemiology and Informatics (DBEI), and […]
Yong Chen, PhD, FASA, FAMIA, Professor of Biostatistics, and the Founding Director of the Computer, Inference, and Learning Lab at the University of Pennsylvania (PENNCIL) and the Center for Health […]
Russell “Taki” Shinohara, PhD was selected as the 2023 Mortimer Spiegelman Award recipient by the Applied Public Health Statistics Section of the American Public Health Association (APHA). Each year, the APHA […]
The Built Environment Assessment Training (BEAT) Institute grew out of the recognition that environmental and policy changes are some of the most promising strategies for controlling obesity and improving diet […]
Joel Gelfand, MD, the James J. Leyden, M.D. Endowed Professor in Clinical Investigation of Dermatology and Epidemiology, and colleagues at Penn found that adults and children with atopic dermatitis (AD) […]
Professor of Biostatistics, Wensheng Guo, PhD, has been named a Fellow of the Institute of Mathematical Statistics (IMS). Dr. Guo received the award for his contributions to statistical theory and methodology in the analysis […]
Earlier this year, John Farrar, MD, PhD and Enrique Schisterman, PhD were named to National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine ad-hoc committees. Farrar serves on “Evaluating the Effects of Opioids and Benzodiazepines on […]
In April 2023, the American Statistical Association (ASA) bestowed its prestigious distinction of Fellow on Phyllis Gimotty, PhD, Alisa Stephens-Shields, PhD, and 45 other ASA members for their professional contributions, leadership, and commitment […]
Dr. Qi Long received a new U01 grant from NCI, entitled “Robust Privacy Preserving Distributed Analysis Platform for Cancer Research: Addressing Data Bias and Disparities.” This grant enables Dr. Long’s group […]
Dr. Qi Long’s lab in the CCDS partnered with Dr. Mayur Naik’s lab in Computer and Information Science to form a team, Team Penn, to participate in the NIH Long […]
The poster presenting the results from the healthy eating study conducted by Karen Glanz, PhD, MPH; Amanda Fultz, PhD, RDN; Yolande Goncalves, MPH; Pui Kwong, MPH; and Christina Roberto, PhD., […]
Research Readiness Day Research Readiness Day (RRD) is designed as a complement to CDRD to prepare participants to develop community-academic partnerships. RRD is a technical assistance event for CBOs and community […]
Elizabeth Nesoff, PhD, MPH discusses her recently published study in the Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics (LDI) blog investigating neighborhood features that were correlated with fatal opioid overdoses among the […]
via CHOP Center for Violence Prevention Through CDRD, Community-Based Organizations (CBOs) and community groups interested in developing partnerships to conduct research participate in an interactive rapid presentation that highlights the […]
Anne Marie McCarthy, PhD was featured on the Real Pink Podcast where she discussed the development of new ways to identify people with high risk of aggressive breast cancer. Understanding your breask cancer risk
Penn Medicine has opened a Center for Living Donation, bringing under one roof its services for patients who receive kidney, liver, and uterus transplants with organs donated by living people. […]
Qi Long, PhD and Nicola Mason, B.Vet.Med, PhD received a new five year U24 grant from NIH/NCI in September, 2022 to continue leading the Coordinating Center for the Pre-medical Cancer […]
The Community Engagement and Research Core (CEAR) and Penn Center for Public Health (formally Center for Public Health Initiatives, CPHI) at the University of Pennsylvania have awarded pilot grant funding […]
Our Center for Cancer Data Science (CCDS) is co-sponsoring the new Biomedical Data Science Seminar Series launched in September, 2022, with the Center For AI and Data Science for Integrated […]
The Pool Cool program was designed to teach sun safety to children during swim lessons and to help swimming pools to become more sun-safe environments. The goals are to help […]
Vincent Lo Re III, MD, MSCE, has two new and one pending appointment to national efforts. Dr. Lo Re is Co-Chair of the Infectious Diseases Society of America Hepatitis C […]
Advanced spatial transcriptomics techniques are advancing our understanding of cancer and other diseases at the cellular level: “You can zoom in, you can look at the tissue-specific features, how many […]
In a review of current facts about the antiviral drug Paxlovid, Susan Ellenberg, PhD, comments on Pfizer’s unusual release of interim results during an ongoing clinical trial. Read the article […]
Knashawn Morales, ScD, and Wei-Ting Hwang, PhD, have been named as new Fellows of the American Statistical Association. The world’s largest community of statisticians, the ASA is known as the […]
For medical researchers who aim to understand the patient experience, “collecting abundant social-media data is cost-effective, does not involve burdening participants, and is available in real time,” Graciela Gonzalez Hernandez, […]
If Philadelphia’s masking policy aims to prevent spread of Covid-19, emphasizing hospitalization numbers, a lagging indicator, over case numbers isn’t wise, comments Michael Levy, PhD. “It’s like instead of using […]
On February 22, 2022, Dr. Glanz presented to the Center for Childhood Cancer Research (CCCR) at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia. The topic was the “Impact of Real-Time Incentives on […]
We are pleased to announce that Bryan Blette and Andrew Ying were seclected as the winners of the highly competitive ASA Biometrics Section Paper award. The awardes will present their […]
Amid the omicron surge, more patients are coming into the hospital for other reasons but testing positive for Covid-19 once they arrive. M. Kit Delgado, MD, MS, says that many […]
A diagnosis of ankylosing spondylitis finally explained Christi Taylor-Gentry’s throbbing joint pain. But as recently as 2006, when Alexis Ogdie-Beatty, MD, MSCE, became a doctor, she was taught that the […]
Community-Driven Research Day (CDRD) encourages collaborations between researchers and community-based organizations (CBOs) and community groups who have research questions that they are interested in answering, specifically in ways that address social […]
Kevin Johnson, MD, MS, FAAP, FAMIA, FACMI, has been named the David L. Cohen University Professor. Dr. Johnson says that like Cohen, he believes in uniting various sectors to achieve […]
George Demiris, PhD, FACMI, has been named the Mary Alice Bennett University Professor. He cites Dr. Bennett’s pioneering policy of respectful care for patients as a great inspiration. Read more.
Jeffrey Morris, PhD, commented on how expanded reporting requirements and intense scrutiny of the hundreds of millions administered COVID-19 vaccine doses have driven record-high reporting of potential side effects to […]
“We may have underestimated our ability to pivot and change rapidly,” Peter Merkel, M D, MPH, comments about the many ways Covid-19 has reshaped the way we conduct clinical trials ” […]
Hospitals in Philly are facing a bad blood shortage. During a pandemic, people still get into accidents and get cancer that requires transfusions, says Meenakshi Bewtra, MD, PhD, MPH. Read […]
It’s frustrating when vaccine opponents use the government’s VAERS database to stoke false concerns about safety, says Susan Ellenberg, PhD, “especially when they interfere in such major ways with critical […]
On Tuesday, September 21, 2021, UPenn PRC director, Karen Glanz, PhD, MPH, co-chaired an NIH (trans-NIH) workshop called Food Insecurity, Neighborhood Food Environment, and Nutrition Health Disparities: State of the Science. It […]
A new study showed that older Israelis who received a third dose of a COVID-19 vaccine are much less likely to test positive for SARS-CoV-2 or to develop severe COVID-19 […]
Some evidence that the protection of the Covid19 vaccine wanes comes from observational studies ” and so we must view our inferences critically, says Jeffrey Morris, PhD. In everyday life, […]
The experience of a Covid-19 breakthrough infection can range “from being asymptomatic to feeling pretty lousy, but typically it’s a shorter course than what we’re seeing for COVID without the […]
Measuring blood pressure is hard, and getting it right is critical. Can we do it with a smartwatch? That technology is “not ready for primetime yet,” says Jordana Cohen, MD, […]
Karen Glanz, PhD, MPH was among the organizers that participated in this important event. The goal was to review the state of the science, identify research gaps and opportunities related to […]
An analysis by Jeffrey Morris, PhD, showed how Israel’s Covid19 data were easily misinterpreted: the elderly are both most vaccinated and most at risk for severe illness. The findings were […]
Covid-19 vaccines work, but a statistical illusion makes some people think they don’t. This perspective piece prominently cites work by Jeffrey Morris, PhD. Read the perspective in the Washington Post
To slow spread of the Covid-19 delta variant, Philadelphia needs an even greater, on-the-ground push for more vaccination, comments Michael Levy, PhD: “This thing is just about momentum.” Read the […]
Michael Z. Levy, PhD, warned that the looming return of evictions comes at a time when COVID-19 vaccination rates in the U.S. have plateaued and while the highly transmissible Delta […]
Can a music festival be safe during the Covid-19 pandemic? It’s not so much about attendees’ personal risk, comments Michael Levy, PhD. It’s about what happens when they bring the […]
M. Kit Delgado, MD, MS, commented on evidence-based tips to help teens reduce distraction when driving. Read the article in the Wall Street Journal
We are pleased to announce that Jason Roy, CCI Co-Director, has been selected for the 2021 ASA Causality in Statistics Education Award for his work to advance Causality in Statistics […]
Pennsylvania isn’t tracking all Covid-19 cases in vaccinated residents, but other states’ data show a clear, relevant trend, says Jeffrey Morris, PhD: “The vaccines are really working, and the unvaccinated […]
To maintain public safety and trust in vaccines, we need an agile, internationally harmonized surveillance system, argue Vincent Lo Re III, MD, MSCE, and colleagues. Read the commentary in BMJ […]
Where vaccination rates are highest, we see fewer Covid-19 cases. But if virus activity increases in winter, areas with low vaccination rates will be at higher risk, commented Jing Huang, […]
As Pennsylvania nears a Covid-19 vaccination benchmark, Jeffrey Morris, PhD, says county-level variations won’t be a big problem: While we may see some local brush fires, we won’t have a […]
Some people do misinterpret events reported in the public Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS), says Susan Ellenberg, PhD. “But without public access, I think it’s worse. Because then you […]
Michael Z. Levy, PhD, commented on the potential public health consequences of a federal judge’s ruling (later staid, temporarily, by the US Justice Deptl) to end the CDC’s national eviction […]
Susan Ellenberg, PhD, said that by the time most participants were vaccinated, there was less COVID-19 going around ” possibly making the vaccines seem a bit more effective than they […]
Susan Ellenberg, PhD, sorted out recent news about COVID-19 vaccines, and how the public can evaluate various facts. Listen to the Stats + Stories podcast
“That first month was really hard,” commented Alisa Stephens-Shields, PhD, about the COVID-19 lockdown. Her infant daughter’s day care was closed, and her five-year-old was at home, not at school. […]
The CDC’s order prohibiting evictions in fall ” winter 2020 likely prevented thousands of COVID-19 infections per million metropolitan residents, showed a study co-led by Michael Z. Levy, PhD. Dr. […]
It will be hard to say when the COVID-19 pandemic is “over” in the United States, says Michael Z. Levy, PhD. “These things don’t necessarily end cleanly,” he said in […]
A new study found that living in a majority-Black neighborhood in Philadelphia is linked to increased maternal health issues. Mary Regina Boland, MA, MPhil, PhD, commented. Read the coverage on […]
Karen Glanz, PhD, MPH, has been named to a new National Institutes of Health (NIH) Behavioral and Social Sciences Research (BSSR) Integration Working Group The Working Group is Congressionally mandated (H. Rpt. […]
Susan Ellenberg, PhD, discussed the risks of blood clots connected with the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine and weighed whether it was necessary to suspend use. Hear the coverage on the BBC
Susan Ellenberg, PhD, said some reports of post-vaccination symptoms may actually be unrelated to the COVID-19 vaccine. “Vaccines protect against one thing: the infection or the infection plus disease,” she […]
“When you have the whole world working on something at the same time “the evidence evolves fast,” Meghan Brooks Lane-Fall, MD, MSHP, FCCM, commented about COVID-19 care. “Every time I […]
Karen Glanz, PhD, MPH, a George A. Weiss University Professor at the University of Pennsylvania, has been named to a new National Academy of Sciences committee: Committee on Environmental Impact of Currently […]
“People can make the argument: I volunteered to be in the trial”¦I should be able to get the vaccine right away even if I’m young and healthy,” Susan Ellenberg, PhD, […]
The parallels between AIDS and Covid-19 are striking, comments Robert Gross, MD, MSCE. Both are spread asymptomatically, and shaming over whether one does or doesn’t wear a mask is not […]
Artificial intelligence and machine learning can help us fight COVID-19, Jason Moore, PhD, told The Washington Post. But if you study only populations that are primarily Caucasian, that may not […]
NEXT SEMINAR Time: Friday, May 14, 1:30pm-3pm EST Topic: Broader and deeper engagement in biomedical data science Moderator: Dr. Hongzhe Li, Vice Chair of Research Integration, DBEI Our panelists are: […]
The Philadelphia Chapter of the American Statistical Association” the world’s largest community of statisticians” has honored Hongzhe Li, PhD, with its Award for Reseach Excellence. Read more about Dr. Li.
Dr. Glanz started off the day with her Featured Faculty Talk, “Food and Nutrition Environments: Is There an Elephant in the Room?”
The award from the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute enables Rebecca Hubbard (pictured) and colleagues Yong Chen and Jinbo Chen, all CCEB senior scholars, to sketch a patient’s true profile. New […]
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Epidemiology PhD candidate Katherine Strelau reached a new understanding when she tested positive for Covid-19: We have entered a new era of the pandemic, she wrote in an opinion piece. […]
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| Date | Speaker | Institution |
|---|---|---|
| September 13, 2024 | Speaker Name 1 | Somewhere |
| September 28, 2024 | Speaker 2 | Upenn |
| September 30, 2024 | Speaker 3 | UGA |
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All Blocks
Vice Chair of Education
Professor of Epidemiology
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All Blocks
Associate Professor of Epidemiology
Professor of Medicine and Epidemiology
Associate Professor of Biostatistics
Vice President and Chief Health Information Officer,
University of Pennsylvania Health System;
Associate Professor of Clinical Medicine (Cardiovascular Medicine) and Informatics
Professor and Vice Chair of Epidemiology; Professor of Medicine (University of Alabama at Birmingham)
Adjunct Professor of Epidemiology (DBEI)
Professor & Chair of Biostatistics (Boston University)
Adjunct Professor of Biostatistics (DBEI)
Associate Professor of Family Medicine, Community Health and Epidemiology
Adjunct Professor of Epidemiology (Penn) / Gelman Endowed Professor Epidemiology & Chair, Department of Epidemiology, Columbia Mailman School of Public Health
Assistant Professor of Epidemiology;
Assistant Professor, Department of Pathobiology, The School of Veterinary Medicine
Professor of Family and Community Health; Professor of Informatics
Director of Academic Operations; Chief of Staff to the DBEI Chair
PhD Student, Applied Math and Computational Science
Professor of Medicine (Pulmonary and Critical Care) and Epidemiology
Deputy Director, Associate Professor of Medicine and Epidemiology
Assistant Dean of Clinical and Translational Research and Associate Professor with tenure in the Department of Basic and Translational Sciences
Assistant Professor of Criminology; Statistics & Data Science; and Biostatistics
Wallace T. Miller Sr. Professor of Radiology; Professor of Electrical and Systems Engineering; and Professor of Informatics
Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine and Epidemiology
Faculty Director of the Nudge Unit
Emerita Professor of Biostatistics, Medical Ethics and Health Policy
Professor of Pediatrics and Epidemiology at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
Professor of Pediatrics & Epidemiology at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
Assistant Professor of Obstetrics & Gynecology and Epidemiology
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics (Rheumatology) at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia; Assistant Professor of Epidemiology
Ruth C. and Raymond G. Perelman Professor and Vice Chair, Department of Medicine
Vice Chair of Recruitment, Retention & Engagement
Professor of Pediatrics & Epidemiology
John M. Eisenberg Professor of Medicine, Epidemiology, and Medical Ethics and Health Policy
Deputy Director, Division of Epidemiology
Associate Professor of Epidemiology, Medicine (Pulmonary and Critical Care), and Statistics & Data Science
Adjunct Assistant Professor of Epidemiology (Penn) / Associate Director of Epidemiology, Johnson and Johnson
Professor of Epidemiology, Systems Pharmacology
& Translational Therapeutics
Professor of Medical Informatics in Epidemiology
Harrison McCrea Dickson, M.D. President’s Distinguished Professor; Professor of Epidemiology
PhD Student, Genomics and Computational Biology
PhD Student, Bioengineering
PhD Student, Applied Math and Computational Science
Professor of Epidemiology and Surgery;
Executive Vice Chair, Department of Surgery;
Director, Center for Surgery and Health Economics;
Director, Center for Precision Resource Utilization
Director of Precision Education Technology
Assistant Professor of Informatics
Emeritus Professor of Epidemiology (Penn) / Research Professor, Drexel University School of Public HealthHe
Director of Fiscal and Administrative Operations
Robert Austrian Professor of Medicine (Infectious Diseases); Professor of Epidemiology
Cecilia Fitler Moore Professor, Computer and Information Science and Professor of Informatics
Vice Chair, Research Integration
Director, Center for Statistics in Big Data
Perelman Professor of Biostatistics, Epidemiology and Informatics
PhD Student, Applied Math and Computational Science
Director, Penn Institute for Biomedical Informatics
Professor and Vice Chair of Faculty Professional Development
Department of Biostatistics, Epidemiology and Informatics
Associate Director for Quantitative Data Science, Abramson Cancer Center
Associate Professor of Biostatistics in Psychiatry at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania and the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
Kenneth E. Appel Professor of Psychiatry
Director, Penn Center for Mental Health,
Section on Population Mental Health
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics and Epidemiology; Associate Director of Clinical Epidemiology at Clinical Futures
Research Professor of Epidemiology;
Director of BECCA Lab, Penn School of Nursing
Adjunct Professor of Informatics (Penn) / Professor of Computational Biomedicine and AI in Medicine (Cedars-Sinai Medical Center)
Director, Biostatistics
George S. Pepper Professor of Public Health and Preventive Medicine
Horatio C. Wood Professor of Anesthesiology; Professor of Medicine (Geriatrics); Professor of Epidemiology
Associate Director of Research;
Research Staff, Statistical Center for Translational Research in Medicine (SC-TRM)
Director for the Center for Computational Biomedicine; Professor of Informatics and Genetics
Research Assistant Professor of Epidemiology
Assistant Professor of Obstetrics & Gynecology and Epidemiology
Assistant Professor of Informatics and Pharmacology
Emeritus Professor CE of Biostatistics in Biostatistics and Epidemiology
Chair, DBEI
Perelman Professor in Epidemiology and Biostatistics
Interim Director, Informatics
Professor of Informatics
Emeritus Professor of Epidemiology (Penn) / Inaugural Chancellor of Rutgers Biomedical and Health Sciences, Rutgers University
University Professor; Professor of Biostatistics; Professor of Statistics and Data Science
Professor of Informatics and Anesthesiology and Critical Care/Endowed Chair in Biomedical Informatics and Entrepreneurial Science
Assistant Professor of Medicine (Translational Medicine and Human Genetics) and Informatics
Assistant Professor of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine and Informatics
Assistant Professor, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Perelman School of Medicine
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