Wake Forest Statistical Sciences
@wakeforeststats.bsky.social
Wake Forest Department of Statistical Sciences | Small Department, Big Impact
💎 Emily Huang (Associate Professor) received a shoutout in Ji-Hyun Lee's "Hidden Gems" President's Corner for @amstatnews.bsky.social. We are so lucky to have you, Emily!
November 6, 2025 at 2:59 PM
💎 Emily Huang (Associate Professor) received a shoutout in Ji-Hyun Lee's "Hidden Gems" President's Corner for @amstatnews.bsky.social. We are so lucky to have you, Emily!
🗓️ Mark your calendars! We’re hosting our first Online Open House for our M.S. in Statistics at @wakeforest.bsky.social on Oct 23 at 7pm (EST). Hear about our program offerings (incl data science certificate), job placement, scholarships, and more.
October 22, 2025 at 10:56 AM
🗓️ Mark your calendars! We’re hosting our first Online Open House for our M.S. in Statistics at @wakeforest.bsky.social on Oct 23 at 7pm (EST). Hear about our program offerings (incl data science certificate), job placement, scholarships, and more.
Associate Professor @lucystats.bsky.social spoke today at the ISI World Statistics Congress in The Hague on how “Causal inference is not just a statistics problem”
You can find her slides here: www.lucymcgowan.com/talk/isi_wor...
You can find her slides here: www.lucymcgowan.com/talk/isi_wor...
October 7, 2025 at 12:08 PM
Associate Professor @lucystats.bsky.social spoke today at the ISI World Statistics Congress in The Hague on how “Causal inference is not just a statistics problem”
You can find her slides here: www.lucymcgowan.com/talk/isi_wor...
You can find her slides here: www.lucymcgowan.com/talk/isi_wor...
🆕 New ✨ semester ✨ , new pub! Ciaran Evans (Assistant Teaching Prof) and Nicole Dalzell (Associate Teaching Prof) recently published a new music-inspired study in the Journal of Statistics and Data Science Education with collaborators from Colgate University and Furman University.
August 25, 2025 at 11:35 AM
🆕 New ✨ semester ✨ , new pub! Ciaran Evans (Assistant Teaching Prof) and Nicole Dalzell (Associate Teaching Prof) recently published a new music-inspired study in the Journal of Statistics and Data Science Education with collaborators from Colgate University and Furman University.
✈️ Next week, our faculty, students, and alums are headed to Nashville for the 2025 Joint Statistical Meetings! They will be presenting their research, receiving awards, and serving the statistical community.
🗺️ Keep an eye on this page for upcoming details on where to catch Wake Stat!
🗺️ Keep an eye on this page for upcoming details on where to catch Wake Stat!
July 30, 2025 at 1:02 PM
✈️ Next week, our faculty, students, and alums are headed to Nashville for the 2025 Joint Statistical Meetings! They will be presenting their research, receiving awards, and serving the statistical community.
🗺️ Keep an eye on this page for upcoming details on where to catch Wake Stat!
🗺️ Keep an eye on this page for upcoming details on where to catch Wake Stat!
🆕 New week, new pub! @sarahlotspeich.bsky.social (Assistant Professor) co-authored a recently published study in Gender Issues (Springer Nature) with collaborators from Syracuse University, Hofstra University, and University of Guelph.
🔗 doi.org/10.1007/s121...
🔗 doi.org/10.1007/s121...
July 28, 2025 at 2:48 PM
🆕 New week, new pub! @sarahlotspeich.bsky.social (Assistant Professor) co-authored a recently published study in Gender Issues (Springer Nature) with collaborators from Syracuse University, Hofstra University, and University of Guelph.
🔗 doi.org/10.1007/s121...
🔗 doi.org/10.1007/s121...
Dr. Hepler is being recognized for her influential theoretical and applied work in multivariate and spatio-temporal Bayesian modeling, which she has effectively applied to advance ecological research and opioid misuse survey methodologies.
July 21, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Dr. Hepler is being recognized for her influential theoretical and applied work in multivariate and spatio-temporal Bayesian modeling, which she has effectively applied to advance ecological research and opioid misuse survey methodologies.
👏 We're so excited to hear that M.S. Alum Xinyu Zhang (now a PhD Candidate in Statistics at Ohio State) has won a Student Paper Award from the @amstatnews.bsky.social Section on Bayesian Statistical Sciences!
🔗 Read more: stat.osu.edu/news/xinyu-z...
🔗 Read more: stat.osu.edu/news/xinyu-z...
July 15, 2025 at 3:49 PM
👏 We're so excited to hear that M.S. Alum Xinyu Zhang (now a PhD Candidate in Statistics at Ohio State) has won a Student Paper Award from the @amstatnews.bsky.social Section on Bayesian Statistical Sciences!
🔗 Read more: stat.osu.edu/news/xinyu-z...
🔗 Read more: stat.osu.edu/news/xinyu-z...
Associate Professor @lucystats.bsky.social spoke today at the “Character Across the Curriculum” workshop about the importance of curiosity in the era of artificial intelligence — part of @wakeforest.bsky.social Educating Character Initiative and the Program for Leadership and Character
July 14, 2025 at 11:30 PM
Associate Professor @lucystats.bsky.social spoke today at the “Character Across the Curriculum” workshop about the importance of curiosity in the era of artificial intelligence — part of @wakeforest.bsky.social Educating Character Initiative and the Program for Leadership and Character
🆕 New week, new pub! Mostafa Shams, Ph.D. (Teacher-Scholar Postdoc) is a coauthor on a recently published study in JAMA Network Open with collaborators from Allegheny Health Network and Wellstar Paulding Medical Center.
🔗 jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
🔗 jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
July 14, 2025 at 1:50 PM
🆕 New week, new pub! Mostafa Shams, Ph.D. (Teacher-Scholar Postdoc) is a coauthor on a recently published study in JAMA Network Open with collaborators from Allegheny Health Network and Wellstar Paulding Medical Center.
🔗 jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
🔗 jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
👏 Earlier this month, Associate Teaching Professor Nicole Dalzell was invited to present "Mentoring Matters: Tips for Research and Writing with Mentees of all Levels" at the 2025 Southern Region Council on Statistics (SRCOS) in Jekyll Island, Georgia. Awesome work!
June 25, 2025 at 1:03 PM
👏 Earlier this month, Associate Teaching Professor Nicole Dalzell was invited to present "Mentoring Matters: Tips for Research and Writing with Mentees of all Levels" at the 2025 Southern Region Council on Statistics (SRCOS) in Jekyll Island, Georgia. Awesome work!
👏 Last week Professor Kenneth Berenhaut was invited to present his research on "Distance, density and cohesion in clustering" at the Classification Society's Annual Meeting in Ottawa, Canada. Well done!
June 23, 2025 at 1:27 PM
👏 Last week Professor Kenneth Berenhaut was invited to present his research on "Distance, density and cohesion in clustering" at the Classification Society's Annual Meeting in Ottawa, Canada. Well done!
👏 Huge congratulations to Assistant Prof @sarahlotspeich.bsky.social Lotspeich for her Societal Impact Award from the @cwstat.bsky.social! Dr. Lotspeich is being recognized for her outstanding efforts and impact on social justice through your collaboration, leadership, and partnerships.
June 16, 2025 at 1:37 PM
👏 Huge congratulations to Assistant Prof @sarahlotspeich.bsky.social Lotspeich for her Societal Impact Award from the @cwstat.bsky.social! Dr. Lotspeich is being recognized for her outstanding efforts and impact on social justice through your collaboration, leadership, and partnerships.
What a weekend of celebrations at @wakeforest.bsky.social!
🧑🎓 On Saturday, we celebrated the hooding of our seven incredible masters students.
🏠 On Sunday, we hosted our graduates and their families for our department open house.
🧑🎓 Today, we continue by celebrating our many amazing undergraduates.
🧑🎓 On Saturday, we celebrated the hooding of our seven incredible masters students.
🏠 On Sunday, we hosted our graduates and their families for our department open house.
🧑🎓 Today, we continue by celebrating our many amazing undergraduates.
May 19, 2025 at 11:20 AM
What a weekend of celebrations at @wakeforest.bsky.social!
🧑🎓 On Saturday, we celebrated the hooding of our seven incredible masters students.
🏠 On Sunday, we hosted our graduates and their families for our department open house.
🧑🎓 Today, we continue by celebrating our many amazing undergraduates.
🧑🎓 On Saturday, we celebrated the hooding of our seven incredible masters students.
🏠 On Sunday, we hosted our graduates and their families for our department open house.
🧑🎓 Today, we continue by celebrating our many amazing undergraduates.
Let’s go, grads! 👏 Excited for our marvelous MS grads to get hooded at @wakeforest.bsky.social this afternoon.
May 17, 2025 at 7:40 PM
Let’s go, grads! 👏 Excited for our marvelous MS grads to get hooded at @wakeforest.bsky.social this afternoon.
🤩 Yesterday, five of our @wakeforest.bsky.social undergraduates shared their statistics honors thesis research. We enjoyed learning about their great work!
April 30, 2025 at 4:02 PM
🤩 Yesterday, five of our @wakeforest.bsky.social undergraduates shared their statistics honors thesis research. We enjoyed learning about their great work!
📈 Leveling up! It's official! Drs. Lucy D'Agostino McGowan (@lucystats.bsky.social) and Emily Huang have been promoted to the rank of Associate Professor (with tenure). We are so proud of you and lucky to call you both colleagues!
April 30, 2025 at 1:02 PM
📈 Leveling up! It's official! Drs. Lucy D'Agostino McGowan (@lucystats.bsky.social) and Emily Huang have been promoted to the rank of Associate Professor (with tenure). We are so proud of you and lucky to call you both colleagues!
🏔️ This week, Wake Stats is heading to Salt Lake City for the 2025 ASA Symposium on Data Science & Statistics!
🎤 Dr. Noah Gade (Assistant Prof) will discuss a novel measure of functional connectivity using permutations, with applications to neuronal response data.
🎤 Dr. Noah Gade (Assistant Prof) will discuss a novel measure of functional connectivity using permutations, with applications to neuronal response data.
April 28, 2025 at 1:03 PM
🏔️ This week, Wake Stats is heading to Salt Lake City for the 2025 ASA Symposium on Data Science & Statistics!
🎤 Dr. Noah Gade (Assistant Prof) will discuss a novel measure of functional connectivity using permutations, with applications to neuronal response data.
🎤 Dr. Noah Gade (Assistant Prof) will discuss a novel measure of functional connectivity using permutations, with applications to neuronal response data.
👏 Last Friday, Nikolas Lindauer successfully defended his M.S. thesis in Statistics at @wakeforest.bsky.social! Congratulations to Nikolas and his incredible advisor, Dr. Staci Hepler, on an impact-driven project that showcased the stats while keeping North Carolinians' health at the forefront.
April 25, 2025 at 12:30 PM
👏 Last Friday, Nikolas Lindauer successfully defended his M.S. thesis in Statistics at @wakeforest.bsky.social! Congratulations to Nikolas and his incredible advisor, Dr. Staci Hepler, on an impact-driven project that showcased the stats while keeping North Carolinians' health at the forefront.
⚾️ Today senior John Nelson presented his research on "Quality and Longevity of MLB Pitchers Post-Tommy John Surgery" to his colleagues in the SESH Lab! He has worked with Dr. Staci Hepler (Assoc Prof/Vice Chair) on it. Next week he'll be starting his new job at #InmarIntelligence! Go, Jack!
April 23, 2025 at 10:22 PM
⚾️ Today senior John Nelson presented his research on "Quality and Longevity of MLB Pitchers Post-Tommy John Surgery" to his colleagues in the SESH Lab! He has worked with Dr. Staci Hepler (Assoc Prof/Vice Chair) on it. Next week he'll be starting his new job at #InmarIntelligence! Go, Jack!
👏 Huge congratulations to Dr. Lynne Yengulalp (Associate Prof), who was recognized yesterday with a @wakeforest.bsky.social "Thrive Dimension Champion Award," recognizing excellence demonstrated through programming, teaching, or other collaborative efforts within the Wake community.
April 23, 2025 at 12:30 PM
👏 Huge congratulations to Dr. Lynne Yengulalp (Associate Prof), who was recognized yesterday with a @wakeforest.bsky.social "Thrive Dimension Champion Award," recognizing excellence demonstrated through programming, teaching, or other collaborative efforts within the Wake community.
🎉 Congratulations to Celine Su (BS Student), recipient of the 2025 Undergraduate Award for Academic Achievement in the Statistical Sciences.
April 18, 2025 at 4:03 PM
🎉 Congratulations to Celine Su (BS Student), recipient of the 2025 Undergraduate Award for Academic Achievement in the Statistical Sciences.
🎙️ This afternoon Nikolas Lindauer (BS from Rice University) will defend his M.S. thesis in Statistics entitled "Modeling Legal Strategies for Opioid Harm Reduction in North Carolina," advised by Dr. Staci Hepler (Vice Chair, Associate Professor). Go, Nikolas!
April 18, 2025 at 12:30 PM
🎙️ This afternoon Nikolas Lindauer (BS from Rice University) will defend his M.S. thesis in Statistics entitled "Modeling Legal Strategies for Opioid Harm Reduction in North Carolina," advised by Dr. Staci Hepler (Vice Chair, Associate Professor). Go, Nikolas!
🎉 Congratulations to Tara Laux (MS Student), recipient of the 2025 Graduate Student Award for Outstanding Scholarship in the Statistical Sciences for exceptional contributions which enrich the department and grad program through scholarship, ingenuity and dedication.
April 16, 2025 at 12:30 PM
🎉 Congratulations to Tara Laux (MS Student), recipient of the 2025 Graduate Student Award for Outstanding Scholarship in the Statistical Sciences for exceptional contributions which enrich the department and grad program through scholarship, ingenuity and dedication.
👏 We are so excited to welcome Bhramar Mukherjee to @wakeforest.bsky.social / Wake Forest SOM this week for our 3rd Annual Distinguished Lectureship in Statistics and Biostatistics! Faculty and students can't wait to hear about "The Importance of Statistical Thinking in an AI-Augmented World."
April 13, 2025 at 7:36 PM
👏 We are so excited to welcome Bhramar Mukherjee to @wakeforest.bsky.social / Wake Forest SOM this week for our 3rd Annual Distinguished Lectureship in Statistics and Biostatistics! Faculty and students can't wait to hear about "The Importance of Statistical Thinking in an AI-Augmented World."