Biostatistics vanderbilt chair

Is Vanderbilt a research hospital?
Research is one of Vanderbilt University Medical Center's core missions.
Almost 25 percent of the medical center—5,000 individuals—count research as their primary focus..
What is Vanderbilt Hospital known for?
Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville, TN is on the Best Hospitals Honor Roll.
It is nationally ranked in 9 adult and 10 pediatric specialties and rated high performing in 2 adult specialties and 19 procedures and conditions.
It is a general medical and surgical facility.
It is a teaching hospital..
What makes Vanderbilt special?
Founded in 1873, Vanderbilt University is a private research institution known globally for its strong academic programs and research opportunities.
This close-knit campus community is located in the heart of Nashville, Tennessee, and offers a college experience unlike anything else..
What research is Vanderbilt known for?
Its biochemistry and cell and developmental biology departments are the first and second highest funded departments in the nation, respectively, by the National Institutes of Health..
Research is one of Vanderbilt University Medical Center's core missions.
Almost 25 percent of the medical center—5,000 individuals—count research as their primary focus.
Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville, TN is on the Best Hospitals Honor Roll.
It is nationally ranked in 9 adult and 10 pediatric specialties and rated high performing in 2 adult specialties and 19 procedures and conditions.
It is a general medical and surgical facility.
It is a teaching hospital.
Visiting hours
Adult patients: Monday through Friday, 6:30 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.; Saturday and Sunday from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m.
Children and adolescents: 12:30 p.m. to 1:30 p.m. and 6:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m., 7 days a week.
Accommodations may be made with the treatment team as needed and appropriate.

Primary FacultyGustavo Amorim. Assistant Professor of BiostatisticsAmir Asiaee. Assistant Professor of BiostatisticsGregory D. "Dan" AyersLynne Berry.

Awards

Fellow, American Statistical Association, August 2005

Books

Harrell FE: Regression Modeling Strategies With Applications to Linear Models, Logistic and Ordinal Regression, and Survival Analysis, 2nd Edition.
New York: Springer, 2015.

Course Material

MS in Clinical Investigation Biostatistics II Course

Philosophy of Biostatistics

Biostatistics needs to be fully integrated into biomedical research; experimental design is all important

R Software Packages

Hmisc: Functions for data analysis, high-level graphics, utility operations, computing sample size and power, importing datasets, imputing missing values, advanced table making, variable clustering.

Research Interests

Statistical analysis

Biostatistics vanderbilt chair

Is Vanderbilt a research hospital?

What is Vanderbilt Hospital known for?

What makes Vanderbilt special?