News
The International Society for Bayesian Analysis (ISBA) awards fellowships on a biennial basis to recognize ISBA members who have made outstanding contributions in some aspect of statistical work …
It is a great pleasure for the Department of Statistics to announce a special discussion paper in Bayesian Analysis: “Dependent Dirichlet Processes” by Steven N. MacEachern, his original…
Three Statistics students at The Ohio State University spent the summer applying statistical theory and methodology to research questions spanning network science, educational measurement, and…
Dennis Baidoo, a first-year PhD student in Biostatistics, received the Norman Beery Memorial Scholarship from the American Statistical Association (ASA), recognized at the 2026 Joint Statistical…
Statistics Professor Shili Lin has been awarded Co-Investigator in a new grant from the National Heart Lung and Blood Institute. The grant aims to improve pulmonary hypertension risk prediction by…
Jennifer Sinnott, Associate Professor of Statistics, received a 5-year, $3.6 million multi-PI R01 Award from the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities collaborating with PIs…
On August 2, 2026, the Department of Statistics co-hosted its annual mixer with Biostatistics. Held during the Joint Statistical Meetings (JSM) in Boston at Row 34 - Seaport, the mixer brought…
Please join us in congratulating Kate Hu, whose project was one of fourteen selected for funding through the Spring 2026 President's Research Excellence (PRE) program!
According to the…
We are thrilled to announce that Professor Yuan Zhang has been awarded a National Science Foundation (NSF) research grant (amount 150K USD) for the collaborative project, "Statistical Foundations for…
The NSF-Simons National Institute for Theory and Mathematics in Biology comprises a wide array of investigators driving innovation at the interface of mathematics and biology. NSF-Simons NITMB…
May brought the passing of the Annual Conference on Excellence in Teaching & Learning, a conference in which members of The Ohio State University community to share innovative and interesting…
Arkajyoti (AJ) Bhattacharjee, a fourth-year PhD student in the Department of Statistics, received a Best Poster Award at the 2026 Joint Biostatistics Symposium in recognition of his outstanding…
Statistics PhD student Jae Ho Chang has received a Best Student Poster Award from the American Statistical Association Georgia Chapter in recognition of his research presentation, “Personalized…
Congratulations to the 2026 Statistics Spring Awards winners! On May 6th at the Whetstone Park of Roses fifteen students, faculty, and staff were recognized for their accomplishments. The…
The American Statistical Association is the world’s largest community of statisticians and data scientists. Members serve in industry, government, and academia in more than 90 countries, advancing…
Congratulations to every graduate in the Statistics Department! This spring 59 students received their BS in Data Analytics, 54 students received their BS in Statistics, and 30 students received…
The Department of Statistics wishes congratulations to Kate Hu for her work in developing the Ohio Regional Carbohydrate Health And Research Database (ORCHARD): Climate-Resilient Apple Production…
Held April 10–12 in Cockins Hall, the 10th iteration of DataFest brought together undergraduate students from across the university for an intensive weekend of data analysis, collaboration, and…
The Department of Statistics is celebrating research achievements by our current and recently graduated students in terms of publications from approximately the last one and a half years. In the…
The Department of Statistics is proud to announce that three graduate students have been awarded summer Graduate Research Associate (GRA) appointments to pursue advanced research alongside faculty…
Congratulations to Steven MacEachern for his election to the AAAS Fellowship! The fellowship recognizes scientifically or socially distinguished efforts to advance science or its applications and…
The Department of Statistics at Ohio State congratulates Andrew Shan and Yiqian Zhang for their awards in the 2026 ENAR student contest. Andrew Shan won a student paper award for his paper titled …
Thank you to everyone who attended this interactive workshop hosted by Associate Professor Dena Asta and Associate Professor Subhadeep Paul, which focused on emerging research directions in…
Statistics faculty and students enthusiastically participated in the inaugural OSU AI Research Summit held at the Blackwell hotel on March 3-4.
The AI summit was co-hosted by OSU's newly…
The Department of Statistics wants to wish congratulations to Max Russo and his collaborator Macarius Donneyong, Associate Professor in the Colleges of Pharmacy and Public Health, on their project…
The Department of Statistics is celebrating research achievements by our current and recently graduated students in terms of publications over the last year. In this second edition, we are…
Congratulations to Yue Ma for being selected as a winner in the student paper competitions of two ASA sections - the Section on Bayesian Statistical Science (SBSS) and the Section on Physical and…