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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…
Please join us in welcoming Lecturer Stephen Colegate to the Department of Statistics
Stephen Colegate is excited to join the Department of Statistics for the Spring 2026 term. Stephen most…
Please join us in welcoming Lecturer Michael Okanta to the Department of Statistics
Michael Okanta joins the Department of Statistics this spring as a new Lecturer. Originally…
Professor Yoonkyung Lee from our department was invited to speak about her advisor Grace Wahba’s teaching, guidance, and encouragement, who was awarded the 2025 International Prize in Statistics…
The Department of Statistics is celebrating research achievements by our current and recently graduated students in terms of publications over the last year. In the first edition, we are…
Statistics PhD student Chenze Li has won third place in a poster competition in the ICSA Midwest chapter and NIC-ASA joint fall conference 2025. Chenze won the award for his poster on the paper "…
Dia has joined the Statistics Department as a Student Assistant this September. He is a second-year Economics student who enjoys the opportunity to continuously learning in an academically driven…
Melanie Rakitovan has joined the Statistics Department as a Student Assistant this October. Melanie is a second-year Finance student with minors in Financial Planning and Accounting from Queens,…
Statistics faculty member Xiaoxuan Cai is part of the team from Ohio State that recently received a $19.5 million grant from the NIH for the project "Analyses to Reveal Trajectories and Early…
Statistics faculty member Arnab Auddy has been invited by the College of Arts and Sciences to present his research at the college's AI summit. Arnab will talk about his work on "Adaptive…
Oksana Chkrebtii has been made the principal investigator of a new project funded by the National Science Foundation's Division of Mathematical Sciences (DMS) and the Air Force Office of…
The Department of Statistics mourns the passing of Thomas A. Willke, a founding member of our department, who died peacefully on August 21, 2025, at age 93. Tom received his MA and PhD in Mathematics…
Statistics faculty Massimiliano Russo and his collaborator Macarius Donneyong (Ohio State College of Pharmacy) have been awarded the Best Poster Award in the drug-drug interactions spotlight session…
Congratulations to Shili Lin for being awarded the Societal Impact Award from the Caucus for Women in Statistics and Data Science. The award is given annually to a statistician or data scientist…
Dr. Oh-Ran Kwon has joined the Department of Statistics on August 15. Oh-Ran comes to us from the University of Southern California, where she was a postdoctoral researcher working with Dr. Jacob…
Dr. Sagnik Nandy has joined the Department of Statistics as of August 15. Prior to this, he was a Kruskal Instructor in the Department of Statistics at the University of Chicago. He completed his…
We are thrilled to announce that recent graduate, Xinyu Zhang (PhD, 2025), has been presented with the Laplace Award!
The Laplace Award, named after the renowned French mathematician Pierre…
An interdisciplinary team led by Statistics faculty Subhadeep Paul has been awarded a grant from the NSF Mathematical Foundations for Digital Twin (MATH-DT) program. The team will develop
The Department will be co-hosting a mixer event with Biostatistics at this year's Joint Statistical Meetings in Nashville, TN. The event will take place at Ole Smoky Distillery (423 6th Ave South)…