News and Events

The CBHDS team had a great showing at this year’s Joint Statistical Meetings (JSM 2025) in Nashville, where the theme, “Statistics, Data Science, and AI Enriching Society,” set the stage for a week full of innovation and collaboration.

Meet Wenyan Ji, research associate with the Center for Biostatistics and Health Data Science Center of Virgina Tech. As part of the CBHDS Spotlight Series, we’ll highlight some of the amazing work our team is accomplishing on a daily basis. We welcome you to Meet the Team, a peek behind the curtain at some of the team members and their stories.

Two Virginia Tech researchers share how CBHDS walk-in hours helped them overcome data challenges, optimize their analyses, and advance their research.

Center for Biostatistics and Health Data Science (CBHDS) Director Alexandra Hanlon receives Translational & Integrative Engagement in Research (TIER) Mentoring Award at the Translational Science 2025 conference in Washington DC.

Center for Biostatistics and Health Data Science (CBHDS) Research Scientists, Chris Grubb and Rachel Silverman, presented during the Whole Health Consortium Symposium at Virginia Tech, showcasing projects related to rural health in Virginia.

2024 CUBE Program Alum Chloe Burt presented at the Symposium on Data Science and Statistics (SDSS) 2025 conference in Salt Lake City, Utah, April 29 – May 2. The title of the abstract was "How Connections Are Made: Investigating the Role of Trust on the Relationship Between Socialization and Mental Health and Behavioral Outcomes."

In a featured Community for Rigor (C4R) guest writer article, Dr. Hanlon shares her reflections on the Translational Science panel discussion, the importance of rigor training, the C4R initiative for translational scientists, and how working with C4R has shaped her approach to rigor instruction.

“Ensuring Equal Opportunity: Innovative Education and Training Practices in Health Data Science,” a multi-institutional panel, focused on advancing data and equal workforce opportunity through innovative educational programs and outreach initiatives. Translational Science 2025 was held in Washington D.C., April 15-17, 2025.

“Addressing Rigor and Reproducibility in Translational Science through the Community for Rigor (C4R) Initiative,” presented by CBHDS Director Alexandra Hanlon, highlighted the importance of rigor and reproducibility as critical components of credible scientific research, particularly in translational science, where errors or inconsistencies can have a direct impact on patient care and outcomes.

April 11, 2025, Dr. Benjamin Brewer, research scientist at the Center for Biostatistics and Health Data Science (CBHDS) presented during the iTHRIV research methods core Spring 2025 Seminar series. "Getting Grouping Right: Choosing Cutpoints in Biomarker Studies," was hosted on Zoom from 12:00pm - 1:00pm.