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Dr. Xuemei (Missi) Zhang is a Research Scientist with the Center for Biostatistics and Health Data Science (CBHDS) whose interdisciplinary expertise strengthens research and training across the life sciences at Virginia Tech.

Virginia Tech’s Dr. Julia Gohlke has received a new NIH R61/R33 grant to study the health impacts of Hurricane Helene across rural Appalachian regions of North Carolina, Virginia, and Tennessee. Partnering with CBHDS Director Dr. Alexandra Hanlon and Research Scientist Dr. Chris Grubb, the team will analyze how flooding events affect healthcare access, infrastructure, and recovery. Findings will help improve disaster preparedness and healthcare resilience across Appalachia’s most underserved communities.

From Accra to Roanoke, Emmanuel Nartey’s path has been guided by a simple instinct: say yes, learn fast, and help people solve real problems with data.

The CBHDS team was excited to join the 2025 Community for Rigor (C4R) Conference, held September 8–10 in Philadelphia at the University of Pennsylvania and the Renaissance Hotel.

Virginia Tech’s updated Biometry (STAT 5605/5606) course, developed by CBHDS, equips graduate students with skills in biostatistics, R, collaboration, and reproducibility to prepare them for today’s research challenges.

A Google search introduced him to CBHDS, he attended the Center’s Zoom Drop-in Hours, and the rest fell right into place.

Our latest paper, “Perceived Reward Certainty in the Assessment of Delay Discounting,” has been accepted by the Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior!

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.