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Center for Biostatistics and Health Data Science (CBHDS) Director Alexandra Hanlon receives Mentoring JEDI award at a Special Interest Group (SIG) Meeting on Monday, April 14, during Translational Science 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.

“Advancing Equity: Innovative Education and Training Practices for Inclusive Health Data Science,” a multi-institutional panel, focused on advancing data and health equity as well as workforce diversity through innovative educational programs and outreach initiatives. Translational Science 2025 was held in Washington D.C., April 15-17, 2025.

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.

This article highlights a CUBE workshop led by Dr. Emmanuel Nartey at Virginia Tech's 10th Annual Uplifting Black Men Conference.

Virginia Tech CBHDS Biostatisticians presented at two sessions during the Eastern North American Region International Biometric Society Spring Meeting March 23-26 in New Orleans, LA.

Virginia Tech is playing a leading role in strengthening research rigor and reproducibility through the Community for Rigor Initiative, a National Institutes of Health (NIH)-supported effort to provide free, expert-developed educational modules aimed at closing critical training gaps.

Three articles discussing the results of past CUBE projects in summers 2023 and 2024 published in the American Statistical Association’s (ASA) Chance magazine.

The Collaborative Undergraduate Biostatistics Experience (CUBE) 2023 program was highlighted in its first publication, the July-September Journal of STEM Education

Three articles discussing the results of past CUBE projects in summers 2023 and 2024 published in the American Statistical Association’s (ASA) Chance magazine.