Zoom Drop-in Hours
Virginia Tech's Center for Biostatistics and Health Data Science offers Zoom Drop-in Hours twice a week:
Mondays, 10am - 2pm EST
Wednesdays, 3pm - 7pm EST
(Please read our FAQ for more details about the services we offer in our Zoom hours)
As of January 16th, 2024: Due to Virginia Tech's transition from Google to Microsoft, our sign-up system has changed:
To check our availability and reserve a timeslot, please use our Bookings page to select the time and team member you would like to meet with. If you do not have a team member preference, please select "anyone" and someone will be assigned to meet with you. You can reserve a 30-minute time slot with a CBHDS team member (see table below for details).
Click here to go to our Bookings page
Once you sign-up, a confirmation email and calendar invite with a Zoom link will be sent to your email account. For Virginia Tech affiliates, please use your @vt.edu email when reserving a timeslot.
Note: In-person drop-ins are no longer offered. Please email us at biostats@vt.edu to make an in-person appointment or submit a request for collaboration here.
VTCSOM medical students: Please see Canvas for additional availability.
Our Drop-In Hours Team:
| Day | Time | Location | Team Member* | Preferred Programming Languages |
| Monday | 10am-2pm | Zoom | Xuemei (Missi) Zhang | R, Python, Bash Scripting; Advanced Research Computing (High-Performance Computing) |
| Monday | 10am-12pm | Zoom | Rachel Silverman | Stata, SAS, SPSS, R |
| Monday | 12pm-2pm | Zoom | Chris Grubb | R, Python, JMP, Minitab |
| Wednesday | 3pm-5pm | Zoom | Chris Grubb | R, Python, JMP, Minitab |
| Wednesday | 5pm-7pm | Zoom | Alicia Lozano | SAS, R, Stata, SPSS |
| Alternate | Zoom | Monica Ahrens | R, SAS, Stata, Matlab, Python |
*May change based on availability
Find out more details about our team's statistical Methods and Tools expertise.
If you would like to work with the Center, please click on the following link and fill out the request form.
If you would like to learn more about how our collaboration process works, please click the following link.