Northwestern Applied Statistics Seminar Series

ABOUT US

The Northwestern Applied Statistics Seminar Series will be presenting topics on applied statistical methods for quantitative researchers across campus. This series is primarily geared towards statisticians (faculty and staff), but anyone is welcome. The seminars will occur on a Friday every month at the Stamler Conference Room located at 680 N Lake Shore Drive, Suite 1400, AND virtually via Zoom.

SURVEY

We would like to request one minute of your time to fill out this survey. This will help us understand your interest in the various topics so that we can find the appropriate speakers to present on these topics. You can also use this survey link: https://northwestern.az1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_3W1hYyegrgrTOIu

Upcoming Seminars

DATE

SPEAKER

TOPIC

March 15, 2024

1-2pm CST

Yuanzhi (Fisher) Yu

Biostatistics PhD Candidate

Health Sciences Integrated Program

Feinberg School of Medicine

Northwestern University

Interactive Data Visualization with Plotly: Enhancing Statistical Insights

May 17, 2024

1-2pm CST

John Stephen, M.P.H.

Statistical Analyst Senior

Department of Preventive Medicine

Feinberg School of Medicine

psHarmonize: Facilitating reproducible pre-statistical data harmonization in R

Past Seminars

In this section, you can find past seminar presentations and materials presented by the following speakers:

DATE	SPEAKER	TOPIC
January 19, 2024	Matt Selensky, Ph.D. Computational Specialist Research Computing and Data Services Northwestern IT	A Quest For High-Performance Computing at Northwestern Recording of Presentation
November 17, 2023	Jody D. Ciolino, Ph.D. Associate Professor Department of Preventive Medicine Feinberg School of Medicine Northwestern University	Interim analysis in randomized controlled trials: utility and use cases
March 21, 2023	Colby Witherup Wood, MS Lead Data Scientist Research Computing Services, Northwestern IT	Python as a Research Tool in Preventive Medicine
November 15, 2022	Lucia C Petito, PhD Assistant Professor Department of Preventive Medicine - BiostatisticsBiostatistics Collaboration Center (BCC)Northwestern UniversityFeinberg School of Medicine	An Introduction to Targeted Maximum Likelihood Estimation for Average Treatment Effects using R
June 21, 2022	Lutfiyya N Muhammad, PhD Assistant Professor Department of Preventive Medicine - BiostatisticsBiostatistics Collaboration Center (BCC)Northwestern UniversityFeinberg School of Medicine	Guidance on Conducting Sample Size and Power Calculations
May 17, 2022	Christina Maimone, PhD Research Data Services Lead Northwestern IT Research Computing Services	Getting Started with Git in Rstudio
April 19, 2022	Jacob M Schauer, PhD Assistant Professor Department of Preventive Medicine - Biostatistics Biostatistics Collaboration Center (BCC) Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine	Introduction to Meta-analysis
March 15, 2022	David A Aaby, MS Senior Biostatistician Department of Preventive Medicine – Biostatistics Biostatistics Collaboration Center	R Shiny
January 18, 2022	Xinlei Mi, PhD Assistant Professor Department of Preventive Medicine - Biostatistics Quantitative Data Sciences Core (QDSC) Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine	Machine Learning - 30 Minutes of Deep Learning in R Using TensorFlow
November 16, 2021	Luke Rasmussen Clinical Research Associate Department of Preventive Medicine Feinberg School of Medicine Northwestern University Leah J. Welty Ph.D. Director of BCC Professor of Preventive Medicine and Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences Department of Preventive Medicine Feinberg School of Medicine Northwestern University	Examining our errors: reproducibility and beyond in collaborative medical research
September 21, 2021	John Jason Stephen, MPH Statistical Analyst Department of Preventive Medicine Feinberg School of Medicine Northwestern University	RMarkdown Workshop/Hackathon
June 15, 2021	Edward F Vonesh, Ph.D. Adjunct Professor Department of Preventive Medicine Feinberg School of Medicine Northwestern University	Comparing Treatment Effects under Cox Non-proportional Hazards Models
May 18, 2021	David A Aaby, MS Biostatistician Biostatistics Collaboration Center Department of Preventive Medicine Feinberg School of Medicine Northwestern University Nicola Lancki, MPH Statistical Analyst Senior Biostatistics Collaboration Center Department of Preventive Medicine Feinberg School of Medicine Northwestern University Denise M. Scholtens, Ph.D. Director of NUDACC Chief of Biostatistics Professor of Preventive Medicine and Neurological Surgery Department of Preventive Medicine Feinberg School of Medicine Northwestern University Leah J. Welty Ph.D. Director of BCC Professor of Preventive Medicine and Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences Department of Preventive Medicine Feinberg School of Medicine Northwestern University	Navigating the challenges of the collaborative biostatistician
April 20, 2021	Nabil Alshurafa, Ph.D. Director of HABits Lab Assistant Professor Department of Preventive Medicine Feinberg School of Medicine Department of Computer Science, McCormick School of Engineering Northwestern University	Machine Learning with Sensor Data
March 16, 2021	Masha Kocherginsky, Ph.D. Professor Department of Preventive Medicine Feinberg School of Medicine Northwestern University	Grant Writing for Cancer Studies
February 16, 2021	Leah Welty, Ph.D. Professor Director of BCC Professor of Preventive Medicine and Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences Department of Preventive Medicine Feinberg School of Medicine Northwestern University Juned Siddique, DrPH Associate Professor of Preventive Medicine Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences Department of Preventive Medicine Feinberg School of Medicine Northwestern University	Various Grant Writing Tips and Tricks Lessons Learned on Study Section
January 19, 2021	Jody D. Ciolino, Ph.D. Associate Professor Department of Preventive Medicine Feinberg School of Medicine Northwestern University Mary Kwasny, Ph.D. Professor Department of Preventive Medicine Feinberg School of Medicine Northwestern University	NIH Alphabet and its Statistical Significance Investigative reporting: Getting the 5 Ws from a PI, so you can help with the H

December 16, 2020	Alan Kuang, MS Senior Statistical Analyst Department of Preventive Medicine Feinberg School of Medicine Northwestern University	Hackathon: Making Your R Package! (Day 2)
December 15, 2020	Alan Kuang, MS Senior Statistical Analyst Department of Preventive Medicine Feinberg School of Medicine Northwestern University	Hackathon: Making Your R Package! (Day 1)
September 15, 2020	Elizabeth L. Gray, MS Senior Statistical Analyst Department of Preventive Medicine Feinberg School of Medicine Northwestern University	Reshaping Data
February 18, 2020	Kirsten Burdett, MB Statistical Analyst Department of Preventive Medicine Feinberg School of Medicine Northwestern University Megan McCabe, MS Statistical Analyst Department of Preventive Medicine Feinberg School of Medicine Northwestern University Mandy Wong, MS Statistical Analyst Department of Preventive Medicine Feinberg School of Medicine Northwestern University Nicola Lancki, MPH Statistical Analyst Senior Department of Preventive Medicine Feinberg School of Medicine Northwestern University	Dynamic Reporting: An Interactive Workshop for Statistical Reproducible Research
January 21, 2020	Jody D. Ciolino, Ph.D. Associate Professor Department of Preventive Medicine Feinberg School of Medicine Northwestern University Lauren C. Balmert, Ph.D. Assistant Professor Department of Preventive Medicine Feinberg School of Medicine Northwestern University Mary Beth Tull, MS, CCRP Director of Research Oversight and Compliance Department of Preventive Medicine Feinberg School of Medicine Northwestern University Denise M. Scholtens, Ph.D. Director of NUDACC Chief of Biostatistics Professor of Preventive Medicine and Neurological Surgery Department of Preventive Medicine Feinberg School of Medicine Northwestern University	Northwestern University Data Analysis and Coordinating Center (NUDACC)
December 17, 2019	Juned Siddique, DrPH Associate Professor of Preventive Medicine Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences Department of Preventive Medicine Feinberg School of Medicine Northwestern University	Missing Data and Multiple Imputation Recording of Presentation
November 19, 2019	Kiarri N. Kershaw, Ph.D. Assistant Professor Department of Preventive Medicine Feinberg School of Medicine Northwestern University	Mediation Analysis in Observational Studies
October 15, 2019	Lucia C. Petito, Ph.D. Assistant Professor Department of Preventive Medicine Feinberg School of Medicine Northwestern University	The "C" Word A Brief Introduction to Causal Inference in Observational Studies
June 18, 2019	Jody D. Ciolino, Ph.D. Assistant Professor Department of Preventive Medicine Feinberg School of Medicine Northwestern University	Reasoning and General Guidelines for Data Monitoring Committees
May 21, 2019	Angela Fought, MS Senior Biostatistician Department of Preventive Medicine Feinberg School of Medicine Northwestern University	Transcytosis as a Mechanism of HIV Entry into Endocervical Tissue: Evaluating Data in Stages
March 19, 2019	Donald Lloyd-Jones, MD ScM FACC FAHA Professor and Chair Department of Preventive Medicine Feinberg School of Medicine Northwestern University	Novel Methods for Cardiovascular Risk Estimation
February 19, 2019	Elizabeth L. Gray, MS Senior Statistical Analyst Department of Preventive Medicine Feinberg School of Medicine Northwestern University	Advanced Features in REDCap
December 18, 2018	Caroline P. Groth, Ph.D. Postdoctoral Fellow Department of Preventive Medicine Feinberg School of Medicine Northwestern University	Introduction to Bayesian Statistics Bayesian Programs
November 20, 2018	Abigail Baldridge, MS Director of Research Program in Global Cardiovascular Health Department of Preventive Medicine Feinberg School of Medicine Northwestern University	Topics in Reproducible Research and Data Sharing
October 16, 2018	Molly Bright, Ph.D. Assistant Professor Biomedical Engineering, McCormick School of Engineering; Physical Therapy and Human Movement Sciences Feinberg School of Medicine Northwestern University	Isolating signal and noise in fMRI data
June 19, 2018	Jody D. Ciolino, Ph.D. Assistant Professor Department of Preventive Medicine Feinberg School of Medicine Northwestern University	Optimizing use of REDCap in Research
May 15, 2018	Kaelen Medeiros Data Scientist HERE Technologies	Presenting on Multiple Mediation Analysis
April 17, 2018	Elizabeth Gray, MS Statistical Analyst Department of Preventive Medicine Feinberg School of Medicine Northwestern University	Reshaping data in R with dplyr
March 20, 2018	Luke Rasmussen Clinical Research Associate Department of Preventive Medicine Feinberg School of Medicine Northwestern University	Fundamentals of GIT (including GITHUB and STASH)
February 20, 2018	Yinan Zheng, Ph.D. Post Docoral Fellow Department of Preventive Medicine Feinberg School of Medicine Northwestern University	"Best Practices" for Epigenome-wide Association Study of DNA Methylation
January 16, 2018	Kwang-Youn Kim, Ph.D. Associate Professor Department of Preventive Medicine Feinberg School of Medicine Northwestern University	Machine Learning R code
November 14, 2017	Samantha E Montag, MS Department of Preventive Medicine Feinberg School of Medicine Northwestern University	Using Perl with Semi-Structured Data Presentation Notes
October, 2017	Samantha E Montag, MS Department of Preventive Medicine Feinberg School of Medicine Northwestern University	Women in Statistics and Data Science Conference 2017: Notes from Selected Talks
October, 2017	Biostatistics Collaboration Center (BCC) Feinberg School of Medicine Northwestern University	2017 Fall Lecture Series: "Statistically Speaking..."
September 12, 2017	Jody D. Ciolino, Ph.D. Assistant Professor Department of Preventive Medicine Feinberg School of Medicine Northwestern University	The Menu of Clinical Trial Design and Randomization Options
June 7, 2017	Amy E. Krefman, MS Statistical Analyst Department of Preventive Medicine Feinberg School of Medicine Northwestern University	Trajectory Analysis in SAS
May 9, 2017	Julia Lee, Ph.D., MPH Associate Professor Department of Preventive Medicine Feinberg School of Medicine Northwestern University	Sample Size and Power Calculation Using Simulation
April 11, 2017	Lindsay Pool, Ph.D., MPH Postdoctoral Fellow Department of Preventive Medicine Feinberg School of Medicine Northwestern University	Novel Approaches to Longitudinal Data Analysis and Their Application in the CARDIA Study Data
March 14, 2017	Marilyn Cornelis, Ph.D. Assistant Professor Department of Preventive Medicine Feinberg School of Medicine Northwestern University	Metabolomic response to coffee consumption: Application to a three-stage clinical trial
February 14, 2017	Denise Scholtens, Ph.D. Associate Professor Michael Nodzenski Statistical Analyst, Senior Department of Preventive Medicine Feinberg School of Medicine Northwestern University	Data visualization in R R example code
January 10, 2017	Carl Cammarata Senior Director, Chief Information Security Officer Feinberg School of Medicine Northwestern University	Managing Information Security & Risk for FSM
October 12, 2016	Juned Siddique, Ph.D. Associate Professor Department of Preventive Medicine Feinberg School of Medicine Northwestern University	Introduction to statistical analysis with missing data
September 13, 2016	Daniel Schneider Manager of Research Analytics NUCATS Feinberg School of Medicine Northwestern University	An Introduction to the EDW
July 25, 2016	Leah Welty, Ph.D. & Mary Kwasny, Ph.D. Associate Professors Department of Preventive Medicine Feinberg School of Medicine Northwestern University	JSM Prep Session
May 10, 2016	Elizabeth Hahn Associate Professor Department of Medical Social Sciences Feinberg School of Medicine Northwestern University	Overview of Survey Design and Methodology
April 12, 2016	Violeta Ilik Head, Digital Systems & Collection Services Galter Health Sciences Library Feinberg School of Medicine Northwestern University	DigitalHub: Preserving Your Work Using NM's Repository
December 8, 2015	Edward Vonesh, Ph.D. Professor of Biostatistics Department of Preventive Medicine Feinberg School of Medicine Northwestern University	Statistical Aspects of Survival Analysis - Concepts and Real World Meaning
December 8, 2015	Edward Vonesh, Ph.D. Professor of Biostatistics Department of Preventive Medicine Feinberg School of Medicine Northwestern University	Statistical Aspects of Survival Analysis - Concepts and Real World Meaning
September 3, 2015	Yihui Xie RStudio	Escape the Land of LaTeX/Word for Statistical Reporting: The Ecosystem of R Markdown
June 4, 2015	Tim Arnold SAS Institute, Inc.	Using SAS and LaTeX to Create Documents with Reproducible Results
May 12, 2015	Donald Hedeker, Ph.D. Professor (Biostatistics) Department of Public Health Sciences - Department of Medicine University of Chicago	Modeling between and within-subject variances using mixed effects location scale models for intensive longitudinal data
March 10, 2015	Alfred W. Rademaker, Ph.D. Professor (Biostatistics) Northwestern University Medical School Department of Preventive Medicine	Introduction to Meta-Analysis