Join us for the Biostatistics and Epidemiology Research Showcase! The showcase opens with rapid-fire Lightning Talks, where students and researchers will share their latest work in biostatistics, epidemiology, and related health research. Then, explore our Poster Session, featuring a variety of projects from across the biostatistics and epidemiology community.
Date: Friday, May 1, 2026
Time: 2:30 PM – 3:30 PM (Lightning Talks) | 3:30 PM – 4:30 PM (Poster Session)
Location: Berkeley Way West | Colloquia Room 1102 & 1104
Lightning Talk Presentations
- "Improving Precision through Covariate Adjustment in RCTs with Binary Outcomes" - Kaitlyn Lee | Abstract Link
- "Improving Reproducibility by Controlling Random Seed Stability in Machine Learning Based Estimation via Bagging" - Nick Williams | Abstract Link
- "Estimating Causal Effects of Community Drivers of Individual Health in the Presence of Community-Specific Confounding in Large Data Settings" - John Halifax | Abstract Link
- "The Average Mixed Derivative: A Nonparametric Framework of Interactivity" - Alissa Gordon | Abstract Link
- "Choices and Consequences of Alternative Estimands in Time-to-event Safety Analyses" - Joy Nakato | Abstract Link
- "Beyond the Treated Child: Spillover Effects of Mass Azithromycin on Infant Antimicrobial Resistance" - Joyce Huiyu Hu | Abstract Link
- "Does Where You Live and Move Matter? Ethnic Enclaves and Gestational Diabetes Risk in Asian American Subgroups" - Clara Voong | Abstract Link
- "Efficient Estimation of Restricted Mean Survival Time under Data Integration" - Emily Hou
- "Causal Inference and Adaptive Design for Evaluating Effectiveness of Medical Tests and Devices"Wenxin Zhang | Abstract Link
- "Highly Adaptive Principal Component Regression" - Mingxun Wang | Abstract Link
- "From Iterative Targeting to One-Step Updates: Affine Universal Least Favorable Models in Convex-Dual Coordinates" - Kaiwen Hou | Abstract Link
