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JSM 2026

罢丑别听 are taking place in Boston, from August 1 through August 6. They are expected to bring together more than five thousand attendees from fifty-two countries (including more than a thousand students). This year鈥檚 theme is 鈥淐ommunities in Action: Advancing Society.鈥� We are proud of the students, alumni, and other Vanderbilt Biostatistics participants contributing to the conference.

ACTStat (Association of Clinical and Translational Statisticians), an affiliate organization, is holding its annual meeting August 1-2 at Westin Boston Seaport. Associate professor Dandan Liu is president of ACTStat and one of the conference organizers.

Sunday, August 2

From Data to Impact: Statistical Approaches for Healthier Communities 路 invited paper session 路 2:00 - 3:50 pm

  • Chaired by Sarah Lotspeich (PhD 2021)

路 invited panel session 路 2:00 - 3:50 pm

  • Organized by Jamie Joseph (PhD 2024) and Jiangmei Xiong (PhD 2025)
  • Sarah Lotspeich is one of the panelists.

路 introductory overview lecture 路 4:00 - 5:50 pm

  • Associate professor Mario Davidson is one of the speakers for "Statistical ethics takes the stage: Exploring ethical thinking through role play" (4:25 - 5:40 pm)

路 topic-contributed paper session 路 4:00 - 5:50 pm

  • Organized by associate professor Andrew Spieker, who will present "" (4:25 - 4:45 pm)聽
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ASA GivesBack

Therapy Dogs at JSM 2026

Feeling like you may have bitten off more than you can chew? Conferences can be overwhelming! will host a dog room at JSM2026 on Monday, August 3, and Tuesday, August 4, from noon to 2 pm. The staff will include Mia, a nationally certified therapy dog who periodically works with her human, (PhD 2024), at Henry Ford Health. Questions about ASA GivesBack? Contact Caroline Birdrow (MS 2021).

Monday, August 3

路 short course 路 8:30 am - 12:30 pm聽

  • Taught by adjoint associate professor , creator of PyMC

路 topic-contributed paper session 路 10:30 am - 12:20 pm聽

  • Professor Bryan Shepherd will present "" (10:35 - 10:55 am).
  • PhD candidate Joshua Slone will present "" (11:35 - 11:55 am).

Innovative Approaches to Teaching Survival Analysis for Learners of All Levels 路 topic-contributed paper session 路 10:30 am - 12:20 pm聽

  • Chris Slaughter will present "" (10:35 - 10:55 am).

AI, Machine Learning & Digital Tools in Clinical Development 路 contributed paper session 路 10:30 am - 12:20 pm聽

  • Chih-Yuan Hsu will present "" (11:20 - 11:35 am), which was co-authored by professors Qi Liu and Yu Shyr.

Section on Statistics in Epidemiology 2 - Instrumental Variables & Causal Inference 路 contributed paper session 路 10:30 am - 12:20 pm聽

  • PhD candidate Alexis Schwartz will present "" (10:35 - 10:50 am), co-authored by Andrew Spieker.

Federated Learning and Inference 路 contributed paper session 路 2:00 - 3:00 pm聽

  • Recent graduate Haozheng Xu (MS 2026) will present "" (2:05 - 2:20 pm), co-authored by assistant professors Qingyan Xiang and Siyuan Ma.

Innovative Methods in Mental Health Statistics 路 contributed papers session聽 路 2:00 - 3:00 pm聽

  • Assistant professor Jinyuan Liu is the session chair.

Bayesian Variable Selection and Shrinkage Methods 路 contributed papers session聽 路 2:00 - 3:00 pm聽

  • Assistant professor Panpan Zhang co-authored "."

SPAAC (Scientific and Public Affairs Advisory Committee) 路聽 topic-contributed poster session

  • Biostatistician Elisa Yazdani (MS 2023) will present "." Co-authors include assistant professor Amber Hackstadt and associate professor Peter Rebeiro.
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PhD candidate Alexis Fleming Schwartz, who is presenting a contributed paper Monday morning, is the winner of the 2026 Wray Jackson Smith Scholarship, from the American Statistical Association's Government Statistics Section. Schwartz will use the scholarship for professional development courses at JSM, which will expand her toolkit for providing biostatistical support to child welfare projects in Tennessee. Schwartz recently completed her term as president of Vanderbilt's Biostatistics Graduate Student Association and was a member of the team that won the ASA's SPAIG (Statistical Partnerships Among Academe, Industry, and Government) Award in 2025.

Tuesday, August 4

路 topic-contributed panel session 路 10:30 am - 12:20 pm

  • Chaired by Lucy D'Agostino McGowan

路 contributed paper session 路 10:30 am - 12:20 pm

  • Chaired by Qingyan Xiang

Robust and Explainable Statistical Learning for Large-Scale Neuroimaging and Brain Networks 路 topic-contributed paper session 路 10:30 am - 12:20 pm

  • Co-organized by assistant professor Panpan Zhang, who will present "" (10:35 - 10:55 am)
  • Associate professor Simon Vandekar will present "" (11:15 - 11:35 am), co-authored by recent graduates Megan Jones (PhD 2026), Ishaan Gadiyar (BS 2026), and Kaidi Kang (PhD 2025); PhD candidate Xinyu Zhang; and Jinyuan Liu.

路 topic-contributed paper session 路 10:30 am - 12:20 pm

  • Co-organized by assistant professor Cathy Shyr, who will present "Large Language Models for End-to-End Rare Disease Phenotyping from Clinical Notes" (11:15 - 11:35 am)

路 10:30 am - 12:20 pm

  • Simon Vandekar is a co-author of "Addressing Group Effects In The SPICE Test For Intermodal Correspondence."

路 12:30 - 1:50 pm

  • Mario Davidson is a co-author of "The New Realities of Statistical Consulting and Collaboration in the Age of AI."

Causal Effect Estimation: Recent Advances 路 contributed papers session 路 2:00 - 3:50 pm

  • Assistant professor Qingyan Xiang will present "" (2:35 - 2:50 pm).
  • PhD candidate will present "" (2:50 - 3:05 pm).
  • Bryan Shepherd is a co-author of both presentations.

Omics Integration and Network Analysis 路 contributed papers session 路 2:00 - 3:50 pm

  • Siyuan Ma co-authored "."

路 2:00 - 3:50 pm

  • Maximilian Rohde (PhD 2025) will present "Bayesian Factored Regression for Efficient Analysis of Two-Phase Study Designs," co-authored by associate professor Ran Tao and professor Jonathan Schildcrout

路 2:00 - 3:50 pm

  • Ishaan Gadiyar will present "Machine Learning Evaluation using Semiparametric Correlation in Brain-Psychopathology Associations," which was co-authored by Megan Jones and Simon Vandekar.

路 topic-contributed panel session 路 2:00 - 3:50 pm

  • Organized and chaired by Richard Zink (guest instructor, August 14)
  • Panelists include Lucy D'Agostino McGowan.

Wednesday, August 5

Methodological Advances by 2025 COPSS Emerging Leaders 路 invited paper session 路 8:30 - 10:20 am

  • Lucy D'Agostino McGowan will present "" (9:50 - 10:15 am).

Statistical Advances in Neuroimaging and Cognitive Health 路 topic-contributed paper session 路 8:30 - 10:20 am

  • Kaidi Kang will present "" (9:35 - 9:55 am).

ENAR Contributed 2 - Machine Learning, High-Dimensional Modeling, and Translational Biomedical Analytics 路 contributed paper session 路 8:30 - 10:20 am

  • PhD student Xin Gai will present "" (9:35 - 9:50 am).

AI Approaches in Microbial Community Multi-Omics 路 invited paper session 路 10:30 am - 12:20 pm

  • Siyuan Ma will present "" (10:35 - 10:55 am).

Memorial Session for Paul Rathouz 路 invited paper session 路 10:30 am - 12:20 pm

  • Jonathan Schildcrout will present "" (11:25 - 11:50 am).

Targeted Validation, Broader Benefit: Advancing Public Health with Two-Phase Designs 路 topic-contributed paper session 路 10:30 am - 12:20 pm

  • Chaired by Lucy D'Agostino McGowan (PhD 2018)
  • Organized by Sarah Lotspeich, who will present "" (10:55 - 11:15 am)聽

Contributed Poster Presentations: Transportation Statistics Interest Group 路 10:30 am - 12:20 pm

  • PhD student Zongyue Teng will present "," co-authored by Dandan Liu and Panpan Zhang. Teng placed 2nd in TSG's 2026 student paper competition.

Section on Statistical Consulting Lunch Roundtable 路 12:30 - 1:50 pm

  • Mario Davidson will lead discussion of "."

Strengthening Our Community through Impactful Multi-Sector Data-Driven Collaborations 路 invited paper session 路 2:00 - 3:50 pm

  • Professor Rameela Raman will present "" (2:55 - 3:20 pm).

Semiparametric and Nonparametric Advances Confronting Non-ideal and Testable Model Assumptions in Causal Inference and Missing Data 路 topic-contributed paper session 路 2:00 - 3:50 pm

  • Co-organized by Jinyuan Liu
  • Presenters include Jinyuan Liu (3:05 - 3:25 pm)

Frontiers in Survival Analysis: Models, Inference, and Tools 路 contributed paper session 路 2:00 - 3:50 pm

  • Sarah Lotspeich is a co-author of "."

Thursday, August 6

Causal Inference, Applied Modeling, and Specialized Statistical Methods 路 contributed paper session 路 8:30 - 10:20 am

  • Xinyu Zhang will present "" (8:35 - 8:50 am); co-authors include Megan Jones and Simon Vandekar.聽

Bayesian Methods for Categorical and Survey Data 路 contributed paper session 路 8:30 - 10:20 am

  • PhD candidate Haoyang Yi will present "" (9:50 - 10:05 am), co-authored by professor Qingxia Chen.

路 contributed paper session 路 8:30 - 10:20 am

  • Sarah Lotspeich is a co-author of "Comparing Risk Stratification of Existing Models for Time to Diagnosis of Huntington Disease."

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