Free Statistical Consultation: 2019/2020
The Department of Statistics offers several types of free statistical consultation, via STAT 551, SOS, and STAT 450/550, as follows:
Professor Will Welch awarded Fellow of the American Statistical Association
At the recent 2019 Joint Statistical Meetings, Will Welch was recognized as Fellow of the American Statistical Association (ASA).
The citation reads:
Celebrating the career of Professor Rollin Brant
Our professor Rollin Brant is retiring after a brilliant collaborative career in biostatistics. As a professor in the Department of Statistics and an investigator at BC Children’s Hospital, Rollin made many significant contributions to the health sciences.
To read about Rollin's career, see BC Children’s Hospital’s story celebrating Rollin.
Assistant Professor Marie Auger-Méthé named CRC Tier II in Statistical Ecology
We were very happy to read the Government of Canada’s recent announcement of new and renewed Canada Research Chairs (CRCs), especially because one of our Assistant Professors, Marie Auger-Méthé, was on the list of new CRC recipients. Marie has now been named as a CRC Tier II in Statistical Ecology.
Two New Faculty Members
The Department is very pleased to announce that two new Assistant Professors are joining our ranks this summer!
Dr. Benjamin Bloem-Reddy will take up his appointment on July 1, 2019. Ben obtained his Ph.D. in Statistics from Columbia University in 2017 then subsequently was a Postdoctoral Fellow in the Department of Statistics at the University of Oxford. His work in statistical learning and applied probability delves into new methods and theory for the analysis of structured data, such as networks.
Lucy Mosquera receives PIMS travel support
Our M.Sc. student Lucy Mosquera received support from the Pacific Institute for the Mathematical Sciences (PIMS) for attending and presenting a poster at the recent Atlantic Causal Inference Conference (ACIC) 2019 in Montreal (worth CAD 1,250).
Department’s Ph.D. students Xin Ding and Qiong Zhang winners at 2019 SSC Annual Meeting
We were pleased to hear news from the 2019 Statistical Society of Canada (SSC) Annual Meeting that two of our Statistics Ph.D. students, Xin Ding and Qiong Zhang, won the Case Study #1 category (https://ssc.ca/en/case-study/case-study-1-counting-cells-microscopic-images) in the 2019 Case Studies in Data Analysis Competition at this year’s SSC Annual Meeting.
Qiong and Xin were mentored in the work on the case study by Professor Will Welch.
Lucy Mosquera receives the 2018 Rick White Award
The Rick White Award recognizes students who demonstrate excellence in statistical science through collaboration with investigators in another discipline on a substantial application. The award honours the memory of Rick White, who served the department and the university with his gifts in Applied Statistics.
Jonathan Agyeman wins the 2018 GTA Award
Graduate teaching assistants (GTAs) play a vital role in our department. Every year since 2011, we have recognized the excellent work of our GTAs through the Department of Statistics’ Graduate Teaching Assistant (GTA) Award.
Huaiwen Dong receives this year’s Nash Medal
The Nash Medal this year is awarded to Huaiwen Dong. Huaiwen has completed a major in Statistics and a minor in Arts, and she will graduate with distinction. Throughout her academic career, Huaiwen has received many honours and awards, including the Dr. John and Barbara Petkau Scholarship in Statistics. Huaiwen has also contributed greatly to the undergraduate student community through her involvement with the Undergraduate Statistics Society.