News
CSTAT Welcomes Dr. Greg Hixon as the new Associate Director!
CSTAT is excited to welcome our new Associate Director Dr. J. Gregory (Greg) Hixon!
CSTAT papers on statistical consulting
The CSTAT team is proud to be involved in writing three papers on statistical and data science consulting centers:
“What matters to graduate students? Experiences at a statistical consulting center from pre-to post-COVID-19 pandemic”
“Developing partnerships for academic data science consulting and collaboration units”
“Tell your story: metrics of success for academic data science collaboration and consulting programs”
We are hiring! CSTAT statistician
We're looking for someone with a doctoral degree in statistics, biostatistics, or related quantitative/STEM field for a joint appointment (50-50) with the College of Human Medicine with interest in collaborations on research projects and grants. Together, we will increase our capacity for high quality, reproducible research output, develop our partnerships.
We're looking for applicants who want to join a fun, passionate, and supportive group of people who enjoy working together and helping each other. Hopefully, that's you!
CSTAT team during Tornado watch
Our CSTAT staff meeting got interrupted due to Tornado watch.
Congratulations! Sam Manski has been selected for the Community-Engaged Research Fellows program
CSTAT's Research Associate, Sam Manski, was selected to participate in the Fall 2024 cohort of community engaged scholars. Fellows will design a community engaged research (CER) project in partnership with community members and are paired with a senior MSU faculty mentor. Congratulations Sam!
CSTAT is recruiting graduate student RAs (summer and fall)
Attention graduate students: CSTAT is inviting research assistant (RA) applications and will be interviewing applicants for Fall 2024 and Spring 202 with possible continuation into future semesters. This is an excellent opportunity to get experience with applying statistical methods to interesting research topics, developing consulting skills, learning from experienced mentors, and expanding your professional network.
Congratulations! Sam Manski receives Excellence in Teaching Award
The College of Natural Sciences awards Excellence-In-Teaching Citations to graduate teaching assistants who have distinguished themselves by the care they have given and the skill they have shown in meeting their classroom responsibilities. Sam Manski receives this award on Friday, Nov 17, for doing an excellent job during her graduate studies in the Department of Statistics and Probability. Congratulations Sam!
CSTAT helps with new statistical model for scaling weightlifting performance
"Weightlifters, coaches, National Federations and, most significantly, competition organisers can take advantage of a new all-weights scoring method that has been devised by scientists and statisticians." The working group consisted of academics, athletes, coaches and National Federation officials led by Dr. Huebner, director of CSTAT. https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1140309/weightlifting-q-points-method
The CSTAT Team welcomes you!
The CSTAT Team welcomes you! Please contact us for help (https://app.cstat.msu.edu/) with study design, statistical methods, data analysis, data management, data visualization, grant proposal development, and more. Our team consists of the director, 5 full-time PhD statisticians, 1 MS data manager, 4 graduate students, and administrative staff.
CSTAT participates in Data Science Consulting Collaborative Workshops
"Models for Sustainable and Inclusive Data Science Consulting and Collaboration in Higher Education" is funded by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation. CSTAT Director Marianne Huebner participants together with leaders from 25 universities.