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CSTAT team visits the MSU special collection of Zines
CSTAT has several statistics Zines on study design, statistical analysis plan, roles of variables, and more. Today we got an introduction by MSU libraries Joshua Barton on the fascinating Zine collection.
CSTAT welcomes Rayleigh Lei to the statistics team!
Dr. Lei joined CSTAT in July as our newest full-time statistics research specialist!
In his research he developed Bayesian models and efficient computational tools, for example in social sciences applications. He supports researchers in the College of Education and from across MSU.
CSTAT outing to the MSU women's basketball game
Despite snow storm and severe weather our CSTAT Team enjoyed an outing to watch the MSU women's basketball game.
CSTAT is recruiting graduate student RAs to start in Summer or Fall 2025
Attention graduate students: CSTAT is inviting research assistant (RA) applications and will be interviewing applicants for Summer 2025 or Fall 2025 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.
CSTAT Team participates in the 9th Annual Healthy Homecoming Walk
The CSTAT team supports healthy lifestyles! We participated in the 9th Annual Exercise is Medicine and Healthy Homecoming walk event at MSU.
Award for Steven Pierce from the American Journal of Evaluation
Steven Pierce, CSTAT's senior statistician will be recognized at Annual Conference of the American Evaluation Association and receives the AJE's Excellence in Reviewing Award chosen from 80 reviewers and 121 reviews.
His skills in evaluating and improving research designs and statistical analysis plans for projects and grant proposals and providing helpful comments and suggestions are much valued by his CSTAT colleagues and his collaborators across MSU. Congratulations and thank you, Steve!
CSTAT welcomes Guoli Zhou to the statistics team!
Dr. Zhou joined CSTAT in September as our newest full-time statistics research specialist!
His research focus is on analyzing biomedical and bioinformatics data to improve patient care. He supports researchers from the College of Human Medicine and from across MSU.
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”
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!