Primary Faculty

  • Gustavo Amorim

    Assistant Professor of Biostatistics

    PhD, Statistics, University of Auckland, New Zealand

     

  • Amir Asiaee

    Assistant Professor of Biostatistics and Biomedical Informatics

    PhD, Computer Science, University of Minnesota

     

  • Lynne Berry

    Director, Data Management and Tool Development Units
    Vanderbilt Biostatistics Data Coordinating Center (VBDCC)
    Deputy Director, Center for Quantitative Sciences
    Research Assistant Professor of Biostatistics
    Vice Chair of Informatics
    Department of Biostatistics

    PhD, Cell Biology, Vanderbilt University

     

     

  • Bryan Blette

    Assistant Professor of Biostatistics

    PhD, Biostatistics, University of North Carolina

     

     

  • Heidi Chen

    Research Associate Professor of Biostatistics

    PhD, Biomathematics, North Carolina State University

     

     

  • Qingxia "Cindy" Chen

    Vice Chair of Education
    Department of Biostatistics
    Director, Biostatistics Post-Graduate Studies and Distance Learning
    Director, Executive Data Science Program
    Departments of Biostatistics and Biomedical Informatics
    Professor of Biostatistics, Biomedical Informatics, and Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences

    PhD, Biostatistics, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

     

     

     

  • Sheau-Chiann Chen

    Research Assistant Professor of Biostatistics

    PhD, Biostatistics, National Cheng Kung University (Taiwan)

  • Leena Choi

    Professor of Biostatistics and Biomedical Informatics

    PhD, Biostatistics, Johns Hopkins University

     

     

     

  • Mario Davidson

    Associate Professor of Biostatistics
    Statistical Collaboration in Health Science Course Director
    Department of Biostatistics
    Director for Classroom Peer Reviews, Educator Development Program (EDP)
    PLAN Course Director
    School of Medicine

    PhD, Statistics/Mathematics Education, The Ohio State University

     

  • Liping Du

    Research Assistant Professor of Biostatistics

    PhD, Chemical Engineering, Vanderbilt University

     

  • William D. Dupont

    Professor of Biostatistics and Health Policy
    Director, Nashville Breast Cohort Study

    PhD, Biostatistics, Johns Hopkins University

     

     

  • Svetlana Eden

    Research Assistant Professor of Biostatistics

    PhD, Biostatistics, Vanderbilt University

     

     

  • Benjamin French

    Professor of Biostatistics
    Director
    Biostatistics Graduate Program

    PhD, Biostatistics, University of Washington

     

     

  • Shawn Garbett

    Director, Informatics Software Development
    Assistant in Biostatistics

    MS, Statistics, Pennsylvania State University

     

  • Tebeb Gebretsadik

    Senior Associate in Biostatistics

    MPH, Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of California, Berkeley

     

     

  • Robert Alan Greevy, Jr.

    Director of Biostatistics, Center for Health Services Research
    Professor of Biostatistics

    PhD, Statistics, University of Pennsylvania

     

     

  • Amber J. Hackstadt

    Assistant Professor of Biostatistics
    Faculty Affiliate, Center for Health Services Research

    PhD, Statistics, Colorado State University

     

     

  • Chih-Yuan Hsu

    Research Assistant Professor of Biostatistics

    PhD, Statistics, National Cheng Kung University

     

  • Li-Ching Huang

    Research Assistant Professor of Biostatistics

    PhD, Statistics, National Cheng Kung University

  • Shi Huang

    Research Assistant Professor of Biostatistics and Radiology & Radiological Sciences

    PhD, Epidemiology, University of Miami

     

     

  • Hakmook Kang

    Associate Professor of Biostatistics
    Director, Data Science Core
    Vanderbilt Kennedy Center
    Associate Director for Graduate Studies
    Data Science institute

    PhD, Biostatistics, Brown University

     

     

  • Tatsuki Koyama

    Professor of Biostatistics

    PhD, Statistics, University of Pittsburgh

     

     

  • Dandan Liu

    Associate Professor of Biostatistics
    Executive director
    Vanderbilt Biostatistics Data Coordinating Center (VBDCC)
    Director
    Vanderbilt Institute for Clinical and Translational Research (VICTR) Methods Program

    PhD, Biostatistics, University of Michigan

  • Jinyuan Liu

    Assistant Professor of Biostatistics and Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences

    PhD, Biostatistics, University of California, San Diego

     

  • Qi Liu

    Professor of Biostatistics and Biomedical Informatics
    Technical Director, VANGARD
    Director, CQS Omics Coordinating Center

    PhD, Biomedical Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University

  • Siyuan Ma

    Assistant Professor of Biostatistics

    PhD, Biostatistics, Harvard University

     

     

  • Hui Nian

    Research Assistant Professor in Biostatistics and Orthopaedic Surgery

    PhD, Biochemistry, Oregon State University

    Research interests include: causal inference for multilevel treatments, Bayesian adaptive design for clinical trials, provider profiling

    Collaborations include: VUMC Spine Outcomes Lab

    Service includes: Chair, Patrick K. Arbogast Collarative Publication Award Committee (2024); VICTR Studio expert (2011–2020); MS Staff Recruitment Committee (2011–2016) 

     

  • Rameela Raman

    Associate Professor of Biostatistics, Health Policy, and Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences

    PhD, Biostatistics, State University of New York, Buffalo

     

     

  • Lauren R. Samuels

    Research Associate Professor of Biostatistics

    PhD, Biostatistics, Vanderbilt University

    Research interests include: causal inference in observational studies and clinical trials; Bayesian methods; data visualization

     

  • Jonathan S. Schildcrout

    Vice Chair for Research, Department of Biostatistics
    Professor of Biostatistics and Anesthesiology

    PhD, Biostatistics, University of Washington

     

     

  • Quanhu "Tiger" Sheng

    Associate Professor of Biostatistics
    Deputy Technical Director
    VANGARD

    PhD, Bioinformatics, Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences

    Research interests include: next generation sequencing data analysis (especially for RNAseq, DNAseq and miRNAseq data); bioinformatics in proteomics, glycomics and metabolimics (including algorithm development, data analysis and software implementation).

     

  • Bryan E. Shepherd

    Vice Chair of Faculty Affairs, Department of Biostatistics
    Professor of Biostatistics and Biomedical Informatics

    PhD, Biostatistics, University of Washington

     

     

  • Matt Shotwell

    Associate Professor of Biostatistics and Anesthesiology
    Director, Design & Analysis Unit
    Vanderbilt Biostatistics Data Coordinating Center (VBDCC)

    PhD, Biostatistics, Medical University of South Carolina

     

     

  • Yu Shyr

    Chair, Department of Biostatistics
    Harold L. Moses Chair in Cancer Research
    Director, Vanderbilt Center for Quantitative Sciences (CQS)
    Director, Vanderbilt Technologies for Advanced Genomics Analysis and Research Design (VANGARD)
    Professor of Biostatistics, Biomedical Informatics, and Health Policy

    PhD, Biostatistics, University of Michigan

     


     

  • James Christopher (Chris) Slaughter

    Associate Professor of Biostatistics

    DrPH, Biostatistics, University of North Carolina

    Research interests include: longitudinal data analysis for observational studies, latent variable methods, Bayesian statistics, reproductive health applications

    Areas of collaboration include: gastroenterology, pediatrics, neonatology

    Winner of the 2023 Epidemiology PhD Teaching Award.

     

  • Derek K. Smith

    Assistant Professor of Biostatistics
    Co-Chair of Research and Mentoring, Pain and Symptom Management Program
    Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center

    DDS, Indiana University; PhD, Biostatistics, Vanderbilt University; MPH, Dental Public Health, A. T. Still University of Health Sciences

    Research interests include: long-term oral side-effects of cancer therapy; models of care for oral health across the cancer care trajectory; novel methods for assessing risk and predicting the likely course of survivorship-related outcomes

    Service and honors include: MASCC Outstanding Young Investigator Award (2019); International Society of Oral Oncology board of directors (2023–2025)

     

  • Andrew Spieker

    Associate Professor of Biostatistics

    PhD, Biostatistics, University of Washington

    Research interests include: causal inference, diagnostic tests and accuracy, health policy, longitudinal data analysis, nonparametric statistics, sensitivity analyses, teaching biostatistics

    Awards and service include: Academy for Excellence in Education (2024); Golden Apple Award for Excellence in Teaching (2021); Outstanding Faculty Mentor (2023 and 2020)

     

     

  • Ran Tao

    Associate Professor of Biostatistics

    PhD, Biostatistics, University of North Carolina

    Affiliations include: Vanderbilt Genetics Institute

    Research interests include: two-phase designs, missing data, measurement error, rare-variant analysis, trans-ethnic genetic association analysis, genetic risk prediction. Winner of the 2022 Faculty Development Award for "Efficient Efficient Estimation in Two-Phase Studies with Error-Prone Time-to-Event Outcome and Covariates."

    Service includes: ASA Council of Sections representative for Statistics in Epidemiology (2023–2025)

    More information: sites.google.com/site/dragontaoran/

  • Simon Vandekar

    Director of Graduate Recruitment
    Associate Professor of Biostatistics

    PhD, Biostatistics, University of Pennsylvania

    Research interests include: effect sizes, semiparametric (robust) inference, psychiatry, psychology, neuroimaging, immunofluorescence imaging

    Service includes: American Statistical Association Middle Tennessee Chapter president (2022–2024); conference chair, 2022 Statistical Methods in Imaging Conference

  • Jing Wang

    Research Assistant Professor of Biostatistics

    PhD, Bioinformatics, Shanghai Jiao Tong University

    Research interests include: single-cell transcriptomics; epigenomics

    Honors include: Faculty Development Award (2024); Patrick G. Arbogast Collaborative Publication Award (2022)

  • Qingyan Xiang

    Assistant Professor of Biostatistics

    PhD, Biostatistics, Boston University

    Research interests include: causal inference, mediation analysis, longitudinal data analysis, clinical trials, infectious diseases (TB and HIV), longevity, chronic pain

    Service includes: associate editor, Journal of Alzheimer's Disease (2024–present)

  • Yaomin Xu

    Assistant Professor of Biostatistics and Biomedical Informatics
    PI, Translational Bioinformatics & Biostatistics Lab

    PhD, Statistics, Case Western Reserve University

    Research interests include: translation bioinformatics, multivariate data analysis and visualization, unsupervised learning, cloud computing and big data analytics, biobanks and EHRs

  • Jing Yang

    Research Assistant Professor of Biostatistics

    PhD, Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, East China University of Science and Technology & Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences of Chinese Academy of Sciences

    Jing Yang’s research work is focused on revealing the relationships between genotype and immunophenotype and identifying the determinates of immunogenicity for immunotherapy in melanoma. Dr. Yang also studies the TGFβ signaling pathway that functions through SMAD4 in inflammation-associated cancer.

    VUMC Reporter feature: Vanderbilt biostatisticians launch Cancer-Immu data portal for predicting response to immune checkpoint blockade immunotherapy

  • Fei Ye

    Professor of Biostatistics and Medicine
    Vice Chair of Collaborative Studies
    Department of Biostatistics

    PhD, Biostatistics, University of South Carolina

    Research interests include: multi-omics data analysis and biomarker discovery; clinical trial design; cancer research; prediction model development and validation

    Honors and service include: ASA Fellow (elected 2024); program chair (2024) and program chair–elect (2023), ASA Statistics in Epidemiology Section; assistant editor for statistics, JAMA Oncology (2020–present); president, Mid-Tennessee chapter, American Statistical Association (2019–2020); Biostatistics Faculty Development Award (2018)

     

  • Panpan Zhang

    Assistant Professor of Biostatistics
    Assistant Professor
    Vanderbilt Memory and Alzheimer's Center (VMAC)

    PhD, Statistics, George Washington University

  • Zhiguo (Alex) Zhao

    Assistant in Biostatistics

    MS, Biostatistics, University of Iowa

    MS, Applied Mathematics, University of Toledo

     

     

  • Shilin Zhao

    Assistant Professor of Biostatistics

    PhD, Bioinformatics, Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences

    Research interests include: developing tools with statistical methods to solve problems in next generation sequencing data analysis; high-dimensional data; transcriptomics; genomics; proteomics data analysis and integration

     

  • Yuwei Zhu

    Senior Associate in Biostatistics

    MD, Shanghai Medical University; MS, Biometry, University of Texas Health Science Center