About the Department
Department of Biostatistics at NYU GPH is engaged in three inter-related activities that aim to improve Public Health through rigorous research and that educate future practitioners, leaders and researchers. We strive for excellence in:
- innovative and groundbreaking methodological research that is relevant to critical Public Health research
- collaborative research in pressing and important Public Health issues;
- education and training of students from diverse backgrounds in cutting edge statistical methods for design and analysis of studies used in Public Health research, as well as theoretical foundations that will serve as the basis for future innovations.
We are experiencing major events in Public Health and Biostatistics has many critical contributions to make. We welcome you to our department and invite you to explore all of our facets in these webpages.
Prominent Links
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Departmental Annual Report
Annual Report 2025-2026You can learn more about our students and faculty our Department Annual Reports accessible here. Our 2025–2026 is now available below!
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Biostatistics Research Labs
Explore our LabsOur Biostatistics research groups labs a collaborative environment where students receive expert mentorship and engage in high-impact, action-based learning. Explore our faculty-led labs below to see how we are transforming data into public health solutions.
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Biostatistics Consultation & Collaboration Core (BC3)
Lear moreThe mission of the Biostatistical Collaboration and Consultation Core (BC3) is: (1) to be a high-quality resource for robust, reliable, and reproducible statistical support; and (2) to educate and train the next generation of collaborative statisticians.
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Student Life
Click here to read about and view photos from past student life events.
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Pathways into Quantitative Aging Research summer program
The PQAR summer program will host the program in the Summer of 2026! Visit the website to learn more here.
Contact Us
- Email: gph.bsadmin@nyu.edu
- Twitter: @NYUGPHBiostats
- The Department of Biostatistics hosted the first seminar of it's inaugural lectureship series! This opening session titled "Beyond the Power Calcuation: A Collaborative Statistician's Role in Clinical Research" featured our very own Dr. Alex Dahlen, where he described his day-to-day life as a collaborative statistician in academic research and gave us a walk through two case studies. Check out the photos from our event!
- Congratulations to McKenzie Skrastins, a first-year MS student in our program, has been accepted into the Regeneron BRIDGE Program for the 2026–2027 academic year! The Regeneron BRIDGE Program offers students in biostatistics, data science, and mathematics hands-on experience supporting clinical trials alongside industry professionals. Throughout the program, participants gain practical exposure to biostatistical programming, clinical trial data management, data quality review, and other opportunities for applied practice.
- Congratulations to Taehyo Kim, fifth-year PhD student on the acceptance of his first-authored paper titled "Self-Supervised Learning on Lingual Ultrasound Video Encodes Clinically Meaningful Articulatory Structure of Rhotic Production in Residual Speech Sound Disorder" in the proceedings of the International Conference on Medical Image Computing and Computer Assisted Intervention (MICCAI 2026), a top-tier conference in medical image analysis!
- The Department of Biostatistics welcomes Luyuan Wang, our new first year PhD student. Luyuan is a GPH BIostatistics MS 2026 alumni. She is particularly interested in the applications of advanced methods and methodology. Some of her current research focuses on quantifying the causal effect of e-cigarette on the subsequent cigarette initiation and relapse. Welcome Luyuan!
- We'd like to welcome Jemar Bather, PhD, who is joining the Department of Biostatistics as Assistant Professor of Biostatistics. Dr. Bather's research intersects biostatistics, epidemiology, and social genomics, focusing on the biological embedding of psychosocial stress across the life course and complex survey methodology. He earned his PhD in Biostatistics from Harvard University.
- Congratulations to Dr. Hai Shu on being promoted to Associate Professor of Biostatistics, with tenure! This is well-deserved recognition of Hai's accomplishments in research, teaching, and mentoring and of his many contributions to our department, to GPH and to our profession. We look forward to Dr. Shu's future achievements in all of these dimensions and welcome him to our senior faculty!
Journal Club: This discussion will be led by 2nd-year MPH Biostatistics students, Daniel de Leon on a 2022 JMIR mHealth and uHealth paper entitled "Comparison of Accelerometry-Based Measures of Physical Activity" - October 20th @ 2:00pm
Professional Development: “Power and Sample Size 1: The Basics” ft. Chuck Huber, PhD - October 22nd @ 2:00pm
Professional Development: “Power and Sample Size 2: Simulation Methods” ft. Chuck Huber, PhD - October 22nd @ 3:30pm
Industry Seminar: Isabel Fulchner, PhD; Chief Scientific Officer, Delfina – Wednesday, October 28th @ 12:00pm
Biostatistics Seminar: "Attention Seeking in Genome-wide Association Studies" ft. Heping Zhang, PhD – Thursday, October 29th @ 2:30pm
Biostatistics Seminar: "Title TBD" ft. Rouqi Yu, PhD – Wednesday, November 4th @ 12:30pm
Professional Development: PhD Application Walk-in Hours w/ Prof. Wen Zhou – Friday, November 6th @ 1:00pm
Professional Development: "Cracking the Industry Code" ft. Lei Wang & Bill Emker; The Lotus Group – Tuesday, November 10th @ 2:15 PM
- Biostatistics Seminar: "Title TBD" ft. Melanie Mayer, PhD – Wednesday, November 11th @ 12:30pm
- Professional Development: PhD Application Walk-in Hours w/ Prof. Siyu Heng – Thursday, November 12th @ 9:00am
- Special Event: NYU's GPH x GSOM Joint Biostatistics Seminar ft. Gary Hettinger, PhD & Emily Zhang, PhD Candidate – Thursday, November 19th @ 3:30pm
- Industry Seminar: Norberto Pantoja Galicia, PhD; Senior Director, Foundation Medicine – Friday, November 20th @ 12:00pm
Check Out Our Past Seminars & Events
Reagan Kesting, MPH '26
"Mentorship here completely transformed my trajectory. Guidance from my biostatistics professors sparked my passion for statistical genetics and set me on the path towards pursuing an MD and PhD. Now, my goal is to conduct genomics research in precision medicine while practicing clinical care to directly translate those findings in clinical settings."
Nate Maxey, MS '25
"I loved GPH because the faculty and staff poured their time and energy into supporting us. They equipped me with hard and soft skills that translate directly to the workforce while helping me forge connections that will last a lifetime. I’m grateful for the opportunity to matriculate in the MS Biostatistics program– the skills you acquire are transferable to many different fields."