The Department of Biostatistics research areas include both applied and theoretical statistical methods, statistical genetics, and clinical trials. Faculty, staff, and students participate in a broad ...

Statistical and quantitative genetics form the backbone of modern biological research by providing the mathematical framework to dissect complex traits. By integrating sophisticated statistical models ...

A collaboration including Rice University, Baylor College of Medicine and Texas Children’s Hospital’s Jan and Dan Duncan Neurological Research Institute (NRI) has produced a breakthrough in how to ...

Researchers at North Carolina State University have developed a new suite of statistical methods that dramatically improves ...

The next ISG workshop will be held in Boulder, Colorado, March 6th-10th 2023. The course is planned to include sessions on: causes of variation; biometrical genetics; UNIX/R scripting; whole-genome ...

Scientists look to a host of tools to help them discover genetic mutations linked to diseases. But which are the most reliable, efficient, and cost-effective? Which tools have the greatest promise for ...

Ahead of the 2024 American Society of Human Genetics (ASHG) annual meeting, ASHG congratulated and welcomed the 2024–2026 Human Genetics Scholars this August. The scholars include a group of trainees ...

Nature Research Intelligence Topics Topic summaries Biological Sciences Bioinformatics and Computational Biology Statistical and Quantitative Genetics Statistical and quantitative genetics form the ...

Chad Shaw, a statistician with joint appointments at Rice and Baylor and a faculty member at the NRI. Shaw is also the director of Rice’s Data to Knowledge Lab. A collaboration between Rice University ...