Biostatistics students recognized at state conference

Published on March 4, 2026

A group of students and faculty from the Department of Biostatistics posing at the ASA Conference. — Biostatistics students and faculty at the annual meeting of the American Statistical Association’s Iowa Chapter.

Three biostatistics students from the University of Iowa received awards for their outstanding research posters at the annual meeting of the American Statistical Association’s Iowa Chapter, held Feb. 27 in Ames, Iowa.

Samuella Boadi – People’s Choice Award

Poster Topic: A Unified Function-Based Framework for Hierarchical Bayesian Nonlinear Modeling of Longitudinal Eye-racking Data

Quinn Stoddard-O’Neill – Best Application

Poster Topic: Mapping Ovarian Cancer in Iowa

Dosten Kpozehouen – Best Overall Graduate

Poster Topic: Correlation-based Adaptive Lasso (CBAL)