2024: Kiros Berhane, PhD

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The 36th Annual J. Warren Perry Lecture will be presented by Kiros Berhane.

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Lecture information

Modeling Complex Data Structures in Environmental Epidemiology and Climate Science: A Transdisciplinary Approach in the Era of Data Science

Date: Fri., Nov. 8
Time: 12 to 2 p.m.
Location: Diefendorf Hall, Room 146

Doors open at 12 p.m. with a light lunch available. The lecture will take place from 12:30 to 1:30 p.m., with a short Q&A session with the speaker to follow.

About Kiros Berhane

Berhane is the Cynthia and Robert Citron-Roslyn and Leslie Goldstein professor and chairman of the department of biostatistics at the Mailman School of Public Health at Columbia University.

He received a BSc in statistics and mathematics from Addis Ababa University in Ethiopia, an MS in statistics from University of Guelph and a PhD in biostatistics from University of Toronto. In addition, he completed a postdoctoral fellowship at Johns Hopkins University.

He is a widely published international expert on the development of statistical methods with a focus on complex and correlated data structures, as well as their application into a wide range of public health topics.