IDWSDS 2025 - S204: Rising Stars: Celebrating Student-Driven Research

Описание: In this session, sponsored by the Caucus for Women in Statistics and Data Science, we celebrate our newest statisticians by highlighting a group of students just beginning their research journeys. The speakers will discuss their applications of statistical methods to the fields of social influence, disease transmission, dental care, and mental health. First, first-year Ph.D. student Miriam Vandewater will compare long-term fitness outcomes of competing populations with different levels of sociality using a stochastic agent-based simulation. Next, third-year undergraduate student Lydia Owens will discuss her journey to biostatistics and how she blended epidemiology, programming, and justice-oriented inquiry to develop a model for COVID-19 transmission within prisons. High school junior Carrie LaBarca will follow with an analysis of dental clinic visit trends in the United States. Finally, high school senior Danny Hoberman will close the session by exploring the link between access to healthy food and depression prevalence in southeastern Pennsylvania. All four speakers will blend exciting questions with rigorous statistics, making the session interesting to a general audience. They demonstrate how statisticians can thrive in their environment at any career stage!

ORGANIZER: Ashley Mullan, Vanderbilt University
CHAIR: Hannah Klinger, Vanderbilt University

Examining Collective Decision-Making Over Time
Miriam Van de Water, North Carolina State University
Integrating Advocacy and Algorithms: My Path from Legal Advocacy to Biostatistical Research
Lydia Owens, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Exploring Dental Clinic Visit Trends in the United States
Carrie LaBarca, St. Anthony's High School
Mapping the Mind: The Link Between Proximity to Healthy Foods and Depression in Southeastern Pennsylvania
Daniel Hoberman, St. Anthony’s High School