When Alexandra Hanlon, professor of practice in the Department of Statistics, spoke virtually to a group of Virginia Tech and Virginia State University students in February 2021, she had no idea it would lead to the creation of an innovative new summer program.
After describing the work being done at the Center for Biostatistics and Health Data Science (CBHDS), where she serves as the director, Hanlon was asked about internship opportunities for Virginia State students interested in learning more about collaborative statistics.
In light of a long-term partnership between the Virginia Tech statistics department and Virginia State’s math and economics departments, a pair of internships for VSU students was created. In the summer of 2021, one student worked with Hanlon and her team at the Center for Biostatistics in Roanoke, while another was housed with the Statistical Applications and Innovations Group (SAIG) in Blacksburg.
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