Mark Weaver

This semester, students from STS 4980 "Statistics Practicum" collaborated with partners from Labcorp, DLH Corporation and the Animal Park at the Conservators Center to complete impressive data-driven projects.

Austin and Weaver have co-authored a manuscript published in The North Carolina Journal of Mathematics and Statistics that describes Austin's Lumen research.

Students in the Statistics Practicum capstone class worked with members of the United Nations Civil Society Unit to analyze data from an international survey on misinformation about COVID-19.

"Sensitivity and Specificity of Placental Proteins for Gestational Age Screening: An Exploratory Study" was published in the May 2020 issue of the journal Contraception.

"Peer Reviewed Evaluation of Registered End-Points of Randomized Trials (the PRE-REPORT study): Protocol for a Stepped-Wedge, Cluster-Randomized Trial" was published June 1, 2019, in the journal BMJ Open.

Mark Weaver, assistant professor of statistics, is a co-investigator on a new R01 grant from the National Institutes of Health to test methods for reducing chronic pain and long-term opioid use among older adults with musculoskeletal pain.

"Efficacy of Misoprostol Alone for First-Trimester Medical Abortion: A Systematic Review" was electronically published ahead of print on Dec. 4, 2018, in the journal Obstetrics and Gynecology.