Fostering Diversity in Biostatistics Workshop

New Orleans, LA – Sunday, March 23, 2025

New Orleans Sheraton | New Orleans, LA
10:00 am - 6:00 pm (Workshop) | 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm (Expo)

  • Registration is free but required.
  • Lunch will be provided.
  • Travel funding for students available.
  • Registration Deadline is Friday, January 31, 2025

The Eastern North American Region (ENAR) of the International Biometric Society will be hosting the 2025 Fostering Diversity in Biostatistics Workshop. The workshop will focus on connecting underrepresented minority students interested in biostatistics with professional (bio)statisticians in academia, government, and industry. The target audience will include high school, undergraduate, as well as graduate students.

As part of the 25th Anniversary Fostering Diversity in Biostatistics Workshop, we will feature:

This workshop is designed to enhance diversity and provide valuable insights for participants at various stages of their educational and professional journeys.

Keynote Speaker: Scarlett Bellamy, ScD

Dr. Scarlett Bellamy is Chair and Professor of Biostatistics at Boston University School of Public Health. Previously, she was a Professor and Associate Dean for Diversity and Inclusion at Drexel University’s Dornsife School of Public Health. Dr. Bellamy's research focuses on evaluating interventions in longitudinal behavioral modification trials, particularly in cluster- and group-randomized trials aimed at addressing health disparities in HIV/AIDS, cardiovascular disease, and more.

An elected ASA Fellow, Dr. Bellamy has served in various leadership capacities for large, multisite studies including RCTs and cohort studies, in addition to serving as a member of numerous Data Safety and Monitoring Committees, including service as chair. She was also the PI of the R13 grant supporting the Fostering Diversity in Biostatistics Workshop.

SPONSORING: If you or your organization is interested in sponsoring the FDBW, please complete the form here or email enar@enar.org.

Kay See Tan, PhD
Diversity Workshop Co-chair
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Ana Maria Ortega-Villa, PhD
Diversity Workshop Co-chair
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases

For more information or questions, please email us at enar@enar.org.

Fostering Diversity in Biostatistics Workshop (FDBW) Registration Form



The ENAR Fostering Diversity in Biostatistics Workshop will consist of a series of informative speakers and panelists from various sectors (i.e., academia, industry, and government) at both professional and pre-professional levels that will provide participants with important insight into the field of Biostatistics. We also intend to engage participants in smaller, more intimate, roundtable discussions with professionals and students in the field. From the list below, please select up to two roundtable discussion topics that would be of the most interest to you.
Other, please provide any suggested topics:

2025 FDBW Planning Committee Members

  • Kay See Tan (Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center)
  • Ana Ortega-Villa (NIH/NIAID Biostatistics Research Branch)
  • Danisha Baker (Microsoft)
  • Lorin Crawford (Microsoft Research)
  • Jarcy Zee (University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine)
  • HarLeigh Haynie (Atrium Health Wake Forest University School of Medicine)
  • Alana Willis (Atrium Health Wake Forest University School of Medicine)
  • Lydia Owens (UNC Biostatistics)
  • Jesus Vazquez (UNC Biostatistics)
  • Raphiel Murden (Emory University)
  • Prince Allotey (University of South Carolina)
  • Samuel Anyaso-Samuel (NIH/Division of Cancer Epi and Genetics Biostatistics Branch)
  • Dominique McDaniel (Merck)
  • Rebecca Wilson (Johnson & Johnson)
  • Clemontina Davenport (Wake Forest University)