International Day Of Women in Statistics and Data Science

Lisete Sousa is an Associate Professor in the Department of Mathematical Sciences at the Faculty of Sciences of the University of Lisbon and a researcher at the Centre of Statistics and its Applications (CEAUL). She holds a degree in Statistics and Operations Research, a master’s degree in Probability and Statistics, and a PhD in Probability and Statistics, all from the Faculty of Sciences of the University of Lisbon (FCUL). Her research focuses on the statistical analysis of high-dimensional omics data, addressing challenges such as normalization, feature selection, and classification, with applications in biology, biomedicine, and public health. Lisete Sousa served as Director of the Master’s in Biostatistics and Director of CEAUL from 2017 to 2022. Currently, she is Vice-Director of CEAUL, Vice-President of the Portuguese Statistical Society (SPE), and Associate Editor of REVSTAT - Statistical Journal.