International Day Of Women in Statistics and Data Science

Sarah Lotspeich is an Assistant Professor in Statistical Sciences at Wake Forest University. She co-leads the Spatial and Environmental Statistics in Health (SESH) Lab at Wake Forest and the Missing and INcomplete Data (MIND) Lab at UNC Chapel Hill, and is enthusiastic about mentoring student research. She co-organizes Florence Nightingale Day at Wake Forest annually, engaging local students in statistics and data science, and holds elected positions in the Caucus for Women in Statistics and Data Science. Sarah completed a postdoctoral fellowship in Biostatistics at UNC Chapel Hill and earned her Ph.D. in Biostatistics from Vanderbilt University. Her research tackles challenges in analyzing error-prone observational data, focusing on international HIV cohorts, electronic health records, and health disparities, and she develops methods for statistical modeling with censored covariates. When not writing code, she enjoys cross-stitching, traveling, and rewatching favorite TV shows.