Alejandro Villasante

Statistician

[UTMB Population Health & Health Disparities @UTMBPopHealth]

Get to Know Us continues with Brian Downer, PhD. He links Alzheimer’s epidemiology, Hispanic health and aging, and health services research, plus new work on nursing home preparedness for hurricanes. New videos every two weeks. Watch: https://t.co/WAOYNWTkQR

[UTMB School of Public & Population Health @utmb_spph]

APHA opened yesterday in D.C. Leslie presented on schools and health departments working together for CEPH and PHAB accreditation. PhD student Said Abdelrhman shared results on diabetes, disability, and physical function among Mexican American older adults. @PublicHealth

[UTMB Department of Biostatistics & Data Science @utmb_biostatds]

Advance your career in public health with data-driven skills! 🎓

Earn your Online MPH in Biostatistics from @utmbhealth - 100% online, 18-month program focused on SAS, R, Python & real-world analytics.
Learn more 👉 https://t.co/v6uEvYWesx

#PublicHealth #Biostatistics #UTMB

[UTMB School of Public & Population Health @utmb_spph]

Today, Winrose Windsor presented her APHA poster. Selected by Delta Omega as one of 29 student presenters, she shared NHANES 2021–2023 results linking moderate leisure-time activity with lower odds of reporting a stroke (57% men, 49% women). https://t.co/bqsrvFU0Tn

[UTMB Department of Biostatistics & Data Science @utmb_biostatds]

Dr. @avillasante represented @utmbhealth at the inaugural PHAR 2025 Conference, hosted by @TexasDSHS in Austin, where he led a hands-on “Introduction to R” workshop. PHAR brings DSHS staff together statewide to strengthen research and analytics! #HealthAnalytics #PublicHealth

[UTMB School of Public & Population Health @utmb_spph]

Dr. Jarrel De Matas @jkdematas argues for AI literacy in classrooms and student well-being in his guest commentary for the Galveston County Daily News.
Worth the read: https://t.co/xhMq7ClZye

[UTMB School of Public & Population Health @utmb_spph]

MPH student Emily Edgar contributed to a study of influenza C in U.S. cattle: 1 positive out of 433 samples (0.2%) with evidence of human–bovine segment mixing. Continued farm surveillance matters when signals are sparse. https://t.co/WsVImoBGMr

[UTMB School of Public & Population Health @utmb_spph]

A one-page snapshot of UTMB SPPH—people, programs, and research serving Texas. A quick save for anyone curious about our work.
More: https://t.co/1840j5IC7G

[UTMB Department of Biostatistics & Data Science @utmb_biostatds]

In case you missed our Open House today, here are the top things you need to know about the Office of Biostatistics (OBIOS).

🔗 https://t.co/hChv625Z9R

[UTMB Department of Biostatistics & Data Science @utmb_biostatds]

Dr. Jeong Hoon Jang shared original research on Functional Data Analysis, including methods for aligning COVID data, clustering kidney scans by shape, and evaluating reliability in medical imaging. Functional insights come from treating curves as information-rich signals.

[UTMB Department of Biostatistics & Data Science @utmb_biostatds]

SIBDS 2025 ended with 10 posters, 20 presenters, and one bustling hallway of faculty and collaborators. Students applied real tools to real biomedical questions—and made it look easy.
This is how you build the next generation of biostatisticians.
🔗 https://t.co/iyKsWX3JzY

[UTMB School of Public & Population Health @utmb_spph]

Dr. Villasante-Tezanos combines biostatistics teaching, leadership, and clinical trial research in a way that strengthens both student learning and applied science.

Read the full story: https://t.co/1TLsydpUuU
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[UTMB Department of Biostatistics & Data Science @utmb_biostatds]

UTMB Researchers, faculty, students, and collaborators with interests in epidemiology, biostatistics, or population health research are invited to attend an Open House hosted by the Office of Biostatistics (OBIOS)!

Register Now: https://t.co/ApnzazHwH3

[UTMB School of Public & Population Health @utmb_spph]

Great work, @avillasante!

Learn more about Dr. Villansante's work here:
https://t.co/pMxobnOND0

Interested in a biostats degree?
👉 https://t.co/W7kFoWAR7H

[UTMB Department of Biostatistics & Data Science @utmb_biostatds]

Since 2010, we've worked with the Texas Cancer Registry (TCR) to enhance research. Our focus is on linking TCR data with national surveys and training underrepresented researchers. Register by March 15th for the 2025 DMAC Workshop: https://t.co/1r3ZkEt10R

[UTMB Department of Biostatistics & Data Science @utmb_biostatds]

🚨 Call for Pilot Project Proposals! 🚨
The UTMB DMAC invites Texas researchers to submit proposals for cancer comparative effectiveness research. Funding: $20K-$40K. LOI deadline: June 6, 2025. 🔗 Learn more & register now: https://t.co/MNykNk1GqL #CancerResearch #GrantFunding

[UTMB Department of Biostatistics & Data Science @utmb_biostatds]

Please join us tomorrow for the Texas RCMAR presentation on Dec 17, 2024. "Sample Size Justification for Pilot Studies," presented by Xiaoying Yu, PhD, at 3-4 PM via zoom. Zoom Link: https://t.co/JtYR4rVZ1Z

[UTMB Department of Biostatistics & Data Science @utmb_biostatds]

📢 Join us for the 2024 URPS Lecture Series!
🗓️ Dates:
10/11: Research Study Design
10/18: Sample Size & Power Analysis
11/08: Overview of Hypothesis Testing
🕛 Time: 12:00PM - 1:00PM (Virtual via Teams, link below)
🎤 Speaker: Alejandro Villasante-Tezanos, PhD @avillasante

[Alejandro Villasante @avillasante]

En el último mes o dos he visto la version del 78 de invasion of the body snatchers y the eye of the needle. Tantas buenas
Muere a los 88 años el actor Donald Sutherland

https://t.co/UCVTIDcmxq

[Alejandro Villasante @avillasante]

@trikar Ha aparecido muerta en la región de Murcia y han detenido a un hombre del mismo origen en relación a su muerte