A Conference in Honor of David Oakes
A Conference in Honor of David Oakes
The Department of Biostatistics and Computational Biology at the University of Rochester will host a 1-day conference to recognize the contributions of Professor David Oakes to the field of statistics and to the department. The conference, celebrating David’s retirement, will focus on modern developments in survival analysis and related topics. It will bring together researchers making fundamental contributions to survival analysis, researchers with deep ties to biomedical research, methodology and applications. This will be a valuable opportunity for graduate students and new researchers who may not otherwise have the opportunity to see emerging survival analytic methods with applications to biomedical research.
Invited speakers include Drs. Rebecca Betensky, Richard Cook, Danyu Lin, Amita Manatunga, Ross Prentice, Doug Schaubel, and Mei-Cheng Wang.
This year's conference took place on Friday, September 12, 2025 at the Saunders Research Building.
2025 Conference – Photo Gallery
These photos were contributed by Sally Thurston, Xinyue Mao, Abdus Wahed, Valeriia Sherina, Zhezhen Jin and Debajyoti Sinha
Dr. Oakes came to Rochester in 1983 and has served as chair of Statistics and of Biostatistics and interim chair of Biostatistics and Computational Biology. He has had a lasting collaboration with the Department of Neurology involving clinical trials for Parkinson’s disease and Huntington’s disease. He has a longstanding interest in occupational and environmental medicine and was PI of the University of Rochester NIEHS T32 training grant for 20 years. He has also worked with investigators in cardiology, infectious diseases and pediatrics. He has authored or co-authored four books and over 200 peer-reviewed papers.