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Bi-College Math Colloquium

Monday, October 3, 2022 - 4:00pm

Sarah Weinstein

University of Pennsylvania

Location

Haverford College

Hilles 109

Tea will be served at 3:30 p.m. in the foyer outside of Hilles 109.

In recent years, neuroimaging data have played an increasingly important role in studies of mental health, neurodevelopment, and neurological disease. Concurrently, there has been substantial innovation in statistical methods that aim to improve the interpretability and actionability of neuroimaging research. In this talk, I will describe some of the common challenges involved in statistical analysis of neuroimaging data, such as accounting for the complex spatial structure of images, adjusting for confounders, and dimensionality. I will then discuss recent methodological contributions in hypothesis testing and feature extraction, with applications in studies of neurodevelopment and Alzheimer’s disease.