Associate professor of health care policy (biostatistics), Sherri Rose, PhD, has been named the new co-editor of Biostatistics, beginning in 2019.

Rose’s work in nonparametric machine learning centers on developing and integrating innovative statistical approaches to advance public health. She has made health policy contributions in the areas of risk adjustment, comparative effectiveness research, and health program evaluation, among others. Rose's recent honors include an NIH Director's New Innovator Award to develop novel robust estimators for generalizability and the ISPOR Bernie J. O'Brien New Investigator Award for exceptional early career work in health economics and outcomes research

Biostatistics was founded by Peter Diggle and Scott Zeger with the objective of advancing statistical science and its application to problems of health. The journal publishes papers that develop statistical methods for the understanding of human health and disease, including basic biomedical sciences. Rose will be the first woman in the role of co-editor at Biostatistics.