We are pleased to announce the promotion of Brant Imhoff to senior biostatistician, effective October 1. Imhoff earned his bachelor's and master's degrees in statistics at Miami University (Ohio), where he won the Teradata Analytics Challenge in 2020 for COVID-19 time series modeling and completed his thesis, "Evaluating Scores for Comparing Powerlifters." He worked as a statistician for the Army National Guard and credit risk analyst for Macy's prior to joining our department in 2022. His support for projects at the Vanderbilt Biostatistics Data Coordinating Center, Pragmatic Critical Care Research Group, and other teams has included leading DSMB (data and safety monitoring board) closed session meetings for multiple clinical trials; constructing, maintaining, and monitoring electronic data captures; generating statistical analyses, custom reports, and billing; and working on manuscripts and study analysis plans, with co-authorship of peer-reviewed papers published in the New England Journal of Medicine, American Heart Journal, and BMJ Open. A certified personal trainer and competitive powerlifter, Imhoff's other interests include sports science, and he is proficient in Spanish as well as R, Python, and Java. Click his name to view his staff profile.
