Samhita Pal

Postdoctoral Research Associate in Biostatistics

Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Department of Biostatistics

I work at the intersection of Bayesian inference, high-dimensional statistics, transfer learning, and causal methodology, with applications to neurodegenerative diseases, precision medicine, genomics, and biological network discovery.

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About

In my current position, I am co-advised by Amir Asiaee and Jared Huling (University of Minnesota). My postdoctoral work applies causal methodologies, such as data fusion and sensitivity analysis to problems in precision medicine, clinical trial generalization and individualized treatment rule.

I am on the Statistics and Biostatistics tenure-track faculty job market for the the 2026-2027 academic year.

Education

2021 – 2025	Ph.D. Statistics, North Carolina State University Advisor: Subhashis Ghosal Thesis: Bayesian Inference in High-Dimensional Regression Models using Sparse Projection Posterior
2018 – 2020	M.Sc. Statistics, University of Calcutta
2015 – 2018	B.Sc. Statistics (Honours), St. Xavier's College (Autonomous), Kolkata

News

Jul 2026

Honorable Mention (2nd position) for the ISBA Savage Award (Theory and Methods category) for my Ph.D. dissertation.

Jun 2026

Travel award for presenting poster at New Horizons on Model Transportability and Data Integration Workshop by IMSI.

Dec 2025

Invited Talk at BIRS workshop on Bayesian Uncertainty Quantification in Large Models, Chennai Mathematical Institute. Statistica Sinica.

Jun 2025

Started as a Postdoctoral Research Associate in Biostatistics at Vanderbilt University Medical Center, advised by Amir Asiaee and Jared Huling.

May 2025

Completed my Ph.D. in Statistics at NC State University, advised by Subhashis Ghoshal.

Selected honors

2026Honorable Mention for ISBA Savage Award (Theory and Methods category)
2024NC State Graduate Student Association Award for Travel and Conferences
2024IMS ICSDS Student Paper Competition Travel Award
2023B.B. Bhattacharyya Graduate Fund for Excellence Award
2023NSF Travel Award for New Frontiers in Reliability and Risk Analysis Symposium
2023IISA Student Paper Competition Travel Award
2022Gertrude M. Cox Achievement Award for Outstanding Ph.D. Qualifier Exam
2022Harshbarger Student Travel Award for SRCOS

Full list of honors and awards in my CV.