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Gina-Maria Pomann

Associate Professor of Biostatistics & Bioinformatics
Biostatistics & Bioinformatics, Division of Biostatistics
Duke Box 2721, Durham, NC 27710
2424 Erwin Road Ste 1105, 11039 Hock Plaza, Durham, NC 27705

Selected Presentations & Appearances


CTSA’s BERD as a Resource Multiplier · April 2023 Other Association for Clinical and Translational Science, Washington DC
Characterizing the Relationship between Translational Research and the Science behind Translation · April 2023 Other Association for Clinical and Translational Science , Washington DC.
Developing Quantitative Collaboration Units in Academic Health Centers · March 2023 International Meeting or Conference National University of Singapore, Singapore
Strategies for Budgeting Biostatistics in Collaborative Grants · August 2022 - August 2022 National Scientific Meeting ACTStat , Washington D.C.
Guidance for the Statistical Review of Journal Articles · 2022 National Scientific Meeting Translational Science, Chicago, IL
CTSA’s BERD as a Resource Multiplier · April 2023 Other Association for Clinical and Translational Science, Washington DC
Characterizing the Relationship between Translational Research and the Science behind Translation · April 2023 Other Association for Clinical and Translational Science , Washington DC.
Developing Quantitative Collaboration Units in Academic Health Centers · March 2023 International Meeting or Conference National University of Singapore, Singapore
Strategies for Budgeting Biostatistics in Collaborative Grants · August 2022 - August 2022 National Scientific Meeting ACTStat , Washington D.C.
Guidance for the Statistical Review of Journal Articles · 2022 National Scientific Meeting Translational Science, Chicago, IL
Accelerating Science: National Initiatives to Foster Collaborative Biostatistics in Academia · 2021 Invited Talk Duke Department of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics, Virtual
Careers in Collaborative Biostatistics · 2021 Invited Talk Middlesex Community College Mathematics Department, Virtual
Careers in Collaborative Biostatistics · 2021 Invited Talk Duke Masters of Biostatistics Visit Day,
Biostatistics Collaborations at Duke · 2021 Invited Talk Duke Community of Scholars,
Working with Biostatistics in Medical Research · 2021 Invited Talk Duke Division of Urology Residents,
Evaluation of BERD Core Metrics - Translational Science Conference · 2021 National Scientific Meeting BERD SIG Meeting, Virtual
Collaborative Biostatistics in Academia - Statistics Department Seminar · 2021 Invited Talk North Carolina State University , Raleigh, NC
Methodology for the Comparison of Diffusion Tensor Images Across Cohorts - Applied Statistics Symposium · 2021 International Meeting or Conference International Chinese Statistical Association, virtual
Evaluation of BERD Core Metrics - Translational Science Conference · 2021 National Scientific Meeting BERD,
Statistical Superpowers: Harnessing Disability for Success in STEM - STEM Career Showcase for Students with Disabilities · 2020 Keynote/Named Lecture North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences, Raleigh, NC
Building Future Leaders: Perspectives on Training in Ethics, Professionalism, and Leadership - Joint Statistical Meeting · 2019 National Scientific Meeting Denver, CO.
Functional Two Sample Testing for Medical Images - Early Career Award Invited Lecture · 2019 Keynote/Named Lecture Association for Clinical and Translational Statisticians Meeting, Denver, CO
Biostatistics and Team Science: Collaborative Research at Duke · 2018 Invited Talk University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, KS
Building Analytic Capacity to Accelerate Research · 2018 Invited Talk University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX
A Lag Functional Linear Model for Prediction of Magnetization Transfer Ratio in Multiple Sclerosis Lesions - Joint Statistical Meetings · 2017 Invited Talk Baltimore, MD
A Lag Functional Linear Model for Prediction of Magnetization Transfer Ratio in Multiple Sclerosis Lesions · 2017 Invited Talk Joint Statistical Meetings. , Baltimore, MD
Two Sample Testing for Functional Data · 2016 National Scientific Meeting Society for the Advancement of Hispanics/Chicanos and Native Americans in the Sciences, Long Beach, CA
A Showcase of Data-Driven Interdisciplinary Research in the Statistical Sciences · 2016 National Scientific Meeting Society for the Advancement of Hispanics/Chicanos and Native Americans in the Sciences, Long Beach, CA.
Statistics in Action: A Showcase of Interdisciplinary Research and Innovation in the Era of Data Deluge · 2015 National Scientific Meeting Society for the Advancement of Hispanics/Chicanos and Native Americans in the Sciences, Washington, DC
Statistical Image Analysis for the Study of Multiple Sclerosis · 2015 Invited Talk Mathematical Sciences Research Institute Colloquium, Berkeley, CA
A Lag Functional Linear Model for Prediction of Magnetization Transfer Ratio in Multiple Sclerosis Lesions · 2015 National Scientific Meeting Joint Statistical Meetings, Denver, CO
The Functional Anderson-Darling Test · 2014 Invited Talk College of The Holy Cross Mathematics and Computer Science Department, Worcester, MA.
Two-Sample Testing in Diffusion Tensor Images · 2013 Invited Talk University of Pennsylvania (PennSIVE), Philadelphia, PA
From Climate Change to Cancer: How Innovative Statistical Methodology Enables State of the Art Interdisciplinary Research · 2012 National Scientific Meeting Society for the Advancement of Chicanos/Hispanics and Native Americans in the Sciences, Seattle, WA
Panel on Models for Engaging Undergraduate Students in Research · 2012 National Scientific Meeting AMS Committee on Education, Joint Meetings of the American Mathematical Society/Mathematical Association of America, Boston, MA
Panel: The Road to Graduate School and Immediately Beyond - SAMSI Undergraduate Workshop on Massive Data Sets · 2012 National Scientific Meeting Durham, NC
Evaluating Change Detection in Data Streams - International Workshop on Statistical Modeling · 2011 International Meeting or Conference Valencia, Spain

Outreach & Engaged Scholarship


Co-author · 2011 Research Dasu, T., Krishnan, S., Pomann, G.M. (2011). Robustness of Change Detection Algorithms. In: Gama, J., Bradley, E., Hollmén, J. (eds) Advances in Intelligent Data Analysis X. IDA 2011. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 7014. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg.
Co-author · 2007 Research Cesarz, P., Pomann, G., Torre, L., Villarosa, G., Flournoy, T., Pinar, A., & Meza Juan. (2007). Detecting Network Vulnerabilities Through Graph Theoretical Methods. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (non-refereed)

Service to the Profession


Member · 2023 Other JEDI Workgroup on Hidden Curriculum ,
Leader · 2021 Other Coalition for North Carolina CTSA BERD Methods,
Member · 2021 Other BERD SIG Justice Equity Diversity and Inclusion Workgroup,
Member · 2021 Other BERD SIG Statistical Reviewer Education Workgroup,
Guest Editor · 2020 Other Journal of Clinical and Translational Science ,
Member · 2023 Other JEDI Workgroup on Hidden Curriculum ,
Leader · 2021 Other Coalition for North Carolina CTSA BERD Methods,
Member · 2021 Other BERD SIG Justice Equity Diversity and Inclusion Workgroup,
Member · 2021 Other BERD SIG Statistical Reviewer Education Workgroup,
Guest Editor · 2020 Other Journal of Clinical and Translational Science ,
Reviewer · 2020 Other Journal of the Royal Statistical Society: Series B,
Member · 2020 Other Association for Clinical and Translational Science Statistics Conference Planning Committee,
Editor At-Large · 2020 Other Journal of Clinical and Translational Science ,
Study Section Member · 2019 - 2021 Other Centers of Biomedical Research Excellence (COBRE) P20 Applications Special Emphasis Panel, NIH-NIGMS,
Co-founder · 2019 Other Board Member and Reviewer, Biostats4you statistical resource website,
Leader · 2019 Other BERD SIG Workgroup on Methods for Training Collaborative Biostatisticians,
Member at Large · 2019 - 2021 Other Translational Science BERD SIG,
Member · 2017 Other BERD Special Interest Group ,
Reviewer · 2016 Other Journal of the American Statistical Association,
Member · 2011 Other Eastern North America Region of the International Biometrics Society,
Scientific Mentor · 2011 Other Office for Diversity in Science Training, University of Kansas ,
Member · 2008 Other American Statistical Association ,

Service to Duke


Member Data Management and Analysis Workgroup · 2020 Other Duke office of Scientific Integrity,
Director Biostatistics, Epidemiology and Research Design (BERD) Methods Core · 2017 Other Department of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics, Clinical Translational Science Institute,
Reviewer · 2016 - 2017 Other Duke Surgical Center for Outcomes Research Pilot Grant ,
Member, Surgical Center for Outcomes Research Committee · 2016 Other Department of Surgery,
Member, Translational Bioinformatics Group · 2016 Other Department Biostatistics and Bioinformatics ,
Member Data Management and Analysis Workgroup · 2020 Other Duke office of Scientific Integrity,
Director Biostatistics, Epidemiology and Research Design (BERD) Methods Core · 2017 Other Department of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics, Clinical Translational Science Institute,
Reviewer · 2016 - 2017 Other Duke Surgical Center for Outcomes Research Pilot Grant ,
Member, Surgical Center for Outcomes Research Committee · 2016 Other Department of Surgery,
Member, Translational Bioinformatics Group · 2016 Other Department Biostatistics and Bioinformatics ,
Director, Biostatistics Core Training and Internship Program · 2015 Other Department of Biostatistics ,
Chair, Biostatistics Core Seminar Series Committee · 2015 Other Department of Biostatistics ,
Scientific Mentor . Datafest · 2014 - 2017 Other Duke University,
Founder and President North Carolina State University Chapter of Allies for Students with Disabilities · 2010 - 2015 Other North Carolina State University ,
Founder and President, North Carolina State University Chapter of the Society for the Advancement of Hispanics/Chicanos and Native Americans · 2010 - 2015 Other North Carolina State University ,