{"id":12233,"date":"2022-03-21T16:25:29","date_gmt":"2022-03-21T20:25:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/biology\/?p=12233"},"modified":"2026-02-23T15:51:45","modified_gmt":"2026-02-23T20:51:45","slug":"canada-research-chair-in-data-science-and-analytics-awarded-to-sanjeena-dang-who-is-pioneering-statistical-analysis-of-biological-systems","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/biology\/2022\/canada-research-chair-in-data-science-and-analytics-awarded-to-sanjeena-dang-who-is-pioneering-statistical-analysis-of-biological-systems\/","title":{"rendered":"Canada Research Chair in Data Science and Analytics Awarded to Sanjeena Dang who is Pioneering Statistical Analysis of Biological Systems"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section class=\"w-screen px-6 cu-section cu-section--white ml-offset-center md:px-8 lg:px-14\">\n    <div class=\"space-y-6 cu-max-w-child-5xl  md:space-y-10 cu-prose-first-last\">\n\n            <div class=\"cu-textmedia flex flex-col lg:flex-row mx-auto gap-6 md:gap-10 my-6 md:my-12 first:mt-0 max-w-5xl\">\n        <div class=\"justify-start cu-textmedia-content cu-prose-first-last\" style=\"flex: 0 0 100%;\">\n            <header class=\"font-light prose-xl cu-pageheader md:prose-2xl cu-component-updated cu-prose-first-last\">\n                                    <h1 class=\"cu-prose-first-last font-semibold !mt-2 mb-4 md:mb-6 relative after:absolute after:h-px after:bottom-0 after:bg-cu-red after:left-px text-3xl md:text-4xl lg:text-5xl lg:leading-[3.5rem] pb-5 after:w-10 text-cu-black-700 not-prose\">\n                        Canada Research Chair in Data Science and Analytics Awarded to Sanjeena Dang who is Pioneering Statistical Analysis of Biological Systems\n                    <\/h1>\n                \n                                \n                            <\/header>\n\n                    <\/div>\n\n            <\/div>\n\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n<p>Carleton\u2019s&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/math\/people\/sanjeena-dang\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Sanjeena Dang<\/a>&nbsp;will apply cutting-edge statistical algorithms to achieve a comprehensive understanding of biological systems through her newly-designated Tier 2 Canada Research Chair (CRC) in Data Science and Analytics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In her first year at Carleton, Dang is also an Assistant Professor in the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/math\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">School of Mathematics and Statistics<\/a>. She plans to focus her research on developing efficient and scalable statistical models to analyze large-scale genomic data.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s wonderful to be recognized as a Canada Research Chair at Carleton. I am thankful for the support from my students and mentors throughout my career, and from colleagues at Carleton University,\u201d says Dang.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/research.carleton.ca\/story\/canada-research-chair-in-data-science-and-analytics-awarded-to-sanjeena-dang-who-is-pioneering-statistical-analysis-of-biological-systems\/\">more&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Carleton\u2019s&nbsp;Sanjeena Dang&nbsp;will apply cutting-edge statistical algorithms to achieve a comprehensive understanding of biological systems through her newly-designated Tier 2 Canada Research Chair (CRC) in Data Science and Analytics. In her first year at Carleton, Dang is also an Assistant Professor in the&nbsp;School of Mathematics and Statistics. 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