Sarah C. Lotspeich, Ph.D.

About Me

Now

💼 Assistant Professor at Wake Forest University in the Department of Statistical Sciences, with a secondary appointment in the Department of Biostatistics and Data Science

👩‍🔬 Co-lead the Spatial and Environmental Statistics in Health (SESH) Lab at Wake Forest and the Methods for INcomplete Data (MIND) Lab at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

👋 Co-organize Florence Nightingale Day, welcoming local middle and high schools to explore statistics and data science at Wake Forest

Then

🐏 Postdoctoral Fellowship in Biostatistics at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill under the supervision of Dr. Tanya Garcia

⚓️ Ph.D. in Biostatistics at Vanderbilt University under the mentorship of Drs. Bryan Shepherd and Ran Tao

🐊 B.S. in Statistics (summa cum laude) from the University of Florida

🚀 Originally from Florida, having grown up in a family of rocket scientists minutes from Kennedy Space Center

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The Fast Facts

I love data and people; I especially love data about people.

Biostatistics | Now: Assistant Professor of Statistics at Wake Forest University | Then: Postdoc at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Ph.D. from Vanderbilt University & B.S. from University of Florida | Always: Data, Donuts, & Dolly Parton

Email: lotspes AT wfu DOT edu

Latest Hoorays

Milestones, Announcements, and Other Matters Sarah Is Excited About

(See the Hall of Hoorays for Archived Excitement)

October 2025

I was invited to give a seminar on my ongoing research on "Electronic health records: With great-ish data comes great responsibility" at University of Virginia, School of Data Science in Charlottesville, VA. [Slides]

October 2025

I shared a new project where we investigate "Applying LLMs to Support Data Augmentation in EHR Research," for the 4th Annual International Day of Women in Statistics and Data Science. [Slides]

September 2025

I gave a webinar on “Rerouting our thinking: Computationally simple measures misrepresent the food access landscape," for the North Carolina Chapter of the American Statistical Association. [Slides]

September 2025

Supporting student research is my favorite part of my job at Wake Forest University, and I'm so excited for another great semester with these incredible trainees!

September 2025

I presented my passion project “Interweaving probability and crochet: A stati-stitchin's guide" (finalist for Significance Magazine's early career writing competition) at the Royal Statistical Society International Meeting in Edinburgh, Scotland. [Slides]

September 2025

I spoke about how “Plotting the future: Mentoring student researchers and building a collaborative lab” Royal Statistical Society International Meeting in Edinburgh, Scotland. [Slides]

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