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David B Dahl

Department Chair, Statistics
Statistics, Bayesian Methodology Research, Biostatistics and Statistical Genetics Research

2152C WVB
Provo, UT 84602

Biography

David B. Dahl is a Professor in the Department of Statistics at Brigham Young University. He started his academic career at Texas A&M University as an Assistant Professor in 2004, was promoted with tenure in 2010, and moved to BYU in 2012. He did doctoral work at the University of Wisconsin -- Madison in the Department of Statistics and the Department of Biostatistics and Medical Informatics under the direction of Michael Newton, receiving his Ph.D. in 2004. He received B.S. and M.S. degrees from Brigham Young University in 1997 and 1998, working on his masters with Scott Grimshaw in the Department of Statistics. From 2007-2012, Dr. Dahl was an adjunct faculty member in the Division of Quantitative Sciences at the University of Texas, M.D. Anderson Cancer Center.

Research Interests

David B. Dahl's research focuses on Bayesian nonparametrics, model-based clustering, random partition models, and statistical computing.

Teaching Interests

David B. Dahl teaches both undergraduate and graduate classes, including Bayesian statistics, statistical methods, and statistical computing.

Courses Taught