The 2022 Summer Program in Biostatistics & Computational Biology concluded last week, after the annual “Pipelines into Biostatistics Symposium” was held virtually on Thursday, July 14th. Research project presentations were given by eleven students who participated in the six-week virtual program which is designed to increase diversity in the field of Biostatistics by promoting underrepresented minority students.
This year, Amarildo “Lilu” Barbosa, Harvard Chan School Chief Diversity, Inclusion & Belonging Officer, and Department Chair John Quackenbush kicked off the symposium with inspiring welcome addresses that emphasized the importance of diversity and equity in the quantitative fields. The keynote speaker was alumnus Miguel Marino, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Family Medicine and Associate Professor at Oregon Health & Science University. Dr. Marino spoke about his path and journey in biostatistics and emphasized the importance of being true to yourself with a personal anecdote titled “LORD8DEERJAGUARCLAW”. During a “Where are They Now” panel, summer program alumni discussed their experiences in the program, the choices they’ve made in their careers, and what we can do to promote diversity in STEM fields.
These kinds of events require an enormous amount of work and participation from faculty, students and staff. The Summer Program would like to thank the following people:
Principal Investigator
Marcello Pagano, Harvard Chan School
Symposium and Summer Program Manager
Priti Thareja, Harvard Chan School
Course Instructors
Alaina Bever, Harvard Chan School
Abigail Derton, Harvard Chan School
Christina Howe, Harvard Chan School
Heather Mattie, Harvard Chan School
John Quackenbush, Harvard Chan School
Nutan Sahoo, Harvard Chan School
Ben Shea, Harvard Chan School
Research Mentors
Kimberlee Gauvreau, Harvard Chan School
Sijia Huo, Harvard Chan School
Rafael Irizarry, Harvard Chan School
Rajarshi Mukherjee, Harvard Chan School
Sean McGrath, Harvard Chan School
Carmen Rodriguez Cabrera, Harvard Chan School
Briana Stephenson, Harvard Chan School
Kexin Yang, Harvard Chan School
Administrative, Financial and Promotional Support
Shaina Andelman, Harvard Chan School
Trevor Bierig, Harvard Chan School
Sherley Brice, Harvard Chan School
Kathleen Hong, Harvard Chan School
Amanda King, Harvard Chan School
Nicole Levesque, Harvard Chan School
Glo Nova, Harvard Chan School
Elizabeth Solinga, Harvard Chan School
Nicole Trotman, Harvard Chan School
Professional Development Workshop Speakers
Elizabeth Anderson, Harvard Chan Admissions Office
Jemar Bather, Harvard Chan School
Lilu Barbosa, Harvard Chan Office of Diversity and Inclusion
Jennifer Castro, Harvard Chan Office of Diversity and Inclusion
Ellen Considine, Harvard Chan School
Evan Goldberg, Harvard Chan School
Devika Godbole, Harvard Chan School
Natalie Gomas, Harvard Chan School
Amanda King, Harvard Chan School
Erica Knight, Harvard Chan Office of Diversity and Inclusion
Nicole Levesque, Harvard Chan School
Matthew Manne, Harvard Chan School
Carson Peters, University of Maryland
Michael Silvernail, Harvard Chan Office of Financial Aid
Octavious Talbot, Harvard Chan School
Jeanette Varela, Harvard Chan School
Eunice Yeh, Harvard Chan School
Seminar Series Speakers
Rebecca Betensky, New York University
Brent Coull, Harvard Chan School
Sebastien Haneuse, Harvard Chan School
Bethany Hedt-Gauthier, Harvard Chan School
Albert Hofman, Harvard Chan School
Monik Jimenez, Harvard Chan School
Erin Lake, Harvard Chan School
Heather Mattie, Harvard Chan School
Xiao-Li Meng, Harvard University
Jukka-Pekka Onnela, Harvard Chan School
John Quackenbush, Harvard Chan School
Marcello Pagano, Harvard Chan School
Santiago Romero-Brufau, Harvard Chan School
Alisa Stephens-Shields, University of Pennsylvania
Octavious Talbot, Harvard Chan School
Panelists
David Angeles, Summer Program Alumni ‘17
Quincy Greene, Summer Program Alumni ‘06
Morjoriee White, Summer Program Alumni ‘05
Ula Widocki, Summer Program Alumni ‘17
Funding & Administrative Support
Harvard Chan Office of Diversity and Inclusion
Harvard Chan Department of Biostatistics
