Thesis Defense: Wanying Dou Time: Friday May 3, 2024, at 3:00 PM Eastern Time Location: FXB G03 Wanying will present the thesis titled “A Cloud-based Framework for Hyperparameter Optimization of Genomic Pipelines: Tuning the GATK VETS Model for Variant Filtration on Terra”. The thesis committee is chaired by Samuel Lee and includes Rong Ma and … Continue reading "Thesis Defense – Wanying Dou"
Thesis Defense: Stella Nam Time: Friday May 3, 2024, at 4:00 PM Eastern Time Location: FXB G03 Wanying will present the thesis titled “Understanding the Holistic Constraints of Clustering Analysis for CyTOF Data Through Characterization of the Immunologic Response to a Novel Candidate Influenza Vaccine”. The thesis committee is chaired by Patrick Reeves and includes … Continue reading "Thesis Defense – Stella Nam"
Sean will present the dissertation entitled "Inferring Conditional Dependencies in Observational Studies: Nuisance Function Tuning and Transfer Learning". The dissertation committee is chaired by Dr. Rajarshi Mukherjee, and includes Dr. James Robins, Dr. Brent Coull, Dr. Samuel Kou, and Dr. Rui Duan.
Kevin will present the dissertation entitled "Causal Inference Methods for Evaluation of Large-Scale Environmental Policy Effects under Complex Treatment Interference". The dissertation committee is chaired by Dr. Rachel Nethery, and includes Dr. Francesca Dominici, Dr. Andrew Beam, and Dr. Falco Bargagli Stoffi.
Hui will present the dissertation entitled “Powerful Statistical Methods for Precise Heritability Estimation and Partitioning using Summary Statistics”. The dissertation committee is chaired by Dr. Xihong Lin, and includes Dr. Rahul Mazumder, Dr. Alkes Price, and Dr. Samuel Kou.
Jiaxin will present the thesis entitled “Unsupervised Model Aggregation Methods to Integrate Pre-trained Polygenic Risk Prediction Models". The thesis committee is chaired by Dr. Rui Duan, and includes Dr. Georg Hahn and Dr. Erin Lake.
We’re delighted to welcome everyone for the sixth annual Harvard Chan Microbiome in Public Health center symposium, which this year will be run in tandem with a partner Dana-Farber / Harvard Cancer Center workshop. Of the many health-relevant aspects of microbiome science, its role in cancer has become particularly critical. Not only is it one … Continue reading "HCMPH Center Symposium: The Microbiome and Cancer"
