Rose Traveling Fellowship Program

The Department of Epidemiology is now accepting applications for the Spring 2018 round of the Rose Traveling Fellowship Program in Chronic Disease Epidemiology and Biostatistics. The Rose Traveling Fellowship Program at the Harvard … Continue reading “Rose Traveling Fellowship Program”

Boehringer Ingelheim Funds New Fellowships

The Department has recently received a $100K grant from Boehringer Ingelheim, one of the world’s leading pharmaceutical companies, to fund two new student fellowships in biostatistics. PhD students receiving these scholarships will be co-mentored … Continue reading “Boehringer Ingelheim Funds New Fellowships”

NESS Colloquium Series with Michael Jordan, 1/31

Dr. Michael Jordan Pehong Chen Distinguished Professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science and the Department of Statistics The University of California, Berkeley On Computational Thinking, Inferential … Continue reading “NESS Colloquium Series with Michael Jordan, 1/31”

Inaugural Kolokotrones Symposium – 2/2

Inaugural Kolokotrones Symposium on Data Science Hot Topics in Cancer Epidemiology Do Statins Increase the Survival of Cancer Patients? Presentations and panel discussion hosted by Lorelei Mucci & Miguel Hernán Friday, … Continue reading “Inaugural Kolokotrones Symposium – 2/2”

Rafael Irizarry Named New Chair at DFCI

Professor of Applied Statistics Rafael Irizarry will become the new Chair of the Department of Biostatistics and Computational Biology at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, effective February 1, 2018. Rafa will succeed Giovanni … Continue reading “Rafael Irizarry Named New Chair at DFCI”

Susan Murphy Receives R.A. Fisher Award

Professor of Statistics and Computer Science Susan A. Murphy will receive the prestigious R.A. Fisher Award and Lectureship from the Committee of Presidents of Statistical Societies (COPSS). She will deliver the … Continue reading “Susan Murphy Receives R.A. Fisher Award”

Metastases and Immunotherapy: understanding treatment failure to promote success

Assistant Professor of Computational Biology, Scott Carter, along with his team Alex Shalek and Priscilla Brastiano of MIT, recently received funding from the Bridge Project for their work to characterize … Continue reading “Metastases and Immunotherapy: understanding treatment failure to promote success”