Scientific Inference and Big Data: Addressing the opportunities, risks, and challenges

On June 8-9, 2016, the Committee on Applied and Theoretical Statistics (CATS) of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine convened a workshop to discuss how scientific inference should be applied when working with … Continue reading “Scientific Inference and Big Data: Addressing the opportunities, risks, and challenges”

New Student & Postdoc Awards

Isabel Fulcher and Ben Wong have both been selected to receive one of the American Statistical Society’s Section on Statistics in Epidemiology Young Investigator Awards. The awards are intended to … Continue reading “New Student & Postdoc Awards”

Marvin Zelen Memorial Symposium

The 2017 Dana-Farber Cancer Institute/Frontier Science Technology and Research Foundation Marvin Zelen Memorial Symposium is honored to present “Contemporary Statistical Challenges in Clinical Research”, a tribute to Richard Gelber on … Continue reading “Marvin Zelen Memorial Symposium”

The Placebo Effect in Clinical Trials

Biostatistics Program Seminar Series The Placebo Effect in Clinical Trials JANUARY 26 | 3:30-5:00pm Room G1 | Kresge Building | Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health Kathryn T. Hall, PhD, … Continue reading “The Placebo Effect in Clinical Trials”