Myrto Lefkopoulou Lecture with Eric Tchetgen Tchetgen

The Department was honored to virtually host alumnus Eric Tchetgen Tchetgen, PhD ’06, as he presented this year’s Myrto Lefkopoulou lecture last week. Thank you to the committee chair Garrett Fitzmaurice and the award committee members for … Continue reading “Myrto Lefkopoulou Lecture with Eric Tchetgen Tchetgen”

Career Development Seminar: Spotlight on Health Data Science

Conquering the Interview: Spotlight on Health Data Science 2 consecutive Mondays, September 21 and 28, 2020  |  11:30—1:00pm EST Email for Zoom information Heather Mattie and Erin Lake invite you … Continue reading “Career Development Seminar: Spotlight on Health Data Science”

Myrto Lefkopoulou Lecture with Eric Tchetgen Tchetgen

We are extremely pleased for Department alumnus Dr. Eric Tchetgen Tchetgen, PhD ’06, to present the 2020 Myrto Lefkopoulou Distinguished Lectureship later this week. Please join us for his virtual lecture on: … Continue reading “Myrto Lefkopoulou Lecture with Eric Tchetgen Tchetgen”

Myrto Lecture with Eric Tchetgen Tchetgen – 9/17

We are extremely pleased to announce that Department  alumnus Dr. Eric Tchetgen Tchetgen will be the recipient of the 2020 Myrto Lefkopoulou Distinguished Lectureship. Please join us for his virtual lecture, “An introduction to … Continue reading “Myrto Lecture with Eric Tchetgen Tchetgen – 9/17”

Save the Dates: Myrto & Lagakos Award Lectures

Dr. Eric Tchetgen Tchetgen, the Luddy Family President’s Distinguished Professor in the Department of Statistics at The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, will be the recipient of the 2020 Myrto Lefkopoulou Distinguished … Continue reading “Save the Dates: Myrto & Lagakos Award Lectures”

Alumnus Nick Horton Appointed Co-Chair of CATS

Alumnus Nick Horton, ScD ’99, who is the Beitzel Professor in Technology and Society (Statistics and Data Science) at Amherst College, has been appointed co-chair of the National Academies Committee on … Continue reading “Alumnus Nick Horton Appointed Co-Chair of CATS”

Learning from the Wuhan COVID-19 Data on the Fly

Upon an invitation by Nature Microbiology, former Biostat postdoctoral fellow Chaolong Wang and Professor Xihong Lin published a Behind the Paper blog entitled “Learning from the Wuhan COVID19 Data on the Fly” about their recent Nature paper on “Reconstruction of the full … Continue reading “Learning from the Wuhan COVID-19 Data on the Fly”

Undetected Cases Speed COVID-19 Spread and a Potential Second Wave

Professor of Biostatistics and Statistics Xihong Lin along with a team of scientists from Huazhong Science and Technology University in Wuhan, including the co-corresponding author Chaolong Wang, a former Biostats postdoctoral fellow, recently published … Continue reading “Undetected Cases Speed COVID-19 Spread and a Potential Second Wave”

Data Science Summer Program Begins!

The Department virtually welcomed 24 high school students to the 2nd annual program Data Science in Action: Machine Learning for Self-Driving Cars this morning! The one-week day camp, overseen by Professor Tianxi Cai, and taught by PhD … Continue reading “Data Science Summer Program Begins!”