Matthew Ploenzke Receives NCI F99/K00 Award

Congratulations to PhD student Matthew Ploenzke who recently received an NCI Predoctoral to Postdoctoral Fellow Transition Award (F99/K00)! This funding opportunity was open to only one applicant at the University. Matt was that applicant and … Continue reading “Matthew Ploenzke Receives NCI F99/K00 Award”

2019 Lagakos Alumni Award & Lecture – 10/3

Dr. Fong Wang Clow, SM ’86, ScD ’89,  Senior Vice President and Head of Biometrics and Data Management at Pharmacyclics, an AbbVie Company, will be the recipient of the 2019 Lagakos Distinguished Alumni … Continue reading “2019 Lagakos Alumni Award & Lecture – 10/3”

Luca Pinello Receives NHGRI Innovator Award

Our congratulations to Luca Pinello, Principal Investigator at Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School and member of the Program in Quantitative Genomics, who recently received a Genomic Innovators Awards … Continue reading “Luca Pinello Receives NHGRI Innovator Award”

2019 Myrto Lefkopoulou Award & Lecture – 9/19

Dr. Veera Baladandayuthapani, Professor in the Department of Biostatistics and Associate Director of the Center for Cancer Biostatistics at University of Michigan, will be the recipient of the 2019 Myrto Lefkopoulou Distinguished … Continue reading “2019 Myrto Lefkopoulou Award & Lecture – 9/19”

Fong Wang Clow to Receive Lagakos Alumni Award

We are extremely pleased to announce that Dr. Fong Wang Clow, SM ’86, ScD ’89, will be the recipient of the 2019 Lagakos Distinguished Alumni Award. She will receive this honor … Continue reading “Fong Wang Clow to Receive Lagakos Alumni Award”

Aedin Culhane Receives Chan Zuckerberg Funding

Congratulations to Senior Research Scientist Aedin Culhane, who was awarded funding from the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative for the collaborative project “Bioconductor for Analysis and Comprehension of the Human Cell Atlas.” The project’s network of … Continue reading “Aedin Culhane Receives Chan Zuckerberg Funding”

Paper: Most Highly Cited in Oxford Journals

Congratulations to Stephanie Hicks, William Townes, Mingxiang Teng, and Rafael Irizarry, whose paper “Missing data and technical variability in single-cell RNA-sequencing experiments” made the Oxford Journals’ list of most highly cited 2017-2018 … Continue reading “Paper: Most Highly Cited in Oxford Journals”

Veera Baladandayuthapani to Receive Myrto Award

We are extremely pleased to announce that Dr. Veera Baladandayuthapani will be the recipient of the 2019 Myrto Lefkopoulou Distinguished Lectureship. Dr. Baladandayuthapani will be presented with the award and will deliver a lecture on September 19, 2019. Dr. … Continue reading “Veera Baladandayuthapani to Receive Myrto Award”

Jaffer Zaidi Receives Young Investigator Award

Congratulations to Jaffer Zaidi, who was the recipient of a Young Investigator Award at JSM! These awards are given to new researchers for the best papers in statistics and epidemiology presented … Continue reading “Jaffer Zaidi Receives Young Investigator Award”

Yerby Fellowship Program – Applications Open 9/13

The Harvard Chan Yerby Fellowship Program draws on the rich research environment and intellectual resources of one of the world’s premier public health training institutions. Named for Dr. Alonzo Smythe Yerby, an African-American pioneer … Continue reading “Yerby Fellowship Program – Applications Open 9/13”