Department of Biostatistics

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PhD Student Awards: Tom Chen & Kaitlyn Cook

Congratulations to PhD Student Tom Chen who has been selected as one of the winners of the 2018 JSM Student Paper Competition for his paper “A stochastic second-order generalized estimating … Continue reading “PhD Student Awards: Tom Chen & Kaitlyn Cook”

Interview with COPSS Awardee Tyler VanderWeele

Click here to read a full interview with COPSS Presidents’ Award Winner Tyler VanderWeele. Tyler VanderWeele is the recipient of the 2017 COPSS Presidents’ Award. The award is given annually … Continue reading “Interview with COPSS Awardee Tyler VanderWeele”

DFCI Seminar with Jinbo Chen – 2/26

Monday, February 26, 2:30-3:30pm, CLSB 11081B Novel Two-Phase Sampling Designs for Studying Binary Outcomes Jinbo Chen Department of Biostatistics, Epidemiology and Informatics University of Pennsylvania In a biomedical cohort study … Continue reading “DFCI Seminar with Jinbo Chen – 2/26”

32nd Annual New England Statistics Symposium

The Department of Mathematics and Statistics and the Department of Biostatistics and Epidemiology of the University of Massachusetts-Amherst are excited to co-host the 32nd annual New England Statistics Symposium (NESS) … Continue reading “32nd Annual New England Statistics Symposium”

Sharon Lise-Normand Named Mosteller Statistician of the Year

Congratulations to Sharon-Lise Normand, who will be recognized as the 2018 Mosteller Statistician of the Year by the Boston Area Chapter of the American Statistical Association. Wednesday, February 21, 2018 6:00pm … Continue reading “Sharon Lise-Normand Named Mosteller Statistician of the Year”

Eric Tchetgen Tchetgen Named Professor at Wharton

Former professor and department alumnus Eric Tchetgen Tchetgen, PhD ’06, has been named the inaugural Luddy Family President’s Distinguished Professor at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. The appointment, announced … Continue reading “Eric Tchetgen Tchetgen Named Professor at Wharton”

Open Insights Seminar with Kees Van Bochove

Department of Biomedical Informatics – Open Insights Seminar Series February 15 | 12:30pm | Room 403 (4th Floor) | Countway Library Kees van Bochove Founder and CEO The Hyve GO-FAIR on … Continue reading “Open Insights Seminar with Kees Van Bochove”

NIGMS Recognizes Reproducible Science Course

For the benefit of the scientific community, and in response to the NIH’s series of initiatives to enhance rigor and reproducibility in research, the National Institute of General Medical Sciences has … Continue reading “NIGMS Recognizes Reproducible Science Course”

HDSI Research Fund – Call for Projects

Harvard Data Science Initiative Competitive Research Fund Deadline: March 6, 2018 by 5:00PM Award Amount: Up to $100,000 Eligible Applicants: Individuals who hold a faculty appointment at a Harvard school … Continue reading “HDSI Research Fund – Call for Projects”