Contagion: Exploring Modern Epidemics

Friday, October 27 | 9 AM–5 PM Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, Harvard University Knafel Center, 10 Garden Street, Cambridge, MA Epidemic disease spreads quickly in our interconnected, globalized world. … Continue reading “Contagion: Exploring Modern Epidemics”

Harvard Catalyst Upcoming Events

Biostatistics Seminar OCTOBER 16 | 3:00-5:00pm Ballard Room | 503 | HMS Countway Library Itai Dattner, PhD Statistical Learning of Dynamic Systems – a Direct Approach Lecturer, Department of Statistics … Continue reading “Harvard Catalyst Upcoming Events”

“Into Practice” with Giovanni Parmigiani

Republished from Into Practice, a biweekly communication of Harvard’s Office of the Vice Provost for Advances in Learning, intended to provide timely, evidence-based advice to enhance learning at Harvard. Giovanni Parmigiani, Professor of Biostatistics, selects new … Continue reading ““Into Practice” with Giovanni Parmigiani”

DBMI Open Insights Seminar – 10/5

*First Open Insights Seminar of Fall 2017 Thursday, October 5 12:30pm in the Minot Room (5th Floor) Countway Library Jessica Polka, Ph.D. Director, ASAPbio Visiting Scholar, Whitehead Institute Preprints in the … Continue reading “DBMI Open Insights Seminar – 10/5”

JP Onnela to Give Keynote Speech at #DSC017

Associate Professor JP Onnela will give a keynote speech on Smartphone-based Digital Phenotyping at the upcoming Data Institute Annual Conference on October 15-17 in San Francisco. The conference will draw leaders of industry … Continue reading “JP Onnela to Give Keynote Speech at #DSC017”

Harvard Data Science Initiative Launch Event

Professor of Biostatistics and co-director of the Harvard Data Science Initiative Francesca Dominici helped launch the initiative last week with the first of a planned series of seminars focusing on … Continue reading “Harvard Data Science Initiative Launch Event”

New Course in Reproducible Research

The Department would like to announce a new course in reproducible research that addresses the increasing need for scientific rigor and transparency in studies of biomedical data. Course content has … Continue reading “New Course in Reproducible Research”

Myrto Award: Ciprian Crainiceanu – 9/28

Dr. Ciprian Crainiceanu will be this year’s recipient of the annual Myrto Lefkopoulou Distinguished Lectureship.  Dr. Crainiceanu received his PhD from Cornell University in 2003 and is currently a Professor in the Department … Continue reading “Myrto Award: Ciprian Crainiceanu – 9/28”