Tuesday, August 29th 11:00 AM FXB G10 Tai will present his dissertation on “Statistical Methods for the Analysis of Observational Data with Multiple Correlated Outcomes”. His committee is chaired by … Continue reading “Tianyi Cai Dissertation Defense”
As part of its mandate to monitor quality teaching in our School, the Committee on Educational Policy reviews the student course evaluations. The ratings for the Spring, Spring1, and Spring2 … Continue reading “Spring Course Evaluations”
The American Statistical Association recently presented Alumnus Nicholas Horton, ScD ’99, with a Founders Award, the association’s highest honor. The Founders Award is bestowed upon ASA members with longstanding and … Continue reading “Nick Horton Receives ASA Founders Award”
Donald B. Rubin has been awarded the 2017 Rao Prize for Outstanding Research in Statistics. The C.R. Rao and Bhargavi Prize honors outstanding and influential innovations in the theory and … Continue reading “News from the Statistics Department”
Biostatistics Journal Club Tuesday, August 29th 1:00-2:00pm Bldg 2, Rm 426 Edie Weller, Ph.D., Director of Biostatistics and Research Design Core at Boston Children’s Hospital, will lead the August meeting … Continue reading “Harvard Catalyst Biostatistics Journal Club”
What are some of the challenges for statistics and biostatistics in the era of Data Science? A recent NSF-Sponsored Workshop for Chairs of Departments of Biostatistics and Statistics took the … Continue reading “The Evolution of Data Science: Success, Challenges and Opportunities for Statistics and Biostatistics”
Doctoral student Sheila Gaynor was awarded an F31 grant from the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute of the NIH. Her grant, titled “Integrative analysis of lung disease genotypes and … Continue reading “Sheila Gaynor Awarded NHLBI F31 Grant”
Tuesday, August 22nd 1:30-5:30 pm Reception to follow Kresge 502 Please join us for the Biostatistics Summer Project Presentations and reception! Students work very hard on their projects and are … Continue reading “Summer Project Presentations: Schedule”
Sometimes the results that researchers obtain are as confounding as the variables they seek to untangle. Such is the case in a recent study done by scientists from the RAND … Continue reading “Cuddly Puppies and Better Health – a No Brainer, Right?”
TOPICS Single-cell Systems Biology Imaging-based Systems Biology Quantitative Proteomics Systems Biology of Metabolism Large-scale Data Integration REGISTRATION Registration is FREE but required. Please click here to visit our registration site. … Continue reading “2017 NHLBI Systems Biology Symposium”
