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”

Lunch Career Chat with Dr. Michael Rotondi

Michael Rotondi is a visiting faculty member currently working with Victor De Gruttola and Rui Wang on improving regression methods for Respondent-Driven Sampling. Michael did his PhD at the University … Continue reading “Lunch Career Chat with Dr. Michael Rotondi”

Resume Working Session for Masters Students

Resume Working Session Thursday September 28 | 1:00-2:30pm | Bldg 2, Rm 426 Join David Wypij and Erin Lake for an informal session offered specifically for Masters students who already have relatively well established resumes and would like … Continue reading “Resume Working Session for Masters Students”

Harvard Catalyst Upcoming Events

Biostatistics Work in Progress Session September 27th 1:00-2:00pm Bldg 2, Rm 426 Changyu Shen, Ph.D., Faculty of Medicine at Harvard Medical School and Lead Statistician in the Smith Center for … Continue reading “Harvard Catalyst Upcoming Events”

11th Annual PQG Conference Nov 2-3, 2017

Quantitative Analysis of Higher Order Chromatin Interactions November 2-3, 2017 Harvard Medical School Conference Center | Boston, MA  *3 abstracts will be selected to be presented as 10-minute platform talks.  … Continue reading “11th Annual PQG Conference Nov 2-3, 2017”

Dominici Named New Chair of NIH Review Panel

Francesca Dominici, PhD, Professor of Biostatistics and co-Director of the Harvard Data Science Initiative has been appointed chair of the NIH Review Panel for Biostatistical Methods and Research Design Study Section … Continue reading “Dominici Named New Chair of NIH Review Panel”

Stat 110 Smashes Enrollment Record

Joe Blitzstein, Professor of the Practice in Statistics, hit a new landmark this month with his Stat 110 course, Introduction to Probability, which is based on his book with Jessica Hwang. The enrollment for … Continue reading “Stat 110 Smashes Enrollment Record”

Funding Opportunities

Google Faculty Research Award Applications for the Google Faculty Research Award are due October 7.  Google Phd Fellowships More on research support, including Google PhD fellowships Microsoft PhD Fellowship Program – … Continue reading “Funding Opportunities”