The Department was busy this past year concentrating on the development of several educational initiatives. We launched a new Masters program in Health Data Science, with the first cohort scheduled … Continue reading “2016 Holiday Message from Brent Coull”
Continuing the work initiated by Bahaa Abalkhail and Jim Ware, the King Abdulaziz University MPH in Biostatistics and Epidemiology Program continues to grow under the able guidance of Marcello Pagano, … Continue reading “KAU Collaboration in 2016”
The Harvard Chan Bioinformatics Core had another productive year under the leadership of Shannan Ho Sui. We were excited to recruit Dr. Victor Barrera from Madrid with his expertise in epigenetics and pipeline … Continue reading “Harvard Chan Bioinformatics Core – 2016 Summary”
Please join us for a special presentation by a group of statisticians from the pharmaceutical company Boehringer Ingelheim on Friday, December 9 at noon in the Biostats Conference Room. The group will … Continue reading “Special Seminar with Boehringer Ingelheim”
Assistant Professor JP Onnela has just launched his new HarvardX online course, Using Python for Research. This course will bridge the gap between introductory and advanced courses in Python by … Continue reading “New Online Course – Using Python for Research”
Please visit the BSCC website for more information! Doctoral student Emily Slade received a grant from the Harvard Initiative for Learning and Teaching to create the Biostatistics Student Consulting Center … Continue reading “Biostatistics Student Consulting Center”
Using Historical Data for Bayesian Sample Size Determination Wednesday, December 7, 2016 12:30pm – 1:30pm Bldg 2, Rm 426 – large conference room Dr. Kush Kapur Assistant Professor of Neurology, Harvard Medical School Senior Biostatistician, … Continue reading “Harvard Catalyst Biostatistics Journal Club”
Though much attention is focused on the long-term benefits of climate change mitigation, David Hunter and Francesca Dominici’s recent article published in the online news source STAT and featured on … Continue reading “Honoring Climate Change Agreements Will Save Millions of Lives”
Nominations are due Friday, December 2nd for the Marvin Zelen Leadership Award in Statistical Science. This annual award, supported by colleagues, friends and family, was established to honor Dr. Marvin Zelen’s long … Continue reading “Zelen Award – Nominations Due Friday 12/2”
