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Special Postdoc Seminar: Kwonsang Lee
Harvard Catalyst – Upcoming Events
FEBRUARY 23 BIOSTATISTICS SEMINAR SERIES: The Placebo Effect in Clinical Studies 3:30-5:00pm | Room G3 | Kresge Building Placebo Effects in Medicine and Clinical Trial Design Considerations Ted J. Kaptchuk, Harvard Medical School … Continue reading “Harvard Catalyst – Upcoming Events”
Kevin Cummiskey Army Promotion Celebration
We are honored to host Brigadier General Michael Phillips, visiting scholar in the Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences and former chair of the Department of … Continue reading “Kevin Cummiskey Army Promotion Celebration”
Braun & Parmigiani Receive Footbridge Grant
As members of a team composed of investigators from Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Massachusetts General Hospital, and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Research Fellow Danielle Braun and DFCI Biostatistics Chair & Professor Giovanni Parmigiani … Continue reading “Braun & Parmigiani Receive Footbridge Grant”
The 31st New England Statistics Symposium
In 2014, the Department hosted the 28th New England Statistics Symposium (NESS). This year, the meeting will be hosted by the Department of Statistics at the University of Connecticut on … Continue reading “The 31st New England Statistics Symposium”
Rose Traveling Fellowship Program
Applications are now being accepted for the Spring 2017 round of the Rose Traveling Fellowship Program in Chronic Disease Epidemiology and Biostatistics. Dr. Deborah Rose has generously agreed to provide … Continue reading “Rose Traveling Fellowship Program”
Cardiovascular disease-related hospital admissions jump on second day after major snowfall
Sometimes it requires using a novel approach to tease out health impacts related to climate change. A recent study did just that, coordinating electronic medical records across hospitals to identify trends … Continue reading “Cardiovascular disease-related hospital admissions jump on second day after major snowfall”
Statistics When the Model is Wrong
Jeff Miller, Assistant Professor of Biostatistics, and Pierre Etienne Jacob, Assistant Professor of Statistics at FAS, were recently awarded funding by the Radcliffe Institute for a proposed Exploratory Seminar – … Continue reading “Statistics When the Model is Wrong”
H3ABioNet-Harvard Bioinformatics Internship Program
The Harvard Chan Bioinformatics Core (HBC) is welcoming their H3Africa interns this week! H3ABioNet, a Pan African Bioinformatics Network, supports Human Heredity and Health in Africa (H3Africa) research projects through the … Continue reading “H3ABioNet-Harvard Bioinformatics Internship Program”