Aedin Culhane, Joe Paulson and Vince Carey have recently established a meet-up group Boston R/Bioconductor for Genomics. They invite everyone to join the new meet-up group which they hope will provide … Continue reading “Meet-Up Group: Boston R/Bioconductor for Genomics”
The Department is very proud to announce that Judith Goldberg (ScD ’72) will be this year’s recipient of the annual Lagakos Distinguished Alumni Award. Dr. Goldberg will be presented with the award and … Continue reading “Judith Goldberg to Receive Lagakos Alumni Award”
The Biostatistics Summer Projects Presentations will be held on Tuesday, August 23, from 2-5pm in Kresge 502, followed by a reception. Â Please attend if possible and help encourage our students! … Continue reading “Summer Project Presentations”
Teaching assistants play a critical role in the educational efforts of the department. Outstanding TAs who exceed our expectations are recognized with a Certificate of Distinction in Teaching. Before nominating TAs for … Continue reading “Outstanding Teaching Assistants”
SAVE THE DATE!  2-DAY SHORT COURSE Latent Variable Modeling and Measurement Karen Bandeen-Roche, PhD Hurley-Dorrier Professor and Chair Department of Biostatistics Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health Qian-Li Xue, PhD Associate Professor … Continue reading “Catalyst Biostatistics Program Short Course”
The recent research efforts of alumna Loni Philip Tabb (PhD ‘10) examine the relationship between violent crime and increased alcohol availability, underlining the importance of biostatistics research for public policy … Continue reading “Alumni Research: Targeting the Intersection of Alcohol & Urban Violence”
Why are some NIH grant applications more likely to be funded than others? A recent study of NIH criterion scores suggest that the most important predictor of funding is the … Continue reading “Gaining a Competitive Edge: Predictors of NIH Funding Outcomes”
The Department is very proud to announce that Mahlet Tadesse (ScD ’02, MS ’00) will be this year’s recipient of the annual Myrto Lefkopoulou Award. Dr. Mahlet will be presented with the award … Continue reading “Mahlet Tadesse to Receive Myrto Award”
Thank you to all our alumni, present members of the Department, and the wonderful group in the Statistics Department for being part of another successful reception at JSM. Please help … Continue reading “Biostats/Stats Reception at JSM Chicago”
