Mahlet Tadesse to Receive Myrto Award

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”

Biostats/Stats Reception at JSM Chicago

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”

Another Great Year for StatStart Program

StatStart finished another successful year and held their final certificate ceremony on Friday. After undergoing an intense month of lectures from Harvard graduate students, the high school students presented their … Continue reading “Another Great Year for StatStart Program”

Spring 1 & 2 Course Evaluations

As part of its mandate to monitor quality teaching at the School, the Committee on Educational Policy recently reviewed student course evaluations and found that the following courses in the … Continue reading “Spring 1 & 2 Course Evaluations”

Department Welcomes Our Incoming Class!

We are extremely excited to welcome a talented and diverse group of students to our incoming class! PhD students (and one incoming Master’s student) began their August preparatory sessions in the Department today.  … Continue reading “Department Welcomes Our Incoming Class!”

International Biometric Conference

Five members of Donna Spiegelman’s biostat group gave presentations at the recent IBC in Victoria, Canada. Ashley Buchanan delivered a poster presentation on Individual and Disseminated Package Effects in a HIV Prevention Network-Randomized Trial. Daniel … Continue reading “International Biometric Conference”

Cory Zigler: Study on Air Pollution & Health

The Health Effects Institute (HEI) recently published a final report of the Accountability Research Program entitled Causal Inference Methods for Estimating Long-Term Health Effects of Air Quality Regulations by Zigler … Continue reading “Cory Zigler: Study on Air Pollution & Health”