Faculty News
Shirley Liu and Xihong Lin have both been appointed as Professors of Statistics in the Faculty of Arts and Sciences. These appointments were approved by the University and the FAS … Continue reading “Faculty News”
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PQG Conference
conference, “Single-cell Genomics: Technology, Analysis, and Applications” on November 5-6th. Single-cell genomics is an exciting new field with many biological and medical applications. The ability to quantify genomic, transcriptomic, and epigenomic … Continue reading “PQG Conference”
Postdoc News
Sy Han (Steven) Chiou is a newly hired postdoctoral research fellow working with Dr. Rebecca Betensky on collaborative projects in neurology and other medical areas. Steven received his PhD in … Continue reading “Postdoc News”
2015 Teaching Citation Award
Garrett Fitzmaurice, Professor of Biostatistics based at the McLean Hospital Laboratory for Psychiatric Biostatistics, was selected for a 2015 Teaching Citation Award. The award is given to faculty members who have enriched students’ academic, … Continue reading “2015 Teaching Citation Award”
Biostatistics Summer Projects
Our rising second year PhD students presented their summer projects last Tuesday and Wednesday. There were some fantastic presentations that demonstrated the application of several statistical and computational methods to … Continue reading “Biostatistics Summer Projects”
Awards & Honors
Tyler VanderWeele‘s new book “Explanation in Causal Inference: Methods for Mediation and Interaction” was recently published by Oxford University Press. It is available on Amazon or from Oxford University Press. … Continue reading “Awards & Honors”
Faculty News
Scott L. Carter has been appointed to the school’s faculty and will join the department as Assistant Professor of Computational Biology. Dr. Carter also holds a faculty appointment in the … Continue reading “Faculty News”
Summer Projects
The Biostatistics Summer Projects Presentations will be held on Tuesday, August 25, starting at 1:30 – 5 pm in Kresge 502, and continuing on Wednesday morning 10:30 am – 12:30 … Continue reading “Summer Projects”
Awards & Honors
Francesca Dominici, Professor of Biostatistics and Senior Associate Dean for Research, has been selected as the 2015 winner of the Florence Nightingale David award, established in 2001, and sponsored jointly by … Continue reading “Awards & Honors”
MCAPS Retreat
On Friday August 7, a group of faculty, post doctoral fellows and students participated in a retreat for the Medicare Air Pollution Study, entitled Data Science in Environmental Health. The retreat is an … Continue reading “MCAPS Retreat”
