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Biostatistics Journal Club – 12/6

Biostatistics Journal Club: Adjustment for Baseline Response in Longitudinal StudiesWednesday, December 6, 20231:00 pm – 2:00 pmZoomHistorically, two main analytic approaches have been proposed for adjusting for baseline response in … Continue reading “Biostatistics Journal Club – 12/6”

Hanukkah Celebration – 12/12

Hanukkah: A Harvard Longwood Community Event Join the Harvard Longwood community for a festive Hanukkah celebration at the Harvard Chan School of Public Health on December 12th at 5:30 pm! Hosted … Continue reading “Hanukkah Celebration – 12/12”

Upcoming CAUSALab Events

16th Kolokotrones Symposium, “Causal Inference in Pregnancy: Real World Data when Randomized Trials are Impractical” takes place in-person at HSPH and virtually over Zoom on Friday, December 15, 1-5pm ET. … Continue reading “Upcoming CAUSALab Events”

Study finds particulate air pollutants from coal-fired power plants may be twice as deadly as that from other sources

An article in the  Harvard Gazette highlights a recently published study in Nature led by George Mason University, University of Texas at Austin, and Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health that suggests that … Continue reading “Study finds particulate air pollutants from coal-fired power plants may be twice as deadly as that from other sources”

Nick Link finalist in Applied Public Health Statistics student research competition

Congratulations to PhD student Nick Link (advisors: Bethany Hedt-Gauthier, Rachel Nethery) for being a finalist in the Applied Public Health Statistics student research competition. He presented his work on “spatio-temporal methods to handle … Continue reading “Nick Link finalist in Applied Public Health Statistics student research competition”

Harvard Biostats Colloquium with Lucas Janson – 11/30

Harvard Biostatistics Colloquium SeriesThursday, November 304:00-5:00pmKresge G3Lucas Janson, PhDAssociate Professor of StatisticsAffiliate in Computer Science at Harvard UniversityControlled Discovery and Localization of Signals via Bayesian Linear Programming

Dept of Statistics hosts Women In Statistics Career Panel – 12/1

Women In Statistics Career Panel 5:00-6:30 pm on Friday, December 1st | Science Center Rm 316Emma KrauseSenior Biomedical Data Scientist, PathAILili ZhuClinical statistician, ModernaPlease contact emily_palmer@fas.harvard.edu to register by Monday, November 27th

Biostatistics Short Course – 12/1

Biostatistics Short Course: Semi-Competing Risks Data Analysis for Clinical ResearchFriday, December 1, 20239:00 am – 1:00 pmRegister nowDiscussion will be led by Sebastien Haneuse, PhD, of Harvard T.H. Chan School … Continue reading “Biostatistics Short Course – 12/1”