As part of our Department Colloquium Series, Neil Shephard from the Department of Statistics at Harvard University will be our speaker on Janaury 28, 2016. Dr. Shephard will speak on ³Moment … Continue reading “Colloquium Speaker: Neil Shephard”
The King Abdulaziz University MPH in Biostatistics and Epidemiology saw its first cohort graduate this year. Several of our students submitted their theses for publication, with the guidance of our … Continue reading “A Boston – Jeddah Collaboration”
This year’s recipient of the Marvin Zelen Leadership Award in Statistical Science was Nan Laird, Professor of Biostatistics and Harvey V. Fineberg Professor of Public Health.  Nan received this prestigious award in May for her … Continue reading “Marvin Zelen Leadership Award”
Professor of Biostatistics Victor DeGruttola (ScD ’86) was this year’s recipient of the Lagakos Distinguished Alumni Award.  During a very special day with friends and colleagues, he presented a lecture on “Responding … Continue reading “Lagakos Distinguished Alumni Award”
The Department named Debashis Ghosh, Professor and Chair of the Department of Biostatistics and Informatics at the Colorado School of Public Health, the 2015 Myrto Lefkopoulou Distinguished Lecturer. Dr. Ghosh  presented … Continue reading “Myrto Lefkopoulou Lectureship”
Now in its 9th year, the Program in Quantitative Genomics (PQG) held another successful conference in November on Single Cell Genomics. Approximately 130 people gathered for scientific presentations by keynote speakers George … Continue reading “PQG Conference: Single-Cell Genomics”
The Summer Program was another great success this year, as the Department hosted 10 undergraduate students, 2 post-baccalaureate interns, and 5 visiting faculty in an effort to increase the presence of underrepresented … Continue reading “Pipelines into Biostatistics”
This fall, the Department launched the Career Development Series (CDS), which provides Biostatistics students and post-docs with professional skills training, leadership coaching, networking opportunities, and perspectives on career paths. In … Continue reading “New Career Development Series”
Working with Frontier Science and the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Department of Biostatistics and Computational Biology, the Department organized a special Memorial Service for Marvin Zelen on May 22. As part of the … Continue reading “Marvin Zelen’s Memorial Event”
In addition to our hugely successful alumni reception at JSM each year, we are also adding another alumni reception this year at ENAR!  The reception will be held Monday, March 7, … Continue reading “2016 Alumni Receptions – Join Us!”
