Now in its 9th year, the PQG held another successful conference last week on Single Cell Genomics in the New Research Building at HMS. Approximately 130 people gathered for scientific presentations by … Continue reading “Program in Quantitative Genomics Conference”
The faculty met for their annual retreat on Friday, October 23rd at the Arboretum’s Weld Hill Research Building where they had engaging discussions on several topics and even enjoyed a … Continue reading “Faculty Retreat 2015”
As part of our Department Colloquium Series, Brian J. Reich from the Department of Statistics at North Carolina State University will be our speaker on November 12, 2015. Dr. Reich … Continue reading “Colloquium Speaker: Brian Reich”
The Annual P01 Environmental Statistics Retreat was held on October 16 at the Wellesley College Club. The P01 funded by NCI is entitled Statistical Informatics for Cancer Research, and aims … Continue reading “Annual Fall P01 Retreat”
Professor Rafael Irizarry will be traveling to Washington DC this week to attend SACNAS (Society for Advancement of Chicanos/Hispanics and Native Americans in Science), a conference aimed at encouraging undergraduate … Continue reading “SACNAS 2015”
We’re pleased to announce five Biostatistics Small Workshops will be funded this year – congratulations to the organizers! Stay tuned for more information as plans for the Workshops evolve. 1. Causal … Continue reading “Biostatistics Small Workshops”
The PQG conference, “Single-cell Genomics: Technology, Analysis, and Applications” on Nov 5-6, will include time for scientific presentations, as well as a poster session for submitted abstracts. Additionally, three abstracts, one from each … Continue reading “PQG Conference – Abstracts”
We are delighted to announce that Dr. Naihua Duan, Professor Emeritus of Biostatistics (in Psychiatry) at Columbia University, is this year’s recipient of the Harvard Award in Psychiatric Epidemiology and Biostatistics. The award … Continue reading “Psychiatric Epi & Biostat Award”
We are excited to announce the next Career Development Series session! On Tuesday, October 6th, Harvard biostatistics alumna and RAND researcher Layla Parast, MS, PhD ’12, will be conducting a general … Continue reading “Career Development Series”
Professor Victor DeGruttola, ScD ’86, will receive the 2015 Lagakos Distinguished Alumni Award on Thursday, October 1st. The award is given in recognition of his leadership in HIV/AIDS research, his achievements and innovation in … Continue reading “Lagakos Alumni Award: Victor Degruttola”
