Lunchtime Career Chat with Peter Mueller – 1/25

A tradition began last spring in the department, linking the Colloquium Series with Career Development, and it will continue this year! Lunchtime Career Chats are specifically designed to be informal, … Continue reading “Lunchtime Career Chat with Peter Mueller – 1/25”

Extending the Benefits of Immunotherapy

An urgent question for cancer scientists is why immunotherapy achieves dramatic results in some cases but doesn’t help most patients. A recent article outlines independent discoveries, led by two research … Continue reading “Extending the Benefits of Immunotherapy”

Biomedical Applications of Natural Language Processing

A recent article in the Harvard Medicine Magazine describes the fruitful cross-pollination between computation, human language and biology in the face of a commonly-shared challenge; namely, the need to parse … Continue reading “Biomedical Applications of Natural Language Processing”

Catalyst Short Course on Clinical Trials – 1/15

Harvard Catalyst | The Harvard Clinical & Translational Science Center Biostatistics Program Short Course Announcement Some Key Concepts in Design and Analysis of Early Developmental Clinical Trials   January 15, 2019 | … Continue reading “Catalyst Short Course on Clinical Trials – 1/15”

HDSI Hosts Multidisciplinary Roundtables

On November 6, members from the Harvard Data Science Initiative (HDSI), Elsevier, and LexisNexis sat down to participate in three 90-minute multidisciplinary roundtables to identify problems of societal importance that … Continue reading “HDSI Hosts Multidisciplinary Roundtables”

Constantine Gatsonis to Receive Zelen Award

We are extremely pleased to announce that Dr. Constantine Gatsonis will be the recipient of the 2018 Marvin Zelen Leadership Award in Statistical Science. Dr. Gatsonis will be presented with the award and … Continue reading “Constantine Gatsonis to Receive Zelen Award”

Arise Fellows Complete M&E Workshop

Last Friday, December 8th, was the culmination of a week-long workshop for the McGoldrick Professional Development Program in Public Health, operating under the aegis of HSPH and the Africa Research, … Continue reading “Arise Fellows Complete M&E Workshop”

HDSI 45/45 Talk Featuring Cory Zigler

Wednesday, December 13th 4:00 PM with a reception to follow Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics Pratt Conference Room 60 Garden Street, Cambridge Alyssa Goodman is the Robert Wheeler Willson Professor of Applied … Continue reading “HDSI 45/45 Talk Featuring Cory Zigler”