Harvard Catalyst Journal Club – 9/13

Biostatistics Journal Club: Assessing Predictability of Survival ModelsWednesday, September 13, 20231:00pm-2:00pmRegister hereLee-Jen (LJ) Wei, PhD, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health For personalized or stratified medicine, it is critical … Continue reading “Harvard Catalyst Journal Club – 9/13”

Mental health ills are rising. Do mood-tracking apps help?

Check out this recent interview with JP Onnela published in the Harvard Gazette in which he discusses Apple’s recent decision to track mood information  via an app as part of an effort to enable … Continue reading “Mental health ills are rising. Do mood-tracking apps help?”

Harvard Chan Bioinformatics Core’s (HBC) Current Topics in Bioinformatics 2023 series

The Harvard Chan Bioinformatics Core  is pleased to announce the next session of the Harvard Chan Bioinformatics Core’s (HBC) Current Topics in Bioinformatics 2023 series – R basics practice. This free, hands-on workshop is available to all Harvard affiliates. The workshop … Continue reading “Harvard Chan Bioinformatics Core’s (HBC) Current Topics in Bioinformatics 2023 series”

Access to Non-Public Federal Microdata through the Boston Research Data Center

The Harvard Chan School recently purchased an institutional subscription to the Boston Research Data Center (BRDC), which greatly reduces the cost of accessing non-public federal microdata for School researchers. These microdata represent … Continue reading “Access to Non-Public Federal Microdata through the Boston Research Data Center”

Biostats Faculty Publish Study Helping Define Long COVID

A recent study proposes a preliminary symptom-based rule that can be used to identify cases of postacute sequelae of SARS-CoV-2 infection (PASC), also known as long COVID.  The study was led by … Continue reading “Biostats Faculty Publish Study Helping Define Long COVID”