The 2023 Summer Program in Biostatistics & Computational Biology concluded last week, after the annual “Pipelines into Public Health Symposium” was held on Thursday, July 13th. Research project presentations were given … Continue reading “Pipelines into Public Health Symposium”
Pipelines into Public Health Symposium | Thursday, July 13, 2023 | Kresge G3This is the last week of the undergrad Summer Program in Biostatistics, and it will conclude with a research … Continue reading “Pipelines into Public Health Symposium – 7/13!”
The 2023 CELEHS/HMS Data Science Summer Program kicked off with a bootcamp on Python programming and a session to start the construction of toy cars. Campers are thrilled to be back … Continue reading “2023 CELEHS/HMS Data Science Summer Program kicks off!”
Applications are being accepted for the 2023 Mytro Lefkopoulou Award! The Myrto Lefkopoulou Distinguished Lectureship was established in perpetuity in memory of Dr. Myrto Lefkopoulou, a faculty member and graduate of Harvard School … Continue reading “Myrto Lefkopoulou Award – Nominations Due 7/21”
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”
Congratulations to Nan Laird who was awarded the 2023 Chernoff Excellence in Statistics Award from the New England Statistics Symposium (NESS). Dr. Laird, Harvey V. Fineberg Professor of Public Health, Emerita, in Harvard T.H. Chan … Continue reading “Nan Laird receives the 2023 Chernoff Excellence in Statistics Award from NESS”
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”
Congratulations to PhD student Jerry Chang, who will be a recipient of the ASA Biopharmaceutical Section Scholarship Award! The award was established in 2018 by the Biopharmaceutical Section of the American Statistical Association to … Continue reading “PhD Student Jerry Chang to Receive ASA Scholarship Award at JSM”
For the first time since the start of the pandemic, the Department gave an in-person welcome to the 2023 cohort of the Summer Program in Biostatistics and Computational Biology! Dr. John Quackenbush along … Continue reading “First day of the 2023 Summer Program!”
Congratulations to Assistant Professor Briana Stephenson who’s K01 proposal received 5 years of funding from the NHLBI. The research, titled: “Statistical methods to understand changes in dietary patterns over time and cardiovascular disease risk … Continue reading “Briana Stephenson Awarded a K01 Grant”
