Another Great Year for StatStart Program

StatStart finished another successful year and held their final certificate ceremony on Friday. After undergoing an intense month of lectures from Harvard graduate students, the high school students presented their … Continue reading “Another Great Year for StatStart Program”

Spring 1 & 2 Course Evaluations

As part of its mandate to monitor quality teaching at the School, the Committee on Educational Policy recently reviewed student course evaluations and found that the following courses in the … Continue reading “Spring 1 & 2 Course Evaluations”

Cory Zigler: Study on Air Pollution & Health

The Health Effects Institute (HEI) recently published a final report of the Accountability Research Program entitled Causal Inference Methods for Estimating Long-Term Health Effects of Air Quality Regulations by Zigler … Continue reading “Cory Zigler: Study on Air Pollution & Health”

Pipelines into Biostatistics Symposium

The Pipelines Into Biostatistics symposium will be taking place on July 21, 9am-4pm in Yawkey Conference Center (Room 306/307, 450 Brookline Ave, Boston, MA 02115). It is the culminating event for … Continue reading “Pipelines into Biostatistics Symposium”

30 Year Celebration of Dersimonian/Laird Paper

This year marked the 30th anniversary since publication of the landmark paper “Meta-Analysis in Clinical Trials” by Rebecca DerSimonian (PhD ¹83) & Nan Laird (1986, Controlled Clinical Trials 7, 177-188). … Continue reading “30 Year Celebration of Dersimonian/Laird Paper”

Rebecca Betensky Receives NINDS Grant

Rebecca Betensky has received a grant for Statistical methods for censored and dependently truncated data. This 4-year R01 grant was awarded by the National Institute for Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS).  … Continue reading “Rebecca Betensky Receives NINDS Grant”