Celebrating Jim Ware
As many of you know, a symposium in celebration of Jim Ware’s life and career was held on Friday, April 29, featuring tributes from nine of Ware’s colleagues and friends. … Continue reading “Celebrating Jim Ware”
Category: Faculty News
2016 Joint Biostatistics Program
Professor of Biostatistics Rebecca Betensky was the keynote speaker at the 2016 Annual Joint Biostatistics Symposium, co-sponsored by The Ohio State University, Case Western Reserve University and Cleveland Clinic Foundation. She presented … Continue reading “2016 Joint Biostatistics Program”
Endocrine Society Early Career Award
Shirley Liu, Professor of Biostatistics in the Department of Biostatistics and Computational Biology at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute has received the Richard W. Weitzman Outstanding Early Career Investigator Award for her work … Continue reading “Endocrine Society Early Career Award”
AACR Outstanding Achievement Award
Franziska Michor, Professor of Computational Biology in the Department of Biostatistics and Computational Biology at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, has been awarded the American Association for Cancer Research Award for Outstanding Achievement … Continue reading “AACR Outstanding Achievement Award”
James H. Ware 1941-2016
As many of you now know, Jim Ware, the Frederick Mosteller Professor of Biostatistics and Associate Dean for Clinical and Translational Science, passed away April 26 after a long battle … Continue reading “James H. Ware 1941-2016”
New Health Effects Institute Award
Congratulations to Francesca Dominici and Antonella Zanobetti (PI and co-PI) for being awarded a new HEI grant for their project on “Assessing Adverse Health Effects of Long-Term Exposure to Low … Continue reading “New Health Effects Institute Award”
A Conversation with Nan Laird
Two summers ago, Nan Laird sat down with former chair Louise Ryan (PhD ’83) to reflect on her 40 years at Harvard. Their conversation is wonderfully comprehensive and discusses her … Continue reading “A Conversation with Nan Laird”
Diversity Workshop at ENAR
Another great story from ENAR – on behalf of our department, Xihong Lin attended a half-day workshop on Fostering Diversity in Biostatistics, which the department co-sponsored. The workshop provided a forum for discussion of … Continue reading “Diversity Workshop at ENAR”
Francesca Dominici to be on RERF Committee
Francesca Dominici was selected to be a member of the Scientific Advisory Committee (SAC) of the Radiation Effects Research Foundation (RERF) and recently attended their 43rd meeting in Hiroshima, Japan, … Continue reading “Francesca Dominici to be on RERF Committee”
Department News
In addition to a very successful alumni reception, Xihong Lin‘s delivery of the presidential address, and her participation in the first US Biostatistics Chairs Retreat, there were several exciting developments at ENAR: Scarlett Bellamy … Continue reading “Department News”
