Francesca Dominici, PhD, Professor of Biostatistics and co-Director of the Harvard Data Science Initiative has been appointed chair of the NIH Review Panel for Biostatistical Methods and Research Design Study Section … Continue reading “Dominici Named New Chair of NIH Review Panel”
Monday, September 18, 2017 1:15-2:15 PM Minot Room, 5th Floor Countway Library, HMS B3D Website Jennifer Listgarten Senior Researcher Microsoft Research New England From Genetics to CRISPR Gene Editing with … Continue reading “B3D Big Data Series: Opening Seminar 9/18”
X. Shirley Liu recently received the Breast Cancer Research Foundation Award to identify novel immunotherapy targets to treat triple negative breast cancers. Guo-Cheng Yuan was awarded an R01, “A Systems … Continue reading “Faculty News: Shirley Liu & GC Yuan”
Our newly energized colloquium series will feature distinguished speakers from all over the country, and our newly created lightning talks will be a fun new way to see what colleagues … Continue reading “Save the Dates! Colloquia & Lightning Talks”
Donald B. Rubin has been awarded the 2017 Rao Prize for Outstanding Research in Statistics. The C.R. Rao and Bhargavi Prize honors outstanding and influential innovations in the theory and … Continue reading “News from the Statistics Department”
Biostatistics Journal Club Tuesday, August 29th 1:00-2:00pm Bldg 2, Rm 426Â Edie Weller, Ph.D., Director of Biostatistics and Research Design Core at Boston Children’s Hospital, will lead the August meeting … Continue reading “Harvard Catalyst Biostatistics Journal Club”
Doctoral student Sheila Gaynor was awarded an F31 grant from the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute of the NIH. Her grant, titled “Integrative analysis of lung disease genotypes and … Continue reading “Sheila Gaynor Awarded NHLBI F31 Grant”
Tuesday, August 22nd 1:30-5:30 pm Reception to follow Kresge 502 Please join us for the Biostatistics Summer Project Presentations and reception! Students work very hard on their projects and are … Continue reading “Summer Project Presentations: Schedule”
Sometimes the results that researchers obtain are as confounding as the variables they seek to untangle. Such is the case in a recent study done by scientists from the RAND … Continue reading “Cuddly Puppies and Better Health – a No Brainer, Right?”
