Concerned by the lack of diversity in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) programs, doctoral students Octavious Talbot and Alex Ocampo recruited Kelly Mosesso and Sam Tracy to teach programming … Continue reading “StatStart: Diversity in Statistics”
The Summer Program was another great success this year, as the Department hosted 10 undergraduate students, 2 post-baccalaureate interns, and 5 visiting faculty in an effort to increase the presence of underrepresented … Continue reading “Pipelines into Biostatistics”
This fall, the Department launched the Career Development Series (CDS), which provides Biostatistics students and post-docs with professional skills training, leadership coaching, networking opportunities, and perspectives on career paths. In … Continue reading “New Career Development Series”
A generous gift from the Minerva Foundation supported NIH cost sharing expenses and made possible the funding of the new Biostatistics Workshop program. Five workshop grants were awarded in the … Continue reading “Small Workshops 2016”
Doctoral student Joey Antonelli (PhD ’15) won a 2015 ENAR student paper award for his paper “Mitigating Bias in Generalized Linear Mixed Models: The Case for Bayesian Nonparametrics”, written jointly … Continue reading “Student and Postdoc Awards 2015”
Victor De Gruttola will be leading the next Career Development Series session tomorrow from 12-1:30 PM in the Biostatistics Conference Room. During this interactive session, Victor will reflect on his involvement … Continue reading “Career Development Series”
Just before Thanksgiving, doctoral candidate Heather Mattie gave a talk entitled “Biostatistics: Using Numbers to Improve Health and Help Communities Thrive” at the American Indian Science and Engineering Society (AISES) conference … Continue reading “AISES Conference”
Wellesley College students participated in sessions with alumnae, public health researchers and practitioners last week. Wellesley College’s Harambee House invited alumna (and our Biostats Student Services Manager) Tonia Smith, to campus to … Continue reading “Public Health Panel at Wellesley”
This short course will introduce Concept and Theory, Methods and Software Tools needed to critically evaluate and conduct genetic association studies in unrelated individuals and family samples, including: multiple comparisons … Continue reading “Genetic Association Analysis Course”
Second year doctoral student Octavious Talbot co-moderated a panel discussion on “Prison Cells and Psychiatric Units: On Deviance and Social Control” which discussed how the pathway to prison is often paved with … Continue reading “Panel Discussion at DLOV Conference”
