Oct 05, 12:00 PM – 1:30 PM EDT Webinar – RSVP Moderated by Francesca Dominici, Faculty Co-Director, Harvard Data Science Initiative Please join The Harvard Data Science Initiative for their first keynote … Continue reading “HDSI Keynote w. Elizabeth Stuart – 10/5”
Over the next few weeks we’ll be introducing you to our first year doctoral students. Hi! My name is Sarika Aggarwal and I was born and raised in Houston, Texas. I recently … Continue reading “Get to Know Our New PhD Students!”
Professor Christoph Lange and Research Associate Georg Hahn are part of a team leading important research in the fight against COVID-19 by using methodology from genome-wide association studies (GWAS) to identify a mutation in … Continue reading “Researchers Accurately Flag More Deadly SARS-CoV-2 Variant”
Doctoral students Eric Cohn and Stephanie Wu, along with Lecturer on Biostatistics Heather Mattie, are organizing a ‘Statisticians for justice’ reading group open to everyone in the department. Inspired by the ‘Eugenics and Statistics’ talk … Continue reading “Statisticians for Justice Reading Group – Begins 4/7”
Women have played an integral role in the success of the Department of Biostatistics from its inception. Dr. Jane Worcester (pictured in black and white) first joined the Department as a student … Continue reading “International Women’s Day – March 8”
Researchers recently marked the first anniversary of the launch of the revolutionary Apple Women’s Health Study between the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Apple, and the National Institute of Environmental … Continue reading “Apple Women’s Health Study Celebrates First Anniversary”
Eugenics and Statistics; Past, Present and Future Friday, Feb 26th 1pm-2pm A panel discussion with: Scarlett Bellamy, Alumna, ScD ’01 Professor and Associate Dean for Diversity, Inclusion and Faculty Development, Drexel … Continue reading “Save the Date: Eugenics and Statistics; Past, Present and Future”
Bias Response and Resources: Information Session for Students Tuesday, March 23 | 1:00-2:00 pm | Zoom (click to join) The Office of Diversity and Inclusion will provide an overview of … Continue reading “Resources & Trainings”
The Department is extremely pleased to welcome four distinguished colleagues– Scarlett Bellamy, Aaron Foster, DeJuran Richardson and Alisa Stephens– who will join our adjunct faculty and provide career mentorship for students and junior … Continue reading “New Adjunct Faculty: Interview with Alisa Stephens-Shields, PhD’12”
Looking back at 2020, it is easy to focus on the challenges that the community in our department, and our larger society, have faced and continue to confront. But one … Continue reading “2020 Year-End Chair’s Message”
