Pipelines into Biostatistics Visiting Faculty Workshop
Harvard School of Public Health – Building II, Room 426
July 23 – July 25, 2014
William Vélez
Professor, Arizona State University
See his AMS Feature on “Mathematics Instruction, an Enthusiastic Activity”
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WEDNESDAY, JULY 23rd
12:30 – 1:00pm Registration
Session I – Opening Remarks and Introductions
1:00 – 2:10pm Welcome
Rebecca Betensky, Harvard School of Public Health
Gurdial Arora, Xavier University of Louisiana
Visiting Faculty Introductions
Gurdial Arora, Xavier University of Louisiana
Donna Stutson, Xavier University of Louisiana
William Velez, University of Arizona
Ulrica Wilson, Morehouse College
Session II – Admissions Overview: What Do We Look For In Prospective Students?
2:10 — 3:05pm
HSPH Admissions
Vincent James, Harvard School of Public Health
Admission to the Biostatistics Master’s and PhD Programs
David Wypij, Harvard School of Public Health
Victor DeGruttola, Harvard School of Public Health
Academic Preparation for First Year PhD Courses
Brent Coull, Harvard School of Public Health
Eric Tchetgen Tchetgen, Harvard School of Public Health
3:05 — 3:20pm Break & Refreshments
Session III – What is Biostatistics, and Why Should Math and Quantitative Majors Consider It?
3:20 — 4:20pm
Controlling the HIV Epidemic Using Network Science
Victor DeGruttola, Harvard School of Public Health | Slides
Understanding Gene Regulation Through Integrated Analysis of Genomic Data
Guo-Cheng Yuan, Harvard School of Public Health | Slides
Inverse Probability of Censoring Weighting with Applications to HIV Progression
Judith Lok, Harvard School of Public Health
Network Inference in Biological Systems: Using Data to Discover Complex
Relationships
John Quackenbush, Harvard School of Public Health & Dana-Farber Cancer Institute | Slides
4:20 — 4:30pm Break
4:30 — 5:15pm
Statistical Analysis of Big Genetic and Genomic Data
Xihong Lin, Harvard School of Public Health
Environmental Exposures: Do They Affect Reproductive and Child Health Outcomes?
Paige Williams, Harvard School of Public Health | Slides
The Human Microbiome in Health and Disease
Xochitl Morgan, Harvard School of Public Health
Session IV – Visiting Faculty Dinner (Kresge 110)
5:45pm Dinner
THURSDAY, JULY 24th
2014 Pipelines into Biostatistics Annual Symposium
Dana Farber Cancer Insitute – Smith Building, Room 308/309
FRIDAY, JULY 25th
Harvard School of Public Health – Building II, Room 426
Session I — HSPH Student Presentations and Discussion
9:30 – 10:30am
Graduate Students’ Journeys to Biostatistics at HSPH
Christina McIntosh, PhD Candidate
Heather Mattie, PhD Candidate | Slides
Sarah Anoke, PhD Candidate | Slides
Catherine Lee, PhD Candidate
Session II — Summer Program Student Reflections
10:35 – 11:05am
Summer Program Student Reflections
Jamaris Burns, Johnson C. Smith University ’15
Esther Fevrier, Amherst College ’13
Lilyana Gross, California State University, Montery Bay ’15
Havell Markus, Arizona State University ’17
Savion Smith, Arizona State University ’13
Christine Ulysse, Cornell University ’14
11:10 – 11:20am
HSPH Biostatistics Pipeline Programs & Graduate Programs Recruitment
Tonia Smith, Diversity Coordinator, Harvard School of Public Health
11:20 – 11:30am
Faculty Workshop Evaluation
Dan Finkelstein, Program Evaluator, Causeway Health Research & Evaluation
Session III — Closing Ceremony
11:30 – 12:00pm
Certificate Presentations
Meredith Rosenthal, Associate Dean for Diversity & Professor of Health Economics and Policy, Harvard School of Public Health
12:00-1:00pm Lunch
