2014 Workshop

Pipelines into Biostatistics Visiting Faculty Workshop

Harvard School of Public Health – Building II, Room 426
July 23 – July 25, 2014

 FEATURED VISITING FACULTY MEMBER William Vélez Professor, Arizona State University See his AMS Feature on "Mathematics Instruction, an Enthusiastic Activity"
FEATURED VISITING FACULTY MEMBER
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