Pipelines into Biostatistics Visiting Faculty Workshop
Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health – Building 2, Room 426
July 19 – July 21, 2017
2017 Visiting Faculty Participants
AGENDA
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WEDNESDAY, JULY 20
11:15 – 11:30am Arrival
Session I – Opening Remarks and Introductions
11:30 – 12:00pm
Welcome
Marcello Pagano, Professor of Statistical Computing and Principal Investigator, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
Visiting Faculty Introductions
Alberta Arviso, Learning Specialist, University of Arizona
Cher Crockett, Visiting Professor of Mathematics, Texas Southern University
Alfreda Holloway-Beth, Assistant Professor of Environmental and Occupational Health Scientist, Chicago State University
Salam Khan, Assistant Professor of Mathematics, Alabama A&M University
Bhikhari Tharu, Assistant Professor of Mathematics, Spelman College
12:00 – 1:00pm Lunch and Discussion
Session II -What is Biostatistics, and Why Should Math and Quantitative Majors Consider It?
1:00 – 2:30pm
John Quackenbush, Professor of Computational Biology and Bioinformatics, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
Marcello Pagano, Professor of Statistical Computing and Principal Investigator, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
Sarah Anoke, Postdoctoral Fellow, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
Heather Mattie, Instructor of Biostatistics, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
Session III -Admissions Overview and Course Requirements
2:30 – 3:45pm
Admission to the Biostatistics Doctoral and Master’s Programs
Paige Williams, Director of Graduate Studies, Senior Lecturer in Biostatistics, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
David Wypij, Director of Master of Science Programs, Senior Lecturer in Biostatistics, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
Required Courses and Qualifying Exams
Brent Coull, Professor and Associate Chair, Department of Biostatistics, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
Marcello Pagano, Professor of Statistical Computing and Principal Investigator, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
Heather Mattie, Instructor of Biostatistics, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
Session IV – Summer Student Panel
3:45 – 5:00pm Discussion with Current Summer Program Students
Session V – Visiting Faculty Dinner (Kresge 110)
6:00pm
Attendees
Sarah Anoke, PhD Candidate in Biostatistics,
Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
Alberta Arviso, Learning Specialist, University of Arizona
Cher Crockett, Visiting Professor of Mathematics, Texas Southern University
Sheila Gaynor, Graduate Student, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
Alfreda Holloway-Beth, Assistant Professor of Environmental and Occupational Health Scientist, Chicago State University
Salam Khan, Assistant Professor of Mathematics, Alabama A&M University
Heather Mattie, Instructor of Biostatistics, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
Marcello Pagano, Professor of Statistical Computing and Principal Investigator, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
Kamrine Poels, Graduate Student, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
Megan Scott, Program Coordinator for Summer Program in Biostatistics and Computational Biology, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
Eric Tchetgen Tchetgen, Professor of Biostatistics and Epidemiologic Methods, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
Bhikhari Tharu, Assistant Professor of Mathematics, Spelman College
Jai Vartikar, Program Coordinator for Summer Program in Biostatistics and Computational Biology, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
Jaffer Zaidi, Graduate Student, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
Speaker: “Modularizing, Magnetizing, and Multilayering — Towards more effective science general education”
Xiao-Li Meng, Dean of the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, Whipple V. N. Jones Professor of Statistics, Harvard University
THURSDAY, JULY 20
2017 Pipelines Into Biostatistics Annual Symposium
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute – Smith Building, Room 308/309
FRIDAY, JULY 21
Harvard School of Public Health –Building 2, Room 426
Session I – HSPH Student Presentations and Discussion
9:30 – 10:30am Graduate Students’ Journeys to and Experiences in Biostatistics at HSPH
Sarah Anoke, Recent Graduate
Kaitlin Cook, PhD Student
Shirley Liao, PhD Student
Heather Mattie, Recent Graduate
Emily Slade, PhD Student
Sam Tracy, PhD Student
Jaffer Zaidi, PhD Student
Session II – Wrap Up
10:30 – 11:00am Closing Remarks
11:00 – 12:00pm Program Evaluations
1:00-2:00pm Lunch (Building 2, Room 426 — optional)
