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HIV Working Group Seminar

Virtual In Person

Tanayott (Tony) Thaweethai Associate Director for Biostatistics Research and Engagement, Massachusetts General Hospital Biostatistics Development of a symptom-based definition of long COVID using negative-unlabeled data Abstract: While most people infected with COVID-19 recover after the acute phase of infection, some people continue to experience persistent symptoms months and even years after infection. These symptoms, also … Continue reading "HIV Working Group Seminar"

Quantitative Issues in Cancer Research Working Group Seminar

In Person

Mónica Robles Fontán, PhD Student, Department of Biostatistics, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health Leveraging Record Linkage To Enhance Public Health Research Abstract: Record linkage is the task of combining records from different populations that belong to a single entity to create a new single population. This task allows researchers to take advantage of … Continue reading "Quantitative Issues in Cancer Research Working Group Seminar"

Quantitative Issues in Cancer Research Working Group Seminar

In Person

Christian Covington, PhD Student, Department of Biostatistics, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health Statistical theory and the practice of data analysis: A brief and biased history Abstract: This talk gives an account of the replication crisis and how different disciplines– namely applied sciences, statistics, and theoretical computer science (TCS), have developed their own research … Continue reading "Quantitative Issues in Cancer Research Working Group Seminar"

HIV Working Group Seminar

Virtual

Mathieu Chalouni Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Department of Epidemiology Effect of DAA initiation and timing on the risk of liver and non-liver-related complications in persons with HIV and HCV co-infection from the HepCAUSAL collaboration Abstract: The main complication of hepatitis C virus infection is liver fibrosis, which could evolve … Continue reading "HIV Working Group Seminar"

DFCI 2024 Marvin Zelen Symposium: Health Disparities and Cancer

In Person

Registration for in person attendance. Invited speakers: Adewole Adamson, MD, MPP, Dell Medical School at the University of Texas at Austin, “AI and Melanoma Disparities” Cynthia Dwork,PhD, Harvard University Nate Fillmore,PhD, VA Boston Healthcare System and Harvard Medical School Carmen E. Guerra, MD, MSCE, University of Pennsylvania, “The (Mis)use of Race and Ethnicity in Biomedical … Continue reading "DFCI 2024 Marvin Zelen Symposium: Health Disparities and Cancer"

PQG Seminar

In Person

Ruben Dries Assistant Professor, Medicine Boston University Towards Solutions for Large-Scale Multi-Modal Spatial Data Analysis In the burgeoning field of spatial biology, the integration of multi-modal spatial omics technologies presents both a formidable challenge and a tremendous opportunity for advancing clinical research and diagnostics. I will discuss the concerted efforts of our laboratory to address … Continue reading "PQG Seminar"

Quantitative Issues in Cancer Research Working Group Seminar

In Person

Elizabeth Graff, PhD Student, Department of Biostatistics, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health Applications of Deep Learning for Graph-Structured Data: From Disease Spread to Social Networks Abstract: How can we apply deep learning to solve problems in modeling the spread of disease? In this talk, we will explore the components and applications of Graph … Continue reading "Quantitative Issues in Cancer Research Working Group Seminar"

Quantitative Issues in Cancer Research Working Group Seminar

In Person

Kimberly Greco, PhD Student, Department of Biostatistics, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health Graph Attention Framework to Enhance Rare Disease Sub-Phenotyping from EHR Abstract: Accurately sub-phenotyping patients according to their risk for an adverse clinical outcome can significantly enhance clinical decision-making. Recent advances in patient representation learning have enabled the development of sophisticated clustering … Continue reading "Quantitative Issues in Cancer Research Working Group Seminar"

HIV Working Group Seminar

Virtual In Person

Paige Williams Senior Lecturer on Biostatistics, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Department of Biostatistics The Pediatric HIV/AIDS Cohort Study (PHACS) Abstract: The Pediatric HIV/AIDS Cohort Study (PHACS) network conducts multiple longitudinal cohort studies investigating the long-term effects of HIV and antiretroviral (ARV) medications in children and young adults who were born with HIV … Continue reading "HIV Working Group Seminar"

PQG Seminar

In Person

Seunggeun 'Shawn' Lee Adjunct Professor, Biostatistics University of Michigan Rare variant association analysis Rare variants significantly impact complex diseases. This presentation will first introduce SAIGE-GENE and SAIGE-GENE+, methodologies extending SAIGE … Continue reading "PQG Seminar"