Nathan will present the dissertation entitled "On Inference in High-Dimensional Settings via De-sparsifying Techniques with Applications in Genomics". The dissertation committee is chaired by Dr. Rajarshi Mukherjee and Dr. Brent Coull, and includes Dr. Junwei Lu, and Dr. Christoph Lange.
Learning from Pandemics: a special symposium in celebration of Dr. Victor De Gruttola's 50-year career at Harvard Friday, May 12 from 3:00-5:30 pm | Snyder Auditorium, Kresge G1 A reception will follow Please RSVP here The event features special guest speakers and panels on: Panel 1: Learning from global efforts to investigate & control pandemics Eric Tchetgen … Continue reading "Special Symposium: Learning from Pandemics"
Ron Do Associate Professor of Genetics and Genomic Sciences Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai Advances in Mendelian Randomization: Robust Causal Inference and Identification of Risk Factors for Coronary Artery Disease Mendelian randomization (MR) is a commonly used approach in human genetics to infer causal risk factors for complex diseases. In this talk, I … Continue reading "PQG Seminar"
Octavious will present the dissertation entitled “Inference for Mechanistic Network Models and Visualization of Real-World Network Data”. The dissertation committee is chaired by Dr. JP Onnela, and includes Dr. Xihong Lin, and Dr. Rajarshi Mukherjee.
Gopal will present the dissertation entitled “Methods for the Design and Analysis of Clinical Trials: Uncertainty Directed Randomization and Data Synthesis”. The dissertation committee is chaired by Dr. Lorenzo Trippa, … Continue reading "Dissertation Defense – Gopal Kotecha"
Amy Zhou Doctoral Student, Department of Biostatistics, Harvard University "A Class of Case-Cohort Designs for Semi-Competing Risks" ABSTRACT: Semi-competing risks refers to the setting where interest lies in some non-terminal event, the occurrence of which is subject to some terminal event (usually death). While existing analysis methods generally assume complete data on all relevant covariates, … Continue reading "Quantitative Issues in Cancer Research Working Seminar"
Luke O’Connor Assistant Professor of Biomedical Informatics, HMS Associate Member, Broad Institute Graphical models of linkage disequilibrium and applications Linkage disequilibrium graphical models (LDGMs) are an efficient new approach to … Continue reading "PQG Seminar"
Luke Benz Doctoral Student, Department of Biostatistics, Harvard University "Understanding Missing Data when Emulating Target Trials in EHR-Based Observational Studies" ABSTRACT: In recent years, the target trial emulation framework has … Continue reading "Quantitative Issues in Cancer Research Working Seminar"
Robert Shapiro, Ph.D. Principal Research Scientist, Center for Biostatistics in AIDS Research, Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health "Early diagnosis and novel HIV treatment strategies for children: results … Continue reading "HIV Working Group"
