Events Calendar

Quantitative Issues in Cancer Research Working Group Seminar

In Person

Carmen B. Rodriguez, PhD Student, Department of Biostatistics, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health A Bayesian Mixture Model Approach to Examining Socioeconomic Disparities in Endometrial Cancer Care in Massachusetts. Abstract: Endometrial cancer (EC) is the most common gynecologic cancer in the United States. On average, African American women have 55% higher 5-year mortality risk … Continue reading "Quantitative Issues in Cancer Research Working Group Seminar"

Dissertation Defense – Yige Li

Virtual In Person

Yige will present the dissertation entitled “Toward Robust and Transparent Estimation of the Effects of Time-Dependent Interventions". The dissertation committee is chaired by Dr. José Zubizarreta, and includes Dr. Miguel Hernán and Dr. Tyler VanderWeele.

Quantitative Issues in Cancer Research Working Group Seminar

In Person

Amy Zhou, PhD Student, Department of Biostatistics, Harvard University Comparison of Outcome-Dependent Sampling for Semi-Competing Risks Abstract: Outcome-dependent sampling is a commonly used design tool to collect otherwise unavailable information on a subset of participants rather than all participants. This is particularly useful in research settings where one or more covariates of interest may not … Continue reading "Quantitative Issues in Cancer Research Working Group Seminar"

Thesis Defense – Yuting Liu

In Person

Thesis Defense: Yuting Liu Time: Friday May 3, 2024, at 10:00 AM Eastern Time Location: Kresge 201 Yuting will present the thesis titled “A machine learning model for large-scale discovery of protein interactions with AlphaFold2”. The thesis committee is chaired by Sharad Ramanathan and includes Vlad Denic and John Quackenbush.

Dissertation Defense – Eric Cohn

Virtual In Person

Eric will present the dissertation entitled “Statistical Methods for the Study of Effect Modification and Spatial Causal Inference: Theory and Applications”. The dissertation committee is chaired by Dr. José Zubizarreta, and includes Dr. Rajarshi Mukherjee and Dr. Andrea Rotnitzky.