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2 events,
Biostat Student Seminar
Biostat Student Seminar
Alejandra Avalos Title: Factor regression for dimensionality reduction and data integration techniques with applications to cancer data Abstract: Two key challenges in modern statistical applications are the large amount of information recorded per individual, and that such data are often not collected in batches. These batch effects (BE) can be complex, causing distortions in both … Continue reading "Biostat Student Seminar"
1 event,
Quantitative Issues in Cancer Research Working Seminar
Quantitative Issues in Cancer Research Working Seminar
Jane LiangDoctoral Student, Department of Biostatistics, Harvard University"Multi-gene, Multi-cancer Mendelian Risk Assessment" ABSTRACT: Risk evaluation to determine individuals who are at greater risk of cancer as a result of heritable mutations is a valuable component of individualized clinical management. Mendelian models identify those at high risk for carrying a pathogenic mutation and assess future risk … Continue reading "Quantitative Issues in Cancer Research Working Seminar"
2 events,
HIV Working Group
HIV Working Group
Peter Gilbert, Ph.DProfessor, Vaccine and Infectious Disease/Public Health Sciences Divisions of the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, and Department of Biostatistics, University of Washington"Assessing Immunological Biomarker Surrogate Endpoints in COVID-19 Vaccine Efficacy Trials" ABSTRACT: An objective of phase 3 preventive COVID-19 vaccine efficacy trials is to assess post-vaccination immunological biomarkers as various types of “immune … Continue reading "HIV Working Group"
Lightning Talks
Lightning Talks
Each virtual event features 4 rounds of 5-minute talks by department faculty & postdocs. This is a great opportunity to get a quick snapshot of current department research in a relaxed, social setting.
2 events,
Quantitative Issues in Cancer Research Working Seminar
Quantitative Issues in Cancer Research Working Seminar
Andy ShiDoctoral Student, Department of Biostatistics, Harvard University"Multiple Phenotype—Multiple Genotype Testing with Principal Components" ABSTRACT: The increasing popularity of large-scale genetic compendiums has driven a recent interest in (1) testing sets of genotypes against a single phenotype and (2) testing sets of phenotypes against a single genotype. Incorporating the information from these correlated sets of … Continue reading "Quantitative Issues in Cancer Research Working Seminar"
2 events,
PQG Working Group
PQG Working Group
Carles Boix PhD CandidateMITRegulatory genomic circuitry of human disease loci by integrative epigenomicsAnnotating the molecular basis of human disease remains an unsolved challenge, as 93% of disease loci are non-coding, and gene-regulatory annotations highly incomplete. Here, we present EpiMap, a compendium of 10,000 epigenomic maps across 800 samples, which we use to define chromatin states, … Continue reading "PQG Working Group"
Data Science Zoominar: Election Forecasting: How We Succeeded Brilliantly, Failed Miserably, or Landed Somewhere in Between
Data Science Zoominar: Election Forecasting: How We Succeeded Brilliantly, Failed Miserably, or Landed Somewhere in Between
Tuesday November 10, 2020 1:00PM ET Election Forecasting: How We Succeeded Brilliantly, Failed Miserably, or Landed Somewhere in Between A conversation withAndrew Gelman, Ph.D.Professor of Statistics and Political ScienceColumbia University Moderator: Rafael Irizarry Quick RSVP at https://bit.ly/DSNov10
1 event,
Quantitative Issues in Cancer Research Working Seminar
Quantitative Issues in Cancer Research Working Seminar
Jeffrey Miller, Ph.D.Assistant Professor, Department of Biostatistics, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health"Inference in Generalized Bilinear Models" ABSTRACT: Latent factor models are widely used to discover and adjust for hidden variation in modern applications. However, most methods do not fully account for uncertainty in the latent factors, which can lead to miscalibrated inferences such … Continue reading "Quantitative Issues in Cancer Research Working Seminar"
2 events,
Data Science Zoominar: Communicating Statistical Findings Effectively
Data Science Zoominar: Communicating Statistical Findings Effectively
Communicating Statistical Findings Effectively A conversation withProfessor Sir David SpiegelhalterChair, Winton Centre for Risk and Evidence CommunicationCentre for Mathematical SciencesAuthor: The Art of Statistics Moderator: Rafael Irizarry RSVP at https://bit.ly/DSNov17
3 events,
Race for the COVID-19 Vaccine: Latest Updates
Race for the COVID-19 Vaccine: Latest Updates
The Dr. Lawrence H. and Roberta Cohn Forums RACE FOR THE COVID-19 VACCINE: Latest UpdatesPresented jointly with NPRFriday, November 20, 2020 As 2020 approaches its end, the world awaits a … Continue reading "Race for the COVID-19 Vaccine: Latest Updates"
HIV Workiing Group
HIV Workiing Group
Jemar BatherDoctoral Student, Department of Biostatistics, Harvard University "Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Longitudinal Emotional-Behavioral Functioning Among Youth Born to Women Living with HIV" ABSTRACT: Youth with perinatal HIV exposure have demonstrated high rates of emotional-behavioral problems. Few studies have longitudinally examined racial/ethnic disparities in such functioning across adolescence, a critical time for targeting much-needed … Continue reading "HIV Workiing Group"
Dissertation Defense – Xiao Wu
Dissertation Defense – Xiao Wu
Xiao Wu will present the dissertation entitled "Causal Inference with Complex Exposures in Observational Studies". The dissertation committee is chaired by Dr. Francesca Dominici, and includes Dr. José Zubizarreta and Dr. Danielle Braun.
2 events,
Quantitative Issues in Cancer Research Working Seminar
Quantitative Issues in Cancer Research Working Seminar
Heng Li, Ph.D.Assistant ProfessorBiomedical Informatics, Harvard Medical SchoolBiostatistics and Computational Biology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute"The Assembly of Human Pangenome" ABSTRACT: The primary GRCh38 assembly represents the genome of a single haplotype and misses thousands of structural variations in each individual. To encode and study these complex variations, we developed hifiasm and minigraph to assemble PacBio high-fidelity … Continue reading "Quantitative Issues in Cancer Research Working Seminar"
3 events,
Quantitative Issues in Cancer Research Working Seminar
Quantitative Issues in Cancer Research Working Seminar
Gopal KotechaDoctoral Student, Department of Biostatistics, Harvard University"Regulatory Approval Prediction Models" ABSTRACT: Despite improvements in technology, drug discovery has become slower and more expensive over the last few decades, with the cost of developing a new drug roughly doubling every decade. At the same time, there has been a near exponential increase in the number … Continue reading "Quantitative Issues in Cancer Research Working Seminar"
Thesis Defense – Mona Kelkar
Thesis Defense – Mona Kelkar
Mona Kelkar will present the thesis entitled "Reliability and Validation Study of the Decibel Hearing Test iPhone App". The thesis committee is chaired by Dr. Molin Wang, and includes Dr. Gary Curhan and Dr. Erin Lake.
2 events,
HIV Working Group
HIV Working Group
Michael Hudgens, Ph.DProfessor, Department of Biostatistics, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill / Director, Biostatistics Core, UNC Center for AIDS Research (CFAR) "Counting Viruses: Estimating the Size of the Latent HIV Reservoir" ABSTRACT: We will discuss statistical methods for quantifying the latent HIV reservoir in anti-retroviral therapy (ART) suppressed individuals. In particular, we will … Continue reading "HIV Working Group"
Lightning Talks
Lightning Talks
Each virtual event features 4 rounds of 5-minute talks by department faculty & postdocs. This is a great opportunity to get a quick snapshot of current department research in a … Continue reading "Lightning Talks"
