News & Updates

Welcome Rachel Nethery & Briana Stephenson!

              We are extremely proud to officially welcome Dr. Rachel Nethery and Dr. Briana Stephenson to the Department today as Assistant Professors of Biostatistics! … Continue reading “Welcome Rachel Nethery & Briana Stephenson!”

Heather Mattie on Health and Big Data in Chile

Heather Mattie, Instructor of Data Science and Executive Director of the Master’s Program in Health Data Science, recently participated in a conference on health and big data in Chile, a meeting that took place … Continue reading “Heather Mattie on Health and Big Data in Chile”

Harvard & Elsevier are using Data Science to improve gender equality in academia

“How does having access to scientometric data accelerate the pace with which we can eliminate gender differences in academic success? And which critical datasets can be extracted from this wealth … Continue reading “Harvard & Elsevier are using Data Science to improve gender equality in academia”

Precision Medicine Conference – 6/18

Precision Medicine 2019: Can AI Accelerate Precision Medicine? Tuesday, June 18, 2019, 8:00 am – 4:45 pm ET Recent progress in artificial intelligence has been touted as the solution for … Continue reading “Precision Medicine Conference – 6/18”

First Day of the 2019 Summer Program

The Department welcomed the 2019 cohort of the Summer Program in Biostatistics and Computational Biology this morning! Twelve undergraduate students and 2 postbac interns will spend the next 6 weeks learning about the use of quantitative methods for … Continue reading “First Day of the 2019 Summer Program”

Harvard Biostats Online Pop-Up Shop Ends Tomorrow

 We’re excited to announce the launch of our Harvard Biostatistics pop-up shop! All past and present members of the Department– including faculty, staff, students, postdocs and alumni– will have the opportunity to … Continue reading “Harvard Biostats Online Pop-Up Shop Ends Tomorrow”