News & Updates

32nd Annual NESS – Abstracts Due 3/30

The Department of Mathematics and Statistics and the Department of Biostatistics and Epidemiology of the University of Massachusetts-Amherst are excited to co-host the 32nd annual New England Statistics Symposium (NESS) on Saturday, … Continue reading “32nd Annual NESS – Abstracts Due 3/30”

Isabel Fulcher Receives Bloom Fellowship

Isabel Fulcher has been awarded funding from the Barry R. and Irene Tilenius Bloom Fellowship Fund for 2017-18. The fund provides critical financial aid—one of Bloom’s priorities as dean—that can transform … Continue reading “Isabel Fulcher Receives Bloom Fellowship”

Upcoming PhD Student Seminars

Tuesday March 20, 2018 Speaker: Jessica Cao Title: Internship at Boehringer Ingelheim & Cost-effectiveness Analysis for Hepatitis C Treatment in Chile Abstract: In the first half of this talk, I will discuss my … Continue reading “Upcoming PhD Student Seminars”

IACS Seminar with Francesca Dominici

Data Science and our Environment Francesca Dominici  Professor of Biostatistics, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health Co-Director of the Data Science Initiative, Harvard University Friday, March 23, 1:00-2:00pm Maxwell … Continue reading “IACS Seminar with Francesca Dominici”

Summer Short Course on Causal Inference

An Introduction to Causal Inference: This 5-day course introduces concepts and methods for causal inference from observational data. Upon completion of the course, participants will be prepared to further explore the causal inference … Continue reading “Summer Short Course on Causal Inference”

Upcoming Career Development Events

“A Place for Biostatistics and Data Science:   Pharma and Biotech at all stages” Join (alumni and non-alumni) panelists from Alexion, Agios, Sanofi/Genzyme, and more for a tour of opportunities … Continue reading “Upcoming Career Development Events”

Harvard Catalyst Upcoming Events

March 2018 Journal Club March 21, 2018, 1:00pm-2:00pm Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Room 2-426 Michael Hughes, PhD., Professor of Biostatistics and Director of the Center for Biostatistics … Continue reading “Harvard Catalyst Upcoming Events”

The ASA Celebrates Women in Statistics

https://www.hsph.harvard.edu/francesca-dominici/In honor of Women’s History Month, the American Statistical Association (ASA) celebrated women who work in statistics and data science with a series of short biographies on AMSTAT News. Both … Continue reading “The ASA Celebrates Women in Statistics”