SAVE THE DATE!  2-DAY SHORT COURSE Latent Variable Modeling and Measurement Karen Bandeen-Roche, PhD Hurley-Dorrier Professor and Chair Department of Biostatistics Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health Qian-Li Xue, PhD Associate Professor … Continue reading “Catalyst Biostatistics Program Short Course”
Demand for novel approaches to the analysis of sports data has been on the rise over the last decade in professional, amateur and collegiate sports. The Sports Analytics Laboratory at Harvard … Continue reading “The Sports Analytics Laboratory at Harvard”
The recent research efforts of alumna Loni Philip Tabb (PhD ‘10) examine the relationship between violent crime and increased alcohol availability, underlining the importance of biostatistics research for public policy … Continue reading “Alumni Research: Targeting the Intersection of Alcohol & Urban Violence”
Why are some NIH grant applications more likely to be funded than others? A recent study of NIH criterion scores suggest that the most important predictor of funding is the … Continue reading “Gaining a Competitive Edge: Predictors of NIH Funding Outcomes”
The Department is very proud to announce that Mahlet Tadesse (ScD ’02, MS ’00) will be this year’s recipient of the annual Myrto Lefkopoulou Award. Dr. Mahlet will be presented with the award … Continue reading “Mahlet Tadesse to Receive Myrto Award”
Thank you to all our alumni, present members of the Department, and the wonderful group in the Statistics Department for being part of another successful reception at JSM. Please help … Continue reading “Biostats/Stats Reception at JSM Chicago”
StatStart finished another successful year and held their final certificate ceremony on Friday. After undergoing an intense month of lectures from Harvard graduate students, the high school students presented their … Continue reading “Another Great Year for StatStart Program”
Congratulations to alumnus Nick Horton (ScD ’99), Professor of Statistics at Amherst College, for being selected as the new Chair of the Committee of Presidents of Statistical Societies (COPSS).  COPSS recently released a … Continue reading “Alumni News – Nick Horton Is New COPSS Chair”
As part of its mandate to monitor quality teaching at the School, the Committee on Educational Policy recently reviewed student course evaluations and found that the following courses in the … Continue reading “Spring 1 & 2 Course Evaluations”
