News & Updates

Helping public health agencies improve emergency risk communication

A recent article featured on the HSPH news site highlights the work of Elena Savoia, a principal research scientist in the Department of Biostatistics and deputy director of the Emergency … Continue reading “Helping public health agencies improve emergency risk communication”

Mother’s Blood May Carry the Secret to One Type of Autism

Biostats Alum Stacy Alexeeff, (PhD ’13), currently at Kaiser Permanente, worked with a team of researchers from The Mind Institute at UC Davis to publish a recent study showing that … Continue reading “Mother’s Blood May Carry the Secret to One Type of Autism”

Myrto Distinguished Lectureship & Lagakos Alumni Award NOMINATIONS DUE FRIDAY

  Each year the lectureship is awarded to a promising statistician who has made contributions to either collaborative or methodologic research in the applications of statistical methods to biology or … Continue reading “Myrto Distinguished Lectureship & Lagakos Alumni Award NOMINATIONS DUE FRIDAY”

Pipelines in Biostatistics Symposium – 7/14

Please join us for the annual Pipelines in Biostatistics Symposium, the culminating event for the Summer Program in Biostatistics & Computational Biology, on: Thursday, July 14, 202210am-3pmPlease contact Priti Thareja for Zoom info … Continue reading “Pipelines in Biostatistics Symposium – 7/14”

Biostats Faculty Receive Prestigious Rousseeuw Prize for Statistics

Congratulations to Drs. James Robins, Miguel Hernán, Andrea Rotnitzky, Eric Tchetgen Tchetgen, PhD ’06, and University of Washington Professor Thomas Richardson who have been awarded the 2022 Rousseeuw Prize for Statistics for their pioneering work … Continue reading “Biostats Faculty Receive Prestigious Rousseeuw Prize for Statistics”

CELEHS / HMS Data Science Summer Program Begins Today

This week marks the start of the CELEHS / HMS Data Science Summer Program!  This year program aims to introduce 31 new students to machine learning and programming through a project … Continue reading “CELEHS / HMS Data Science Summer Program Begins Today”

StatStart Receives CLIF Funding!

Congratulations to the StatStart team who was recently selected as a 2022-23 grant recipient of the Harvard Culture Lab Innovation Fund (CLIF)! The team will receive generous funding for their upcoming summer program after … Continue reading “StatStart Receives CLIF Funding!”

Yi-Ting Tsai Named HDSI Public Service Data Science Graduate Fellow

Health Data Science master’s student Yi-Ting Tsai was named one of the Summer 2022 Harvard Data Science Initiative (HDSI) Public Service Data Science Graduate Fellows! During this internship, Tsai will gain experience … Continue reading “Yi-Ting Tsai Named HDSI Public Service Data Science Graduate Fellow”