Career Development Series News

A very big thank you to our special guests Meredith Regan ScD ’98 (DFCI and HMS), Tanayott (Tony) Thaweethai PhD ’20 (MGH and HMS), Christine Ulysse SM ‘17 (MGH), Steven Staffa SM ’16 (BCH), and Nathan Hall SM ’18 (MEE) … Continue reading “Career Development Series News”

Epidemiology Seminar with Alumnus Eric Tchetgen Tchetgen

MR GENIUS: A Principled Approach to Robust Mendelian Randomization Inference Eric Tchetgen Tchetgen, PhD Luddy Family President’s Distinguished Professor Professor of Statistics Wharton University of Pennsylvania Wednesday, October 21, 2020 … Continue reading “Epidemiology Seminar with Alumnus Eric Tchetgen Tchetgen”

Nan Laird to Give the 25th Distinguished Statistician Colloquium

The Department of Statistics at the University of Connecticut will host the 25th Distinguished Statistician Colloquium. The purpose of the Colloquium is to provide a forum for a distinguished statistician … Continue reading “Nan Laird to Give the 25th Distinguished Statistician Colloquium”

Myrto Lefkopoulou Lecture with Eric Tchetgen Tchetgen

The Department was honored to virtually host alumnus Eric Tchetgen Tchetgen, PhD ’06, as he presented this year’s Myrto Lefkopoulou lecture last week. Thank you to the committee chair Garrett Fitzmaurice and the award committee members for … Continue reading “Myrto Lefkopoulou Lecture with Eric Tchetgen Tchetgen”

Career Development Seminar: Spotlight on Health Data Science

Conquering the Interview: Spotlight on Health Data Science 2 consecutive Mondays, September 21 and 28, 2020  |  11:30—1:00pm EST Email for Zoom information Heather Mattie and Erin Lake invite you … Continue reading “Career Development Seminar: Spotlight on Health Data Science”

Myrto Lefkopoulou Lecture with Eric Tchetgen Tchetgen

We are extremely pleased for Department alumnus Dr. Eric Tchetgen Tchetgen, PhD ’06, to present the 2020 Myrto Lefkopoulou Distinguished Lectureship later this week. Please join us for his virtual lecture on: … Continue reading “Myrto Lefkopoulou Lecture with Eric Tchetgen Tchetgen”

Save the Dates: Myrto & Lagakos Award Lectures

Dr. Eric Tchetgen Tchetgen, the Luddy Family President’s Distinguished Professor in the Department of Statistics at The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, will be the recipient of the 2020 Myrto Lefkopoulou Distinguished … Continue reading “Save the Dates: Myrto & Lagakos Award Lectures”

Alumnus Nick Horton Appointed Co-Chair of CATS

Alumnus Nick Horton, ScD ’99, who is the Beitzel Professor in Technology and Society (Statistics and Data Science) at Amherst College, has been appointed co-chair of the National Academies Committee on … Continue reading “Alumnus Nick Horton Appointed Co-Chair of CATS”

Undetected Cases Speed COVID-19 Spread and a Potential Second Wave

Professor of Biostatistics and Statistics Xihong Lin along with a team of scientists from Huazhong Science and Technology University in Wuhan, including the co-corresponding author Chaolong Wang, a former Biostats postdoctoral fellow, recently published … Continue reading “Undetected Cases Speed COVID-19 Spread and a Potential Second Wave”