Upcoming Career Development Events

The Institute for Disease Modeling (IDM) invites our students and postdocs to visit with a recent Harvard astrophysicist PhD currently in the malaria group at the Institute for Disease Modeling … Continue reading “Upcoming Career Development Events”

DFCI Seminar with Jinbo Chen – 2/26

Monday, February 26, 2:30-3:30pm, CLSB 11081B Novel Two-Phase Sampling Designs for Studying Binary Outcomes Jinbo Chen Department of Biostatistics, Epidemiology and Informatics University of Pennsylvania In a biomedical cohort study … Continue reading “DFCI Seminar with Jinbo Chen – 2/26”

Rose Traveling Fellowship Program

The Department of Epidemiology is now accepting applications for the Spring 2018 round of the Rose Traveling Fellowship Program in Chronic Disease Epidemiology and Biostatistics. The Rose Traveling Fellowship Program at the Harvard … Continue reading “Rose Traveling Fellowship Program”

Constantine Gatsonis to Receive Zelen Award

We are extremely pleased to announce that Dr. Constantine Gatsonis will be the recipient of the 2018 Marvin Zelen Leadership Award in Statistical Science. Dr. Gatsonis will be presented with the award and … Continue reading “Constantine Gatsonis to Receive Zelen Award”

Summer Program – Accepting Applications 11/1

It’s that time of year again! We are accepting applications for the 2018 Summer Program in Biostatistics and Computational Biology from: November 1, 2017 – February 1, 2018 The Department offers a comprehensive … Continue reading “Summer Program – Accepting Applications 11/1”

Rose Traveling Fellowship: Deadline 11/1

Now accepting applications for the Fall 2017 round of the Rose Traveling Fellowship Program in Chronic Disease Epidemiology and Biostatistics. The deadline is Wednesday, November 1, 2017. Dr. Deborah Rose … Continue reading “Rose Traveling Fellowship: Deadline 11/1”

DF/HCC Celebration of Junior Investigators

The Dana-Farber/Harvard Cancer Center’s annual Celebration of Junior Investigators is fast approaching, and the application submission deadline has been extended until tomorrow, October 11th. Please consider submitting an application if you meet … Continue reading “DF/HCC Celebration of Junior Investigators”

Myrto Award: Ciprian Crainiceanu – 9/28

Dr. Ciprian Crainiceanu will be this year’s recipient of the annual Myrto Lefkopoulou Distinguished Lectureship.  Dr. Crainiceanu received his PhD from Cornell University in 2003 and is currently a Professor in the Department … Continue reading “Myrto Award: Ciprian Crainiceanu – 9/28”

The Evolution of Data Science: Success, Challenges and Opportunities for Statistics and Biostatistics

What are some of the challenges for statistics and biostatistics in the era of Data Science?  A recent NSF-Sponsored Workshop for Chairs of Departments of Biostatistics and Statistics took the … Continue reading “The Evolution of Data Science: Success, Challenges and Opportunities for Statistics and Biostatistics”