DFCI PS-OC Call for Pilot Project – Due 6/1

The Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Physical Sciences-Oncology Center (DFCI PS-OC) is dedicated to developing pilot projects in order to enhance the specific efforts of the PS-OC in the framework of evolutionary dynamics of … Continue reading “DFCI PS-OC Call for Pilot Project – Due 6/1”

2018 DFCI/FSTRF Marvin Zelen Memorial Symposium

Poster abstract submissions are invited from current students and postdoctoral fellows for the 2018 DFCI/FSTRF Marvin Zelen Memorial Symposium on April 6, 2018. We encourage submitting original work as well … Continue reading “2018 DFCI/FSTRF Marvin Zelen Memorial Symposium”

Rafael Irizarry Named New Chair at DFCI

Professor of Applied Statistics Rafael Irizarry will become the new Chair of the Department of Biostatistics and Computational Biology at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, effective February 1, 2018. Rafa will succeed Giovanni … Continue reading “Rafael Irizarry Named New Chair at DFCI”

Extending the Benefits of Immunotherapy

An urgent question for cancer scientists is why immunotherapy achieves dramatic results in some cases but doesn’t help most patients. A recent article outlines independent discoveries, led by two research … Continue reading “Extending the Benefits of Immunotherapy”

Career Development: First Ever CBQG Panel 9/14

Please join us Thursday September 14 from 1-3:30pm All students, postdocs and faculty welcome, even those not working in this area since there is such overlap across disciplines within biostatistics. RSVP … Continue reading “Career Development: First Ever CBQG Panel 9/14”

Pipelines into Biostatistics Annual Symposium

The Pipelines Into Biostatistics Symposium is the culminating event for the Department’s Summer Program in Biostatistics and Computational Biology. Attendees are current and past summer program participants, faculty, fellows, graduate … Continue reading “Pipelines into Biostatistics Annual Symposium”

Pipelines into Biostatistics Annual Symposium

Thursday, July 20th DFCI, Smith Building, rooms 308/309 Check-in @ 8:30am Program 9am-4pm RSVP NOW! Knashawn Morales – Keynote Speaker Dept Alum, Sc.D. ’01 Associate Professor of Biostatistics in Biostatistics and … Continue reading “Pipelines into Biostatistics Annual Symposium”

Summer Post-Bac Interns

Students arrive next week for the Summer Program in Biostatistics and Computational Biology, but this week we would like to welcome Christina Howe and Julia Kobe, who are participating in the 3-month Post-Baccalaureate Internship … Continue reading “Summer Post-Bac Interns”

DF/HCC Cancer Data Sciences Lunch Workshop

Speakers:  Wendy Garrett, MD, PhD Professor, Department of Immunology and Infectious Diseases, Department of Molecular Metabolism, Harvard TH Chan School of Public Health Department of Medicine, Harvard Medical School “Pre-clinical … Continue reading “DF/HCC Cancer Data Sciences Lunch Workshop”