Congratulations to Francesca Dominici, Clarence James Gamble Professor of Biostatistics, Population and Data Science and Co-Director of the Data Science Initiative, who was recently selected as the recipient of the 2020 Star-Friedman … Continue reading “Francesca Dominici & Team Receive Star-Friedman Funding”
Statistics and studies have demonstrated the link between COVID-19 death rates and environmental injustice. This webinar will address this link from three perspectives: scientific research, front line experience, and government … Continue reading “Environmental Justice is Health Justice: Webinar with Francesca Dominici & Cory Booker”
**Contact Jelena Follweiler for Zoom info 5/4/2020 at 12:30 pm Lee Kennedy-Shaffer Statistical Methods for the Design and Analysis of Infectious Disease Studies Advisor: Michael Hughes Dissertation Committee Members: Marc Lipsitch (EPI), Victor … Continue reading “Upcoming Dissertation Defenses”
Congratulations to Francesca Dominici, Clarence James Gamble Professor of Biostatistics, Population and Data Science and Co-Director of the Harvard Data Science Initiative, who was selected as the 2020 recipient of the … Continue reading “Francesca Dominici Receives Karl E. Peace Award”
A recent Harvard analysis led by Professor Francesca Dominici along with Doctoral student Xiao Wu and Assistant Professor Rachel Nethery is the first nationwide study to show a statistical link between COVID-19 deaths and other diseases associated with … Continue reading “Linking Air Pollution To Higher Coronavirus Death Rates”
21st Annual Celebration with the Stars A recognition event to honor staff, faculty and academic appointees who have reached a key milestone at Harvard in calendar year 2019 Wednesday, March 4, … Continue reading “21st Annual Celebration with the Stars”
An op-ed in Stat Magazine by Biostats doctoral candidate Emma Thomas relates her surprising findings regarding continued gender disparities in medical journals, and how these findings have manifested in her own experience. The study, co-authored by Thomas’ advisor Francesca Dominici and collaborators … Continue reading “The Persistence of Patriarchy in Science”
A Health Report broadcast aired on ABC Radio National put the impacts of the recent bushfires in Australia into the context of an ongoing issue; the health impacts of air pollution. In … Continue reading “Francesca Dominici on the Health Effects of Bushfires and Particulate Matter”
Pollution is taking a much more devastating toll on our health than we realize. A recent article in CNN Health cites research on the surprisingly strong link between exposure to particle … Continue reading “HSPH Researchers Examine Short Term Exposure to Fine Particulate Matter”
As wildfires rage in California, what are the health impacts? Francesca Dominici, professor of biostatistics and co-director of the Harvard Data Science Initiative, and colleagues have studied the growing threat posed … Continue reading “Francesca Dominici Interview: Wildfire Health Impacts”
