Get to Know Our New PhD Students!

Over the next few weeks we’ll be introducing you to our first year doctoral students. Hi, my name is Nick Link. I grew up in the far distant land of Newton, … Continue reading “Get to Know Our New PhD Students!”

Giovanni Parmigiani Receives Mentoring Award

On Tuesday, September 27, the 2016 Junior Faculty Mentoring Achievement Award was presented to Giovanni Parmigiani, Professor of Biostatistics. Parmigiani received the award in recognition of his support of young scholars … Continue reading “Giovanni Parmigiani Receives Mentoring Award”

Message from Rebecca Betensky, PI of T36 Grant: Pipelines into Biostatistics

On July 20-22 we had an enormously successful three days of workshops, symposium, meetings, culmination, reunions, evaluation and celebration related to our activities to increase the diversity of our students … Continue reading “Message from Rebecca Betensky, PI of T36 Grant: Pipelines into Biostatistics”

Faculty News

Congratulations to our faculty who received high course evaluation ratings (4.3 or higher) for their teaching during the 2015 Fall Semester! Paul Catalano ­ BIO201, Introduction to Statistical Methods Marcia Testa ­ … Continue reading “Faculty News”

PQG Conference: Single-Cell Genomics

Now in its 9th year, the Program in Quantitative Genomics (PQG) held another successful conference in November on Single Cell Genomics.  Approximately 130 people gathered for scientific presentations by keynote speakers George … Continue reading “PQG Conference: Single-Cell Genomics”

Grants

Marcia Testa received a McLennan Dean’s Challenge Grant in June for her project entitled “Developing Measures for Disaster Resiliency in Multiethnic and Linguistically Diverse Communities.”  So did Assistant Professor JP Onnela, … Continue reading “Grants”