Department Launches New EDIB Section of Website

We are excited to announce the launch of the updated departmental Equity, Diversity, Inclusion and Belonging (EDIB) website.  Here you will find our EDIB statement of commitment, goals, initiatives, resources, and details about past, current, … Continue reading “Department Launches New EDIB Section of Website”

Artificial Intelligence’s Promise and Peril

A recent article by Chris Sweeney in the Harvard Public Health magazine surveys current applications of AI in healthcare, highlighting the contributions of various members of the Harvard Chan School in exploring the … Continue reading “Artificial Intelligence’s Promise and Peril”

Lisa Bebell Thesis Defense – 6/30

Lisa Bebell Thesis Defense June 30, 2021 11:00am EST Email for Zoom Info Lisa Bebell will present the thesis on: “The inflammatory landscape in HIV-affected pregnancies: relationships between HIV viral load, … Continue reading “Lisa Bebell Thesis Defense – 6/30”

Statisticians for Justice Reading Group – Begins 4/7

Doctoral students Eric Cohn and Stephanie Wu, along with Lecturer on Biostatistics Heather Mattie, are organizing a ‘Statisticians for justice’ reading group open to everyone in the department. Inspired by the ‘Eugenics and Statistics’ talk … Continue reading “Statisticians for Justice Reading Group – Begins 4/7”

Department’s Highly Rated Instructors!

The Department is grateful to all of our instructors who have contributed to another strong academic year, despite all of the new challenges faced. In particular, we would like to highlight … Continue reading “Department’s Highly Rated Instructors!”

Donald Hopkins Professional Development Workshop Series

The Office of Diversity and Inclusion and the departments of Biostatistics, Epidemiology, and Global Health and Population are pleased to invite you to the Donald Hopkins 2020-2021 professional development workshop series. The … Continue reading “Donald Hopkins Professional Development Workshop Series”

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”

Summer Program Concludes with a Successful Pipelines into Biostatistics Program

The 2020 Summer Program in Biostatistics & Computational Biology concluded last week, after the annual “Pipelines into Biostatistics Symposium” was held virtually on Thursday, July 2nd. Research project presentations were given by seventeen … Continue reading “Summer Program Concludes with a Successful Pipelines into Biostatistics Program”

New Structure of PhD and SM Program Directors

  We are happy to report an updated structure of directors for our PhD & SM programs: PhD Program: Dr. Paige Williams | Director of Graduate Studies Dr. Rajarshi Mukherjee | Assistant Director of … Continue reading “New Structure of PhD and SM Program Directors”

Last Week’s Successful Thesis Defenses!

Congratulations to the following students who successfully defended their thesis last week! Zijie Zhao Benchmarking Synaptic Cleft Segmentation in EM ConnectomicsThesis advisor: Hanspeter Pfister (Harvard/SEAS) Thesis committee members: John Quackenbush, … Continue reading “Last Week’s Successful Thesis Defenses!”