Pipelines into Biostatistics Annual Symposium

On July 19-21, the six-week Summer Program in Biostatistics & Computational Biology culminated with an extremely successful three days of workshops, symposium, meetings, reunions, evaluation and celebration. All Summer Program … Continue reading “Pipelines into Biostatistics Annual Symposium”

2016 Holiday Message from Xihong Lin

As we approach the holiday season, I would like to express my warmest appreciation to faculty, students, postdoctoral fellows, staff, alumni, and friends of the Harvard Biostatistics Department for your … Continue reading “2016 Holiday Message from Xihong Lin”

KAU Collaboration in 2016

Continuing the work initiated by Bahaa Abalkhail and Jim Ware, the King Abdulaziz University MPH in Biostatistics and Epidemiology Program continues to grow under the able guidance of Marcello Pagano, … Continue reading “KAU Collaboration in 2016”

Another Great Year for StatStart Program

StatStart finished another successful year and held their final certificate ceremony on Friday. After undergoing an intense month of lectures from Harvard graduate students, the high school students presented their … Continue reading “Another Great Year for StatStart Program”

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”

StatStart Feature in STN Newsletter

Check out this article on StatStart, published by The Statistics Teacher Network. Written by Octavious Talbot, Alex Ocampo, Sam Tracy, Kelly Mosesso, Marcello Pagano, and 10th-grade student Aisha Rahman from … Continue reading “StatStart Feature in STN Newsletter”

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”

Rose Traveling Fellowship

A reminder for students and postdocs that the application deadline is approaching for the Rose Traveling Fellowship Program.    Dr. Deborah Rose has generously agreed to provide financial support for … Continue reading “Rose Traveling Fellowship”

StatStart: Diversity in Statistics

Concerned by the lack of diversity in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) programs, doctoral students Octavious Talbot and Alex Ocampo recruited Kelly Mosesso and Sam Tracy to teach programming … Continue reading “StatStart: Diversity in Statistics”