Nan Laird receives the 2023 Chernoff Excellence in Statistics Award from NESS

Congratulations to Nan Laird who was awarded the 2023 Chernoff Excellence in Statistics Award from the New England Statistics Symposium (NESS).  Dr. Laird, Harvey V. Fineberg Professor of Public Health, Emerita, in Harvard T.H. Chan … Continue reading “Nan Laird receives the 2023 Chernoff Excellence in Statistics Award from NESS”

A Conversation with Nan Laird – 9/22

A Conversation with Nan LairdThursday, September 22nd, 2022, 7:00pm ETZoom (registration required)The Boston Chapter of the ASA is hosting a conversation with Dr. Nan Laird, the Harvey V. Fineberg Professor of Public Health, … Continue reading “A Conversation with Nan Laird – 9/22”

Researchers Accurately Flag More Deadly SARS-CoV-2 Variant

Professor Christoph Lange and Research Associate Georg Hahn are part of a team leading important research in the fight against COVID-19 by using methodology from genome-wide association studies (GWAS) to identify a mutation in … Continue reading “Researchers Accurately Flag More Deadly SARS-CoV-2 Variant”

ACEMS Podcast with Nan Laird, Garrett Fitzmaurice & Louise Ryan

The Random Sample, a podcast that discusses all things math and stats, was created by the Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for Mathematical & Statistical Frontiers. The most recent episode … Continue reading “ACEMS Podcast with Nan Laird, Garrett Fitzmaurice & Louise Ryan”

Nan Laird Receives International Prize in Statistics

A huge congratulations to Professor Nan Laird who has received the prestigious 2021 International Prize in Statistics! The award was given in recognition of her groundbreaking work on powerful methods that have made possible the analysis of complex longitudinal … Continue reading “Nan Laird Receives International Prize in Statistics”

Xihong Lin Named 2021 Mosteller Statistician of the Year

Congratulations to Professor Xihong Lin who has been named the 2021 Mosteller Statistician of the Year! The award is in recognition of her pioneering work on statistical methods for the analysis of massive genomic, … Continue reading “Xihong Lin Named 2021 Mosteller Statistician of the Year”

Dr. Joseph Hogan, ScD ’95, to Receive Lagakos Alumni Award – 10/15

Please join us as we celebrate Department alumnus Dr. Joseph Hogan, ScD ’95, Carole and Lawrence Sirovich Professor of Public Health, Professor of Biostatistics, and Deputy Director of the Data Science … Continue reading “Dr. Joseph Hogan, ScD ’95, to Receive Lagakos Alumni Award – 10/15”

Nan Laird to Give the 25th Distinguished Statistician Colloquium

The Department of Statistics at the University of Connecticut will host the 25th Distinguished Statistician Colloquium. The purpose of the Colloquium is to provide a forum for a distinguished statistician … Continue reading “Nan Laird to Give the 25th Distinguished Statistician Colloquium”

Dr. Joseph W. Hogan Receives 2020 Lagakos Distinguished Alumni Award

  We are extremely pleased to announce that Dr. Joseph W. Hogan, the Carole and Lawrence Sirovich Professor of Public Health, Professor of Biostatistics, and Deputy Director of Data Science … Continue reading “Dr. Joseph W. Hogan Receives 2020 Lagakos Distinguished Alumni Award”