Benefitting from the Human Genome – 11/17

Benefitting from the Human Genome Tuesday, November 17, 4 p.m. EDT – Virtual Event In 2006, Anne Wojcicki cofounded 23andMe to help people access, understand, and benefit from the human genome, and she now … Continue reading “Benefitting from the Human Genome – 11/17”

Radcliffe Institute Lecture with Ben Shneiderman – 4/19

Algorithmic Accountability: Designing for Safety  Thursday, April 19 | 4:15 PM Science Center, Auditorium D, 1 Oxford Street, Cambridge MA   Lecture by Ben Shneiderman, Distinguished University Professor in the department … Continue reading “Radcliffe Institute Lecture with Ben Shneiderman – 4/19”

HDSI 45/45 Talk Featuring Cory Zigler

Wednesday, December 13th 4:00 PM with a reception to follow Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics Pratt Conference Room 60 Garden Street, Cambridge Alyssa Goodman is the Robert Wheeler Willson Professor of Applied … Continue reading “HDSI 45/45 Talk Featuring Cory Zigler”

Contagion: Exploring Modern Epidemics

Friday, October 27 | 9 AM–5 PM Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, Harvard University Knafel Center, 10 Garden Street, Cambridge, MA Epidemic disease spreads quickly in our interconnected, globalized world. … Continue reading “Contagion: Exploring Modern Epidemics”

Statistics When the Model is Wrong

Jeff Miller, Assistant Professor of Biostatistics, and Pierre Etienne Jacob, Assistant Professor of Statistics at FAS, were recently awarded funding by the Radcliffe Institute for a proposed Exploratory Seminar – … Continue reading “Statistics When the Model is Wrong”