Upcoming Thesis Defenses

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Derek Shyr Dissertation Defense – 11/2

Derek Shyr Dissertation Defense“Statistical and Machine Learning Methods for Assessing Hardy-Weinberg Equilibrium in Large-Scale Multi-Ethnic Whole Genome Sequencing Studies”Dissertation Committee: Xihong Lin, Alkes Price, Benjamin Neale, and Sasha GusevWednesday, November 2, … Continue reading “Derek Shyr Dissertation Defense – 11/2”

Summer Program Concludes with a Successful Pipelines into Biostatistics Symposium

The 2022 Summer Program in Biostatistics & Computational Biology concluded last week, after the annual “Pipelines into Biostatistics Symposium” was held virtually on Thursday, July 14th. Research project presentations were … Continue reading “Summer Program Concludes with a Successful Pipelines into Biostatistics Symposium”

Upcoming Dissertation Defenses

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Maya Ramchandran Dissertation Defense – 11/19

Maya Ramchandran Dissertation Defense“Tree-based Ensembling Strategies for Handling Heterogenous Data”Dissertation Committee: Giovanni Parmigiani, Prasad Patil, Rajarshi MukherjeeFriday, November 19, 20213:00 PMEmail for Zoom Information

Andy Shi’s Successful Defense!

Congratulations to Dr. Andy Shi who successfully defended his dissertation on Methods for Multiple Phenotype – Multiple Genotype Testing and for COVID-19 Spread Modeling!Dissertation Committee: Xihong Lin, Rajarshi Mukherjee, Peter Kraft

Andy Shi Dissertation Defense – 11/2

Andy Shi Dissertation Defense “Methods for Multiple Phenotype – Multiple Genotype Testing and for COVID-19 Spread Modeling” Dissertation Committee: Xihong Lin, Rajarshi Mukherjee, Peter Kraft Tuesday, November 2, 2021 11:00 … Continue reading “Andy Shi Dissertation Defense – 11/2”

Four Department Members Teach in School’s Pilot Hybrid Program

Spring semester at HSPH brought the introduction of the ID 900 hybrid course, which was created by the school to address logistical and other challenges faced by international students due to … Continue reading “Four Department Members Teach in School’s Pilot Hybrid Program”

Educational Programs – Leadership Changes

Adapted from March 25th Chair’s Message: As many of you know, Paige Williams has been our Director of Graduate Studies (DGS), overseeing our PhD program since 2015. In that capacity, she has … Continue reading “Educational Programs – Leadership Changes”

Yue Song Dissertation Defense – 4/9

Doctoral candidate Yue Song will present the dissertation entitled: “Methods for Meta-Analysis and for Modeling HIV Viral Rebound” Dissertation Committee: Rui Wang, Victor DeGruttola, Rajarshi Mukherjee Friday, April 9, 2021 | 9:00am … Continue reading “Yue Song Dissertation Defense – 4/9”