Upcoming Career Development Events

Lunchtime Career Chat with Shannon Stock, PhD ’11, Assistant Professor of Statistics, College of the Holy Cross Monday, March 11, 1:00-2:00pm, Rm 426 Lunch provided. All are welcome! Shannon Stock completed her Ph.D. in … Continue reading “Upcoming Career Development Events”

Zack McCaw Receives ASA Student Paper Award

Doctoral student Zachary McCaw has received a 2019 Distinguished Student Paper Award, from the ASA Section on Statistics in Genomics and Genetics, for a paper entitled “Cross-tissue eQTL Calling via … Continue reading “Zack McCaw Receives ASA Student Paper Award”

Researchers Wrap Their Arms Around the Messy World of Big Data

The 2018 PQG conference was recently covered by the School and published in their Featured News Stories: — November 9, 2018—The promises of big data in health care are seemingly endless. … Continue reading “Researchers Wrap Their Arms Around the Messy World of Big Data”

PQG Hosts Annual Conference and Hail Tutorial

The Program in Quantitative Genomics (PQG) hosted 2 successful events last week: 2018 PQG Conference Coordinating director Xihong Lin chaired the PQG’s 12th annual conference, hosting speakers and participants from … Continue reading “PQG Hosts Annual Conference and Hail Tutorial”

Dominici & Lin Elected to National Academy of Medicine

Professors Francesca Dominici and Xihong Lin have been elected to the National Academy of Medicine! Membership in the National Academy of Medicine is considered one of the highest honors in the fields of health and medicine … Continue reading “Dominici & Lin Elected to National Academy of Medicine”

John Quackenbush to Serve as New Department Chair

We are extremely pleased to announce that effective today, August 13, 2018, John Quackenbush, PhD, Professor of Computational Biology and Bioinformatics, will serve as the new chair of the Department … Continue reading “John Quackenbush to Serve as New Department Chair”

Another Successful Summer Program Concludes

On July 18-20, the six-week Summer Program in Biostatistics & Computational Biology culminated with an extremely successful three days of workshops, symposium, meetings, reunions, and celebration. All Summer Program activities were designed … Continue reading “Another Successful Summer Program Concludes”