New 'How We Feel' app aims to improve COVID-19 response
New 'How We Feel' app aims to improve COVID-19 response.
Evaluating the impact of non-pharmaceutical interventions on COVID-19
New research sheds light on the impact of non-pharmaceutical interventions on the spread of the coronavirus in Wuhan, China.
New Superfund Research Center will explore metals’ effects on cognitive health
A new Superfund Research Center at Harvard Chan School will focus on the effects of metals and metal mixtures on cognitive health in late life.
Francesca Dominici, Xihong Lin elected to National Academy of Medicine
October 15, 2018 – Biostatisticians Francesca Dominici and Xihong Lin of Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health have been elected to the National Academy of Medicine (NAM). Membership in the NAM is considered one of the highest…
VanderWeele, Lin honored for contributions to the field of statistics
August 11, 2017 – Tyler VanderWeele and Xihong Lin, faculty members at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, have both received prestigious awards from the Committee of Presidents of Statistical Societies (COPSS), in honor of their outstanding contributions…
A genome every 12 minutes
Conference on whole genome sequencing addresses advances in technology, ‘fake diseases,’ ancient DNA, and broad opportunities for human disease research November 22, 2016 -- In 2006, in the early days of whole genome sequencing, the sequencing platform at the…
Xihong Lin, Brendan Manning, Shuji Ogino receive prestigious NCI awards
October 20, 2015 — It was announced this week that two faculty members from Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health—Xihong Lin and Brendan Manning—received prestigious National Cancer Institute Outstanding Investigator Awards (OIA). These multimillion-dollar seven-year awards, providing…
Off The Cuff: It's the data first, hypotheses second
[Fall 2015] Xihong Lin Chair, Department of Biostatistics Henry Pickering Walcott Professor of Biostatistics Q: What can biostatisticians do today that they couldn’t 10 years ago? A: Today, there are three terms to describe the massive amount of…
New research explores role of genetics in smoking and lung cancer
May 15, 2012 In 2008, three different studies found that certain genetic variants associated with nicotine dependence and smoking were also associated with lung cancer. The findings raised a question: Were the variants linked with lung cancer only…
Conference addresses quantitative challenges of using complex genomics data in medical research
December 13, 2011 With the completion of the 13-year Human Genome Project in 2003, many scientists have been hopeful that the wealth of new genetic information would help predict disease risk for individuals, help doctors ascertain which drugs…
