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Victor De Gruttola’s storied career celebrated at biostatistics symposium
Members of the Department of Biostatistics recently gathered for a symposium celebrating the 50-year career of Victor De Gruttola, former chair and professor of biostatistics emeritus.
Thinking big about child health and vaccines
Accompanying a childhood vaccination team in a remote part of Brazil spurred Cornelius Rau, SM ’23, toward the goal of improving child health on a large scale.
Xihong Lin elected to National Academy of Sciences
Xihong Lin, professor of biostatistics and coordinating director of the Program in Quantitative Genomics at Harvard Chan School, has been elected to the National Academy of Sciences.
Strength in numbers
Octavious Smiley, PhD ’23, is dedicated to helping the next generation of minority students excel in the field of biostatistics.
Xihong Lin honored for leadership in statistical science
Xihong Lin received the 2022 Marvin Zelen Leadership Award in Statistical Science in honor of her advances in statistical methods, particularly as applied to genetics and genomics, as well as her role as a leader and mentor in…
‘Boot camp’ draws researchers focused on environmental health disparities
A group of scientists from across the U.S. took a deep dive into the foundations of environmental justice research during a new two-day intensive course.
New summer course focuses on links between mental and physical health
Thirty graduate students and researchers from around the globe learned about the linkages between mental well-being and physical health outcomes in a new five-day online course in mid-July.
Tracking emotional and behavioral issues in youth born to women with HIV
Among youth born to women with HIV, those who were born without HIV had worse behavioral functioning than those born with HIV, a new study found.
Methodology from genome-wide association studies accurately flags more deadly SARS-CoV-2 variant
Compares mutations to mortality in order to identify variants that should be monitored and contained For immediate release: Wednesday, June 23, 2021 Boston, MA – Using genome-wide association studies (GWAS) methodology to analyze whole-genome sequencing data of SARS-CoV-2 mutations…
Harvard Chan’s Nan Laird wins 2021 International Prize in Statistics
Nan Laird, Harvey V. Fineberg Professor of Public Health, Emerita, in Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health’s Department of Biostatistics, was awarded the 2021 International Prize in Statistics in recognition of her groundbreaking work on methods of…