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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…
Study sheds light on sex-based differences in gene regulation
New research from Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health and Brigham and Women’s Hospital has uncovered sex-based differences in networks that regulate gene expression in a large number of human tissues. The finding is important because it…
Getting to know… Dongzhengyang "Ray" An, SM ’20
May 15, 2020—Data scientist. Minor celebrity. Self-styled crooner. Ahead of his May graduation, biostatistics student Dongzhengyang "Ray" An, discussed his path from China to Harvard Chan School, the draw of causal inference and machine learning, and how the…
Air pollution linked with higher COVID-19 death rates
People with COVID-19 who live in U.S. regions with high levels of air pollution are more likely to die from the disease than people who live in less polluted areas, according to a new nationwide study from Harvard…
Evaluating the impact of non-pharmaceutical interventions on COVID-19
March 20, 2020 – New research co-authored by Xihong Lin, professor of biostatistics at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, sheds light on the epidemiological features of COVID-19 and the impact of non-pharmaceutical interventions, such as a…
Op-ed: 'Patriarchy' influences authorship of prestigious medical journal commentaries
Women are about 20% less likely to author invited commentaries in medical journals than men with similar levels of expertise and achievement in their fields, according to a December 10, 2019 op-ed in STAT by Emma Thomas, a…
Conference explores intersection of cancer, immunology, and data science
November 20, 2019—In recent years, researchers have been making progress on developing treatments that leverage the human immune system to overcome various forms of cancer. The relatively nascent pursuit of cancer immunotherapies holds great promise, but before that…
