Rebecca Betensky
Adjunct Faculty

Rebecca Betensky

Adjunct Professor of Biostatistics

Biostatistics

betensky@hsph.harvard.edu


Bibliography

Predictors for the use of systemic therapy in stage IB Mycosis fungoides.

Rodriguez E, Needle CD, Martinez MJ, Nohria A, Xing Y, Song C, Betensky R, Latkowski JA, Adotama P, Rodriguez E, Needle CD, Martinez MJ, Nohria A, Xing Y, Song C, Betensky R, Latkowski JA, Adotama P, Rodriguez E, Needle CD, Martinez MJ, Nohria A, Xing Y, Song C, Betensky R, Latkowski JA, Adotama P.

Arch Dermatol Res. 2024 Jun 06. 316(6):337. PMID: 38844623


News

Predicting survival for brain cancer patients

Is it possible to predict survival for patients with oligodendroglioma from aberrations in their DNA? According to a 2006 study by Rebecca Betensky and colleagues, the answer is yes. An analysis of DNA in 93 patients was completed…

Projecting MS progression

  To help physicians predict the likelihood that a patient’s multiple sclerosis will advance significantly in the near term, Rebecca Betensky and her collaborators have developed a formula, which they continue to refine. Using data from a small…

The oddsmaker

[ Spring 2008 ] A math whiz takes on brain cancer, MS, and Alzheimer’s disease.  Rebecca Betensky’s dad worked as a statistician for a global oil company on “credit rating stuff,” she says, so for a long time, she “stayed…