Department of Biostatistics
The Department of Biostatistics tackles pressing public health challenges by conducting cutting-edge research and translation and by offering top-quality education and training.
655 Huntington Avenue Building 2, 4th Floor
Boston, MA 02115
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2024 CELEHS/HMS Data Science Summer Program Wraps Up!
The 2024 CELEHS/HMS Data Science Summer Program concluded last week with presentations from six teams who built and demoed toy cars that had been successfully programmed to recognize and react…
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Save the Date! 9th Annual StatStart Presentations – 7/26
Please join us for the 9th Annual StatStart Presentations. Friday, July 26th from 10am-2pm | Biostats Conference Room (2-426) A calendar invite will go out tomorrow Related Topics Last Updated…
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Save the Date for the Pipelines into Public Health Symposium – 7/11
Pipelines into Public Health Symposium | 9am – 3pm, Thursday, July 11, 2024 | Kresge 200 This is the last week of the undergrad Summer Program in Biostatistics, and it…
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2024 CELEHS/HMS Data Science Summer Program Gets Underway!
The 2024 CELEHS/HMS Data Science Summer Program kicked off the week before last. It started with an orientation at the Countway Library to introduce this year’s 24 campers to each…
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Study links gut microbiome changes to increased risk of type 2 diabetes
Brigham, Broad, and Harvard Chan School researchers found that specific species and strains of bacteria were linked to changes in the functioning of the gut microbiome and a person’s risk of type 2 diabetes.
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Upcoming Dissertation Defense – 6/20
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Andrea Foulkes elected as Fellow of American Statistical Association
We are thrilled that Andrea Foulkes has been elected as a new Fellow of the American Statistical Association. Dr. Foulkes is the Chief of Biostatistics at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH),…
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Department History: A long-term view of biostatistics discovery by Stuart G. Baker
It was the summer of 1983 at Harvard Biostatistics. Marvin Zelen was Department Chair. As graduate students, Nick Lange and I had designed a Harvard Biostatistics t-shirt which depicted a…
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Student Lightning Talks – 6/13
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Harvard Biostatistics Colloquium with Bin Yu – 6/17
Harvard Biostatistics Colloquium Series Monday, June 17 3:00-4:00pm FXB-301 Bin Yu Professor, Department of Statistics, EECS, Center for Computational Biology UC Berkeley Epistasis regulates genetic control of cardiac hypertrophy Related…