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.
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2023 Mosteller Statistician of the Year Award Event – 10/30
Nicholas J. Horton, Beitzel Professor in Technology and Society (Statistics and Data Science) at Amherst College and Harvard Biostatistics alumnus, has been selected as the recipient of the 2023 Mosteller…
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Proposed ban on chemical linked to Woburn leukemia cluster research chronicled in ‘A Civil Action’
A recent article in the Boston Globe announced the EPA’s proposal for a full ban on chemical linked to Woburn leukemia cluster. Trichloroethylene, also known as TCE, has been tied…
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Harvard Biostats Colloquium with David Benkeser – 10/26
Harvard Biostatistics Colloquium SeriesThursday, October 264:00-5:00pmFXB 301David Benkeser, PhDEmory UniversityAssociate Professor in the department of Biostatistics and BioinformaticsExposure-Induced Confounding of Missingness in Cause of Failure with Applications in Estimating Strain-Specific…
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Frontiers in Biostatistics w. William Lotter – 10/24
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Fighting misinformation one tweet at a time
Biostatistics PhD candidate Kareem Carr turned into a Twitter star by debunking deceptive charts. He tells Harvard Public Health why he addresses misinformation on social media—and how scientists and academics can do it well.
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National Academy of Medicine Induction Ceremony
Congratulations to Biostatistics Chair John Quackenbush and Alumnus Miguel Marino, PhD ’11 who were both inducted into the National Academy of Medicine (NAM) in a ceremony last week. Dr. Quackenbush…
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Rachel Nethery elected to ENAR’s RECOM
Congratulations to Assistant Professor of Biostatistics Rachel Nethery who was just elected as a member of the International Biometric Society’s Eastern North American Region (ENAR) Regional Committee (RECOM). Rachel will…
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2023 PQG Conference – Oct 17-18
2023 PQG Conference: Diversity in Genetics and GenomicsJoseph Martin Conference Center in Boston, MA Oct 17-18, 2023Diversity in genetic and genomics has been increasingly embraced not only for enabling more…
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2023 Lagakos Distinguished Alumni Award Lecture – 10/19
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Harvard Biostats Colloquium with Caroline Uhler – 10/12
Harvard Biostatistics Colloquium SeriesThursday, October 124:00-5:00pmFXB 301Caroline Uhler, PhDProfessor in the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science and the Institute for Data, Systems, and Society at MITCausal Representation and…