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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.

Phone 617-432-1056
Location

655 Huntington Avenue Building 2, 4th Floor
Boston, MA 02115

News

  • October 2, 2023

    Donald Hopkins Lecture – 10/3

    Donald Hopkins LectureTuesday, October 3rd | 1:00pm to 2:00pm ETDr. Clyde W. Yancy “Attaining Health Equity- Our Generational Responsibility in Medicine”Register here In our 2023 Donald Hopkins Lecture, Dr. Yancy…

  • October 2, 2023

    Harvard Biostats Colloquium with Peter Gilbert – 10/5

    Harvard Biostatistics Colloquium SeriesThursday, October 54:00-5:00pmFXB 301Peter Gilbert, PhDUW/Fred HutchProfessor, Biostatistics, Bioinformatics, and Epidemiology ProgramVaccine and Infection Disease DivisionProfessor Public Health Sciences Division, Fred HutchAssessing Pathogen-Sequence Dependent Immune Correlates in…

  • October 2, 2023

    Harvard Catalyst Biostatistics Short Course – 10/6

    Biostatistics Short Course: An Introduction to the Analysis of Incomplete Data Friday, October 6, 2023 | 9:00am – 4:00pmIn-Person, Harvard Medical SchoolRegister hereMissing data is a common complication in applied…

  • September 25, 2023

    2023 Lagakos Distinguished Alumni Award Lecture – 10/19

    We are excited to welcome alumna Rui Wang, PhD ’08, Associate Professor of Population Medicine at the Harvard Medical School and Associate Professor of Biostatistics at the Harvard T.H Chan…

  • September 25, 2023

    Meet Our New PhD Students!

    We’ll be featuring mini-profiles of our new PhD students over the next few weeks. We look forward to welcoming them into our community! Christian TestaMy academic interests center on the…

  • September 25, 2023

    Harvard Biostats Colloquium with Polina Golland – 9/28

    Harvard Biostatistics Colloquium SeriesThursday, September 284:00-5:00pmFXB 301Polina GollandMITProfessor in EECS Department & Principal Investigator in CSAILLearning to Read X-Ray: Applications to Heart Failure Monitoring Related Topics Last Updated Get the…

  • September 25, 2023

    Frontiers in Biostatistics – 9/26

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  • September 25, 2023

    19th Freeman-Seage Sympoisum on Infectious Disease Epidemiology – 9/28

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  • Infectious Diseases September 22, 2023

    COVID update: tests, business readiness, ‘new normal’

    Although COVID cases have ticked up, there is also good news: Old COVID tests may still be good; businesses should know how to pivot if infections keep climbing; and overall COVID conditions aren’t nearly as bad as they were even a year ago.

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  • Cancer September 22, 2023

    Hair product safety could depend on where you live

    Hair products sold in neighborhoods that are poorer or that have a higher percentage of residents of color were more likely to contain higher levels of hazardous chemicals than products sold in predominantly white and affluent areas, according to a study from researchers at Harvard Chan School.

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