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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

    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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  • Cancer September 21, 2023

    A powerful methodology to guide health decision-making

    Launched in 2021, CAUSALab brings together 14 epidemiology faculty members across multiple universities to collaborate on applying causal inference methods to compare the effectiveness and safety of health and policy interventions in a broad range of areas.