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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Boston, MA 02115
News
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Jeff Miller Promoted to Associate Professor
We are extremely pleased to announce that Dr. Jeff Miller has been promoted to Associate Professor of Biostatistics! The goal of Dr. Miller’s research is to develop statistical methods to…
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PhD Student Jemar Bather Publishes 3rd Paper in Series Related to Increasing Diversity in the Public Health Research Workforce
Congratulations to doctoral student Jemar Bather on publishing his paper, “Racial and Ethnic Composition of Students, Graduates, and Faculty in Environmental Health Sciences, 2011 to 2021”, which was an invited…
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Postdoc Tian Gu Awarded ASA Young Investigator Award
Congratulations to Postdoctoral Research Fellow Dr. Tian Gu who was awarded the 2023 Young Investigator Award by ASA Statistics in Epidemiology Section! Dr. Gu has been recognized for Robust angle-based…
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DF/HCC Celebration of Early Career Investigators in Cancer Research – 2/10
DF/HCC Celebration of Early Career Investigators in Cancer ResearchThis symposium will showcase the talent of early career investigators at the Dana-Farber/Harvard Cancer Center (DF/HCC) who work in several areas of…
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Harvard Catalyst Spring Events Lineup
February 8, 1-2pm Journal Club Hui Zheng, MGH Machine Learning Approaches to Visualize Disease-Related Biomarkers February 13, 9am-1pm Short Course Laura Hatfield, HMS Advances in Difference-in-Differences Methods March 8, 1-2pm…
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Interview with Xihong Lin on Women in STEM
Late last year, the Statistics Department interviewed Professor Xihong Lin as part of a series celebrating women in statistics and data science. Dr Lin’s research focuses on developing and applying…
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2022 Year-End Chair’s Message
2022 Year-End Chair’s Message The past year has been marked by a slow and steady return to a sense of normalcy—both within our department and in the world around us….
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Center for Biostatistics in AIDS Research (CBAR): Year-End Update 2022
The Department of Biostatistics’ Center for Biostatistics in AIDS Research (CBAR), directed by Professor Michael Hughes, has a broad research agenda on infectious diseases with a longstanding focus on HIV,…
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Harvard Chan Bioinformatics Core: Year-End Update 2022
Warm holiday greetings from the Harvard Chan Bioinformatics Core (HCBC). We are excited to report what our team has been up to in 2022! Personnel changes: We are thrilled that…
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Harvard Catalyst Biostatistics Program: Year-end Update 2022
The Harvard Catalyst Biostatistics Program had an eventful year. The Program saw many successes in 2022, in spite of the continued challenges that we face due to COVID-19. Our biostatistician…