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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 18, 2022

    The Lagakos Distinguished Alumni Award w. Dr. Andrea Foulkes

    The Department was honored to host alumna Dr. Andrea Foulkes, ScD ’00, as she presented this year’s Lagakos Distinguished Alumni Award lecture last week on “Biostatistics and Infectious Disease Research:…

  • October 18, 2022

    Career Development Series

    If you are interested in joining us as a guest speaker, or have ideas regarding this series, please contact Dr. Erin Lake and/or enter your ideas via this sheet. A…

  • October 18, 2022

    Giovanni Stracquadanio Talk at Quackenbush Lab Meeting – 10/18

    Polymer physics of structural evolution in synthetic yeast chromosomesHow to learn something from very small genomic dataTuesday, October 18Lab Meeting: 9:30 -11:00amTalk: 10-11amZoom or In Person (Bldg 2, Rm 426)…

  • October 18, 2022

    HDSI Causal Seminar w. Edward McFowland III – 10/20

    HDSI Causal Seminar: Edward McFowland III, Harvard UniversityThursday, October 20, 20223:30 PM – 5:30 PM ESTHawes Hall, Classroom 203, Harvard Business SchoolRegister hereEdward McFowland IIIAsst. Professor, Technology & Operations Management…

  • October 18, 2022

    Volunteer Opportunity for Florence Nightingale Day – 10/22

    We are looking for volunteers to help with a Florence Nightingale Day event happening on Saturday, October 22nd at the Harvard Science Center. The purpose of this event is to…

  • October 12, 2022

    The Lagakos Distinguished Alumni Award – 10/13

    Please join us for the Lagakos Distinguished Alumni Award with 2022 awardee, Dr. Andrea Foulkes, ScD ’00! Thursday, October 13, 20221:00-2:00 pm – Career Development Lunch for students & postdocs…

  • October 12, 2022

    Ellen Considine Named Review Editor for National Climate Assessment

    Congratulation to PhD student Ellen Considine who been selected to serve as a review editor for the Western Wildfires section of the National Climate Assessment, which is produced approximately every…

  • October 12, 2022

    Sihai Dave Zhao appointed Director of Computational Genomics at IGB

    Congratulations to alumnus Sihai Dave Zhao, PhD ’12, an associate professor of statistics, who has been appointed the Director of Computational Genomics at the Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic…

  • October 12, 2022

    Career Development Series

    This series is run by Dr. Erin Lake and picks up where general career development resources at HSPH and GSAS leave off, providing focus that is specific to our students…

  • October 12, 2022

    Harvard Catalyst Journal Club w. LJ Wei – 10/12

    Harvard Catalyst Biostatistics Journal ClubOctober 12, 2022 | 1:00-2:00pm | Register hereDr. Lee-Jen WeiProfessor of Biostatistics What is an Estimand?How do we Choose a Clinically Meaningful Estimand for a Comparative…