Thesis Defense: Wanying Dou Time: Friday May 3, 2024, at 3:00 PM Eastern Time Location: FXB G03 Wanying will present the thesis titled “A Cloud-based Framework for Hyperparameter Optimization of Genomic Pipelines: Tuning the GATK VETS Model for Variant Filtration on Terra”. The thesis committee is chaired by Samuel Lee and includes Rong Ma and...
Please join the Mittal Institute for a lecture by Soumya Swaminathan, Former Chief Scientist of the World Health Organization (WHO), on "Lessons from the Pandemic for Science and Global Health", moderated by Megan Murray, Ronda Stryker and William Johnston Professor of Global Health and Director of Research, Global Health & Social Medicine, Harvard Medical School....
Thesis Defense: Stella Nam Time: Friday May 3, 2024, at 4:00 PM Eastern Time Location: FXB G03 Wanying will present the thesis titled “Understanding the Holistic Constraints of Clustering Analysis for CyTOF Data Through Characterization of the Immunologic Response to a Novel Candidate Influenza Vaccine”. The thesis committee is chaired by Patrick Reeves and includes...
Digital Transformation of Health Care Organizations using Artificial Intelligence Application/Registration deadline: 5/6/2024 The field of artificial intelligence has now begun to mature in many industries. Health care, however, still struggles to unlock the gains that these powerful technologies can provide. At the same time, health systems worldwide are struggling with aging populations, rising expectations, and...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qqrr8db97Tw It’s long been clear that societal forces affect health, from neighborhood demographics to school quality to the selection of products on sale in our corner stores. But what’s behind those forces? Daniel Dawes, a renowned scholar and attorney, will unpack the political determinants of health, exploring how relationships, resources, policies, and power structures exert...
Sean will present the dissertation entitled "Inferring Conditional Dependencies in Observational Studies: Nuisance Function Tuning and Transfer Learning". The dissertation committee is chaired by Dr. Rajarshi Mukherjee, and includes Dr. James Robins, Dr. Brent Coull, Dr. Samuel Kou, and Dr. Rui Duan.
Kevin will present the dissertation entitled "Causal Inference Methods for Evaluation of Large-Scale Environmental Policy Effects under Complex Treatment Interference". The dissertation committee is chaired by Dr. Rachel Nethery, and includes Dr. Francesca Dominici, Dr. Andrew Beam, and Dr. Falco Bargagli Stoffi.
Please join the Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences for their monthly Seminar featuring Daniel E. Dawes, a widely respected healthcare and public health leader, health policy expert, educator, and...
Thesis Defense: Alexandra Barry Time: Monday May 6, 2024, at 1:00 PM Eastern Time Location: Kresge 201 Alexandra will present the thesis titled “Leveraging Electronic Health Record-Linked Biobanks for Pharmacogenetic Discovery in Type 2 Diabetes: Genetic Discovery of Novel Variants and Assessment of Polygenic Risk Scores”. The thesis committee is chaired by Josephine Li and...
Cancer among US Firefighters: Case-control Study among Indiana Firefighters Presenter: Kishor Hadkhale, PhD, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Visiting Researcher, Tampere University, Faculty of Social Sciences, Health Sciences, Finland Learning Objectives: Participants will be able to 1) describe the relationship between firefighters and the risk of cancer; 2) explain the...
"Too often genetics gets the short end of the stick in public health. But I’m going to tell you how we can use genetics to save and improve lives and study environmental exposures." - Charleen D. Adams, PhD, MPH Research Fellow / Lead Scientist
“Too often genetics gets the short end of the stick in public health. But I’m going to tell you how we can use genetics to save and improve lives and study environmental exposures.” – Charleen D. Adams, PhD, MPH Research Fellow / Lead Scientist
