Upcoming Events
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Panel on Genetics and Medicine
Please join the Mittal Institute for a panel on Genetics and Medicine with David Reich (Professor of Genetics at HMS), Vijay Chandru (Visiting Scientist at HSPH), and Priya Moorjani (Assistant Professor in the Department of Molecular & Cell Biology, University of California). This panel is part of the Mittal Institute's Annual Cambridge Symposium "Science and...
Thesis Defense – Yuting Liu
Kresge 201Thesis Defense: Yuting Liu Time: Friday May 3, 2024, at 10:00 AM Eastern Time Location: Kresge 201 Yuting will present the thesis titled “A machine learning model for large-scale discovery of protein interactions with AlphaFold2”. The thesis committee is chaired by Sharad Ramanathan and includes Vlad Denic and John Quackenbush.
Dissertation Defense – Eric Cohn
Building 2, Room 426Eric will present the dissertation entitled “Statistical Methods for the Study of Effect Modification and Spatial Causal Inference: Theory and Applications”. The dissertation committee is chaired by Dr. José Zubizarreta, and includes Dr. Rajarshi Mukherjee and Dr. Andrea Rotnitzky.
Thesis Defense – Pluto Zhang
Kresge 201Thesis Defense: Pluto Zhang Time: Friday May 3, 2024, at 11:00 AM Eastern Time Location: Kresge 201 Pluto will present the thesis titled “Statistical, Machine and Deep Learning Models for Characterizing Self-Reported Health Outcomes from the American Time Use Survey (Eating and Health Module)”. The thesis committee is chaired by Erin Lake and includes Shilpa...
Dissertation Defense – Intekhab Hossain
Building 2, Room 426Intekhab will present the dissertation entitled “Biologically motivated artificial intelligence for explainable gene regulatory dynamics”. The dissertation committee is chaired by Dr. John Quackenbush, and includes Dr. Rebekka Burkholz, Dr. Rong Ma, and Dr. Kimberly Glass.
Doctoral Oral Qualifying Examination: Isabel Espinosa
VirtualRichard Siegrist will chair. Please be aware that only the student and committee members are permitted to attend the Oral Qualifying Exam.
HIV Working Group Seminar
FXB – Room G10 651 Huntington Avenue, Boston, MA, United StatesEmma Crenshaw Doctoral Student, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Department of Biostatistics Modeling the 2022 Mpox outbreak with a mechanistic network model Abstract: The 2022 outbreak of MPox affected more than 80,000 individuals worldwide, most of whom were men who have sex with men (MSM) who likely contracted the disease through close contact...
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Grand Rounds – Kangwook Huh, MD, First-Year OEM resident
Kresge 502Occupational Risks Among Animal Handlers of Non-human Primates Presenter: Kangwook Huh, MD, First-year resident in Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Department of Environmental Health, Harvard TH Chan School of Public Health Discussant: Eirini Iliaki, MD, MPH, Cambridge Health Alliance, Infectious Diseases Specialist-Occupational, Immigration, and Travel Health Clinician; Instructor in Medicine, Harvard Medical School Learning Objectives: Participants...
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Diet and Disease: Cause or Confounding?
Kresge BuildingThe Department of Epidemiology presents Cutter Lectures on Preventive Medicine series The 8th Symposium Speakers: Open to the public
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The Role of Empathy in Global Health and Social Medicine: A Fireside Chat
Please join the Mittal Institute for a fireside chat with Vikram Patel, Harvard Medical School, and Bharat Vatwani, co-founder of India’s Shraddha Rehabilitation Foundation. This discussion is part of the Mittal Institute's Annual Cambridge Symposium "Science and Technology – The Future of South Asia". The symposium is free and open to the public.
Thesis Defense – Wanying Dou
FXB – Room G03 651 Huntington Avenue, Boston, MA, United StatesThesis 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...
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