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Biostatistics Journal Club: The Big Data Paradox and its Implications for Clinical Research – December 4

December 4, 2024

Biostatistics Journal Club: The Big Data Paradox and its Implications for Clinical Research. Presenter: Suzanne Dahlberg, PhD, Boston Children's Hospital.

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Biostatistics Short Course: Targeted Learning: Bridging Machine Learning with Causal and Statistical Inference – November 15

November 15, 2024

Biostatistics Short Course: Targeted Learning: Bridging Machine Learning with Causal and Statistical Inference. Mark van der Laan, PhD, University of California Berkeley, and Nima Hejazi, PhD, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, will lead this course.

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Biostatistics Journal Club: Smartphone Based Digital Phenotyping – November 6

November 6, 2024

Biostatistics Journal Club: Smartphone Based Digital Phenotyping. Jukka-Pekka Onnela, PhD, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, will lead discussion.

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Biostatistics Short Course: N-of-1 Trials for Personalized Healthcare – October 25

October 25, 2024

Biostatistics Short Course: N-of-1 Trials for Personalized Healthcare. Promise & challenges of N-of-1 trials, including use of software to design & analyze trials, use of mobile apps to facilitate participation, retain interest, collect data, & provide interpreted results to participants, & some of the research barriers that need to be overcome.

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Biostatistics Journal Club: Weighted Mixed-Effects Models for Dose-Response Meta-Analysis – October 2

October 2, 2024

Biostatistics Journal Club: Weighted Mixed-Effects Models for Dose-Response Meta-Analysis. Speaker: Nicola Orsini, PhD, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden.

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Biostatistics Journal Club: Defining Long COVID Without a Gold Standard – May 1

May 1, 2024

Biostatistics Journal Club: Defining Long COVID Without a Gold Standard. Discussion led by Andrea Foulkes, ScD, Massachusetts General Hospital.

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Biostatistics Journal Club: Analysis of Case-Cohort Study with the Additive Hazards Model – April 10

April 10, 2024

Biostatistics Journal Club: Analysis of Case-Cohort Study with the Additive Hazards Model. Discussion led by Jie (Kate) Hu, PhD, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health.

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Harvard Catalyst Biostatistics Symposium: Challenges and Opportunities in the Choice of Outcome Measures in Clinical Research – April 5

April 5, 2024

Harvard Catalyst Biostatistics Symposium: Challenges and Opportunities in the Choice of Outcome Measures in Clinical Research. Join us for our Biostatistics program's annual symposium.

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Biostatistics Journal Club: Kernel-Based Methods for Quantifying the Health Effects of an Environmental Mixture – March 6

March 6, 2024

Biostatistics Journal Club: Kernel-Based Methods for Quantifying the Health Effects of an Environmental Mixture. Discussion led by Brent Coull, PhD, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health.

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Biostatistics Short Course: Applied Causal Inference for Real-World Data – March 1

March 1, 2024

Biostatistics Short Course: Applied Causal Inference for Real-World Data. Course led by Michele Santacatterina, PhD, NYU Grossman School of Medicine.

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Biostatistics Journal Club: Quantifying Spatial Relationships Among Cells in Images – February 7

February 7, 2024

Biostatistics Journal Club: Quantifying Spatial Relationships Among Cells in Images. Discussion led by Jacqueline R. Starr, PhD, MS, MPH, of Brigham and Women's Hospital.

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Biostatistics Journal Club: Adjustment for Baseline Response in Longitudinal Studies – December 6

December 6, 2023

Biostatistics Journal Club: Adjustment for Baseline Response in Longitudinal Studies. Discussion led by Garrett Fitzmaurice, ScD, of McLean Hospital.

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Biostatistics Short Course: Semi-Competing Risks Data Analysis for Clinical Research – December 1

December 1, 2023

Biostatistics Short Course: Semi-Competing Risks Data Analysis for Clinical Research. Discussion led by Sebastien Haneuse, PhD, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health and Harrison Reeder, PhD, Massachusetts General Hospital.

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Biostatistics Journal Club: Machine Learning for Imputation of Missing-not-at-Random Data – November 15

November 15, 2023

Biostatistics Journal Club: Machine Learning for Imputation of Missing-not-at-Random Data. Discussion led by Boyu Ren, PhD, McLean Hospital.

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Biostatistics Journal Club: Modeling and Joint Prediction of Semi-Competing Risks – October 11

October 11, 2023

Biostatistics Journal Club: Modeling and Joint Prediction of Semi-Competing Risks. Discussion led by Harrison Reeder, PhD, Massachusetts General Hospital.

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Biostatistics Short Course: An Introduction to the Analysis of Incomplete Data – October 6

October 6, 2023

Biostatistics Short Course: An Introduction to the Analysis of Incomplete Data. In-person short course led by Ofer Harel, PhD, University of Connecticut.

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Biostatistics Journal Club: Assessing Predictability of Survival Models – September 13

September 13, 2023

Biostatistics Journal Club: Assessing Predictability of Survival Models. LJ Wei, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, will lead discussion.

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Biostatistics Journal Club: Linear models for characterizing measurement uncertainty and comparing evaluators: a review, with applications – May 3

May 3, 2023

Biostatistics Journal Club: Linear models for characterizing measurement uncertainty and comparing evaluators: a review, with applications. Mark Vangel, PhD, Massachusetts General Hospital, will present.

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Biostatistics Journal Club: When estimating causal effects in randomized clinical trials, start by defining causal estimands — not estimators – April 5

April 5, 2023

Biostatistics Journal Club: When estimating causal effects in randomized clinical trials, start by defining causal estimands — not estimators. Marie-Abèle Bind, PhD, Massachusetts General Hospital, will present.

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Harvard Catalyst Biostatistics Symposium: Data Science and Health Disparities – March 24

March 24, 2023

Harvard Catalyst Biostatistics Symposium: Data Science and Health Disparities. Join us for our Biostatistics program's annual symposium.

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Biostatistics Journal Club: Use of censored data methods to develop an algorithm for determining blood pressure norms in u.s. adults – March 8

March 8, 2023

Biostatistics Journal Club: Use of censored data methods to develop an algorithm for determining blood pressure norms in u.s. adults. Bernie Rosner, PhD, Brigham and Women's Hospital, will present.

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Biostatistics Short Course: A Practical Course in Difference-in-Differences Methods – February 13

February 13, 2023

Biostatistics Short Course: A Practical Course in Difference-in-Differences Methods. Laura Hatfield, PhD, Harvard Medical School Department of Health Care Policy, will present.

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Biostatistics Journal Club: Machine Learning Approaches to Visualize Disease-Related Biomarkers – February 8

February 8, 2023

Biostatistics Journal Club: Machine Learning Approaches to Visualize Disease-Related Biomarkers. Hui Zheng, PhD, Massachusetts General Hospital, will present.

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Biostatistics Journal Club: Statistical Considerations in Studies of Assisted Reproduction – December 7

December 7, 2022

Biostatistics Journal Club: Statistical Considerations in Studies of Assisted Reproduction. Laura Dodge, ScD,Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, will discuss statistical considerations in studies of assisted reproduction. 

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Biostatistics short course: Incorporating Functional Data into Statistical Models – December 2

December 2, 2022

Biostatistics short course: Incorporating Functional Data into Statistical Models. Todd Ogden, PhD, Columbia University will discuss incorporating functional data into statistical models.

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Biostatistics Journal Club: Directional Testing in Mediation Analysis – November 9

November 9, 2022

Biostatistics Journal Club: Directional Testing in Mediation Analysis. Jonathan Dreyfuss, PhD, Joslin Diabetes Center, will discuss directional testing in mediation analysis.

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