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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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Biostatistics Journal Club: What is an Estimand? How do we Choose a Clinically Meaningful Estimand for a Comparative Clinical Study? – October 12

October 12, 2022

Biostatistics Journal Club: What is an Estimand? How do we Choose a Clinically Meaningful Estimand for a Comparative Clinical Study?

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Biostatistics Journal Club: Statistical Methods in COVID-Related Studies – May 4

May 4, 2022

Biostatistics Journal Club: Statistical Methods in COVID-Related Studies. Speaker: Wei Wang, PhD, Brigham and Women's Hospital.

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Annual symposium: Translational Biostatistics – Bridging the Gap Between Complex Statistical Analyses and Clinically Actionable Information – April 29

April 29, 2022

Annual symposium: Translational Biostatistics - Bridging the Gap Between Complex Statistical Analyses and Clinically Actionable Information.

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Biostatistics short course: Precision Medicine – A Statistical Perspective on Estimating the Best Treatment Strategy – April 8

April 8, 2022

Biostatistics short course: Precision Medicine – A Statistical Perspective on Estimating the Best Treatment Strategy. Speaker: Erica Moodie, PhD, McGill University.

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Biostatistics Journal Club: The Interferon Landscape Along the Respiratory Tract Impacts the Severity of COVID-19 – April 6

April 6, 2022

Biostatistics Journal Club: The Interferon Landscape Along the Respiratory Tract Impacts the Severity of COVID-19. Speaker: Enju Liu, PhD, Boston Children’s Hospital.

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Biostatistics Journal Club: Missing Data Challenges in Electronic Health Records-Based Studies of COVID and Long COVID – March 2

March 2, 2022

Biostatistics Journal Club: Missing Data Challenges in Electronic Health Records-Based Studies of COVID and Long COVID. Speaker: Tanayott Thaweethai, PhD, Mass General Hospital and Harvard Medical School.

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Biostatistics short course: Bayesian Regression Trees – February 18

February 18, 2022

Biostatistics short course: Bayesian Regression Trees. Speaker: Jason Roy, PhD, Rutgers School of Public Health.

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Biostatistics Journal Club: Quantitative Methods and Opportunities in Implementation Science – February 9

February 9, 2022

Biostatistics Journal Club: Quantitative Methods and Opportunities in Implementation Science. Speaker: Elysia Larson, ScD, MPH, Harvard Medical School, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center.

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Biostatistics short course: Survival Analysis Based on the Restricted Mean Survival Time – An Alternative to the Proportional Hazards Model – December 10

December 10, 2021

Biostatistics short course: Survival Analysis Based on the Restricted Mean Survival Time – An Alternative to the Proportional Hazards Model. Lu Tian, ScD, Stanford University, will lead discussion.

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Biostatistics journal club: Enhancing Reproducibility of Neuroimaging Research with Large-Scale Open Access Datasets – December 1

December 1, 2021

Biostatistics journal club: Enhancing Reproducibility of Neuroimaging Research with Large-Scale Open Access Datasets. Lisa Nickerson, PhD, Harvard Medical School, McLean Hospital, will lead discussion.

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