Latest Past Events

2026 Marvin Zelen Symposium: Advancing Reproducible Research: Principles, Practice, and Impact

Simmons University 300 The Fenway, Boston

We invite you to attend the Marvin Zelen Memorial Symposium, an event that celebrates the life and contributions of a remarkable figure in the field of statistics. This symposium will be held on Tuesday, June 16th, 2026, from 1:00 PM to 5:00 PM ET at the Helen G. Drinan Hall at Simmons University. The Marvin […]

Building Data Analysis Proofs

HSPH Biostatistics and DFCI Data Science Colloquium Thursday April 30 at 4:00pm HSPH, FXB 301 Roger Peng, PhD, Professor of Statistics and Data Sciences, University of Texas at Austin Data analyses are often constructed in an imperative manner, where commands representing actions taken on the data are issued sequentially. The publication of these commands, along […]

Evidence Triangulation in Dementia Research

HSPH Biostatistics and DFCI Data Science Colloquium Thursday April 23 at 4:00pm HSPH, FXB 301 Maria Glymour, ScD, Chair and Professor of Epidemiology, Boston University School of Public Health Research on cognitive aging, including development of neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer's, is fraught with causal inference challenges. This talk will briefly review why identifying the […]