Model-robust and Efficient Covariate Adjustment for Cluster-randomized Experiments

Frontiers in Biostatistics Seminar Tuesday May 9, 2023 1:00PM Eastern Time Join the Zoom. Fan Li, PhD Assistant Professor of Biostatistics, Yale School of Public Health Cluster-randomized experiments are increasingly used to evaluate interventions in routine practice conditions, and researchers often adopt model-based methods with covariate adjustment in the statistical analyses. However, the validity of model-based […]

BioC2023: the Bioconductor Annual Conference

Dana-Farber Cancer Institute 1 Jimmy Fund Way, Boston, MA, United States

We are incredibly excited that Bioc2023 the annual Bioconductor meeting will be in Boston at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute from August 2-4. It is a hybrid meeting to enable maximum outreach to our global community. Registration is now open and scholarships are available.  Contact us for sponsorship opportunities.  Speakers include: JJ Allaire (Founder and CEO […]

Forecasting pancreatic carcinogenesis from spatial multi-omics

Center of Life Sciences, Room 11081 3 Blackfan Circle, Boston, MA, United States

Frontiers in Biostatistics Seminar Tuesday September 26, 2023 @ 10am ET Center for Life Sciences Building, Room 11081 Elana Fertig, PhD Division Director of Oncology Quantitative Sciences, Professor of Oncology Johns Hopkins University YouTube Video Combining genomics with mathematical modeling provides a forecast system that can yield computational predictions to anticipate cancer progression and therapeutic […]

AI in Medical Imaging: Current State & Future Opportunities

Center of Life Sciences, Room 11081 3 Blackfan Circle, Boston, MA, United States

Frontiers in Biostatistics Seminar Tuesday October 24, 2023 @ 1pm ET Center for Life Sciences Building, Room 11081 William Lotter, PhD Assistant Professor, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Harvard Medical School YouTube Video Want to get our weekly events newsletter? Click here!

Single-cell Multiomic Exploration of Oncogenic and Immunologic Programs in Melanoma and CLL

Center for Life Sciences, Zelen Commons 3 Blackfan Circle, Boston, MA

Elevate @ Eleven: Comp Bio Connections Wednesday November 8th, 2023 12:00-1:00PM In-person only, Zelen Commons, 11th floor of the Center for Life Sciences Building Jeremy Simon Senior Research Scientist, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health Lunch is provided.  

Analyzing Big EHR Data – Optimal Cox Regression Subsampling Procedure with Rare Events

Frontiers in Biostatistics Seminar Tuesday December 5, 2023 @ 1pm ET YouTube Link Malka Gorfine, PhD Professor, Department of Statistics,  Tel Aviv University, Israel Abstract: Massive sized survival datasets become increasingly prevalent with the development of the healthcare industry, and pose computational challenges unprecedented in traditional survival analysis use cases. In this work we analyze […]

The Splicing Factor CCAR1 Regulates the Fanconi Anemia/BRA Pathway

Center for Life Sciences, Zelen Commons 3 Blackfan Circle, Boston, MA

Elevate @ Eleven: Comp Bio Connections Wednesday December 6th, 2023 12:00-1:00PM In-person only, Zelen Commons, 11th floor of the Center for Life Sciences Building Huy Nguyen Computational Biologist, Center for DNA Damage & Repair, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Lunch is provided.  

ImmunoPROFILE: An Multiplex Immunofluorescence Based Immune Cell Profiling Test and Data Resource; An Overview and Analysis Vignette Using GNNs

Elevate @ Eleven: Comp Bio Connections Wednesday January 10th, 2023 12:00-1:00PM In-person only, Zelen Commons, 11th floor of the Center for Life Sciences Building Katharina Hoebel, Research Fellow, Department of Data Science, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute James Lindsay, Director, Software Engineer, Department of Data Science, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Lunch is provided.

Methods for the Analysis of Data with Missing Values

Frontiers in Biostatistics Seminar Tuesday January 16, 2023 @ 1pm ET Center for Life Sciences Building, Room 11081 Roderick Little, PhD Richard D. Remington Distinguished University Professor of Biostatistics Professor, Department of Statistics Research Professor, Institute for Social Research University of Michigan School of Public Health YouTube Video Abstract: I review methods for handling missing […]

DF/HCC Celebration of Early Career Investigators in Cancer Research

Wednesday January 31, 2024 1:00pm - 5:30PM Yawkey Conference Center, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Registration. 2024 Keynote Speaker: Jeff Leek, PhD Chief Data Officer, Vice President, and J Orin Edson Foundation Chair of Biostatistics at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center Talk Title: "Taking Calculated Career Risks to Impact the World Through Data Science” Introductions by: Ramesh Shivdasani, […]

Quantitative Methods in Implementation Research: Concepts, Goals, and Applications

Frontiers in Biostatistics Seminar Tuesday February 6, 2024 @ 1pm ET Center for Life Sciences Building, Room 11081 You Tube Link Donna Spiegelman, ScD Susan Dwight Bliss Professor of Biostatistics and Professor of Cardiovascular Medicine, Yale School of Medicine Professor, Department of Statistics and Data Science, Yale University This talk will provide an overview of […]

Call for Abstracts: Health Disparities and Cancer

We invite students, postdocs, residents, clinical fellows, and early career faculty to submit abstracts for consideration as a lightning talk at the 2024 Marvin Zelen Memorial Symposium. Submit via this form by Friday March 1st, speakers will be notified by Friday March 8th.   Friday April 5, 2024 1:00-5:30PM ET Yawkey Conference Center 450 Brookline […]

Frontiers in Biostatistics: A Framework for Personalizing the Timing of Surveillance Testing

**This seminar has been canceled. A new date will be announced shortly** Frontiers in Biostatistics Seminar Tuesday March 12, 2024 @ 1pm ET   Aasthaa Bansal, PhD Associate Professor, The Comparative Health Outcomes, Policy, and Economics (CHOICE) Institute, University of Washington Joint Associate Professor, Public Health Sciences Division Joint Associate Professor, Hutchinson Institute for Cancer […]

2024 Marvin Zelen Symposium: Health Disparities and Cancer

Dana-Farber Cancer Institute 1 Jimmy Fund Way, Boston, MA, United States

Friday April 5, 2024 1:00-5:00PM ET Yawkey Conference Center 450 Brookline Ave, Boston, MA In-person event only, the recording will be available post-event. Registration for in person attendance. Invited speakers: Adewole Adamson, MD, MPP, Dell Medical School at the University of Texas at Austin, "AI and Melanoma Disparities" Cynthia Dwork,PhD, Harvard University, "Individuals, Groups, Indistinguishability, […]

Data Integration in Statistical Inference and Risk Prediction

Joint Seminar with Harvard TH Chan School of Public Health Thursday April 11, 2024 @ 4pm ET FXB Building Room 301 Yu Shen PhD Conversation with a Living Legend Professor & Chair ad interim Department of Biostatistics The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center In comparative effectiveness research and risk prediction for rare types […]

Cancer Risk Prediction, Early Detection and Minimal Residual Disease

Frontiers in Biostatistics Seminar Tuesday May 7, 2024 @ 1pm ET In-person and Zoom available. Cristian Tomasetti, Ph.D. Director, Center for Cancer Prevention and Early Detection, City of Hope Professor and Director, Division of Mathematics for Cancer Evolution and Early Detection, Department of Computational & Quantitative Medicine, City of Hope

Artificial Intelligence Methods in Cancer

DF/HCC Cancer Data Sciences Lunch Workshop Step into the future of oncology where our speakers will discuss the cutting-edge intersection of AI and cancer research. This workshop is geared towards researchers and clinicians who are eager to delve into the innovative methodologies that AI brings to the battle against cancer. Join us, learn, and contribute […]