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Frontiers in Biostatistics: Single-Cell RNA-Seq Data Analysis Via a Regularized Zero-Inflated Mixture Model Framework

Frontiers in Biostatistics Seminar May 11, 2021 1:00PM Jianhua Hu, PhD Professor, Biostatistics (in Medicine and in the Herbert Irving Comprehensive Cancer Center) Director, Cancer Biostatistics Program Columbia University Register at: http://bit.ly/FIBMay21 Abstract: Applications of single-cell RNA sequencing in various biomedical research areas have been blooming. This new technology provides unprecedented opportunities to study disease […]

Training Session: Efficient Phase I Clinical Trial Design

May 19, 2021 10:00am-12:00PM Eastern Time Fangxin Hong, PhD Senior Research Scientist Department of Data Science, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Department of Biostatistics, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health    

Data Science Seminar: Causal Inference Methods for Measures of Health Disparities

Thursday, October 28, 2021 11:00am Eastern Time Tengfei Li Georgetown University Causal Inference Methods for Measures of Health Disparities There is increased interest in the evaluation of health disparities between different socioeconomic groups using data from observational studies. However, in the absence of randomization, the results and conclusions may be limited to associations rather than […]

Postdoc Recruitment Day

The Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Department of Data Science announces its second annual Postdoc Recruitment Day to be held on Wednesday, November 3rd from 1-3pm EST. If you are interested in learning more about postdoctoral opportunities at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and would like to learn about the research our faculty are conducting, please sign up for […]

Frontiers in Biostatistics: A Bayesian Phase I/II Trial Design for Immunotherapy

Tuesday, November 9, 2021 1:00pm Eastern Time Suyu Liu, PhD Associate Professor Department of Biostatistics The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center A Bayesian Phase I/II Trial Design for Immunotherapy Immunotherapy is an innovative treatment approach that stimulates a patient's immune system to fight cancer. It demonstrates characteristics distinct from conventional chemotherapy and stands […]

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Frontiers in Biostatistics: Cancer on the Way to Mars

Tuesday, December 7, 2021 1:00pm Eastern Time Giovanni Parmigiani, PhD Professor Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health Link to YouTube Video Cancer on the Way to Mars Links: https://www.nap.edu/download/26155 https://www.env.go.jp/en/chemi/rhm/basic-info/index.html https://www.nasa.gov/feature/goddard/real-martians-how-to-protect-astronauts-from-space-radiation-on-mars https://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/atoms/files/space_radiation_ebook.pdf https://standards.nasa.gov/standard/nasa/nasa-std-3001-vol-1 https://spaceradiation.larc.nasa.gov/nasapapers/2020/5008710.pdf

Frontiers in Biostatistics: Studies on COVID-19 and Cancer using National Real-World VA Data

Nathanael Fillmore is the Associate Director for Machine Learning and Advanced Analytics at the VA Boston Healthcare System’s Cooperative Studies Program Informatics Center. He leads a data science team focused on using machine learning and data science methods, in combination with the VA’s large clinical, genomic, and imaging databases, to generate knowledge and resources that […]