Our validation of carrier probability models for Lynch syndrome done jointly by groups who proposed alternative models. Peace. doi.org/10.1016/j.gim.… #LynchSyndrome #GeneChat

We’re very proud that President Biden has chosen Dr. Monica Bertagnolli to lead the NCI. She is an eminent surgeon with extensive clinical and leadership experience. Monica will be a superb leader at the NCI at a time when cancer research is so promising. dana-farber.org/newsroom/news-…

Our colleague Timothy Rebbeck, PhD, spoke with Yahoo Life about the importance of cancer prevention and early detection to help save more lives. yahoo.com/lifestyle/sure…

Data Science Postdoc Open House 2022 — see you there! app.smartsheet.com/b/form/5ffc323…

Congrats to Jenny Lu who presented at #ASCO22 . Amazing venue for your debut!!

📈 A different approach to #science inviting humility, broader measures of excellence and success, #diversity in our networks, and the creation of pathways to #inclusive education via PNASNews: pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pn… #datascience #ethics

To the finish line, whatever it takes!! Great job Gabriel Loewinger you rock! Harvard Biostatistics

.Dana-Farber is proud to join nearly 90 organizations calling on Congress to pass legislation to improve diversity in clinical trials. Removing barriers and enhancing diversity in clinical trials is a moral and scientific imperative. Congress must act. fightcancer.org/sites/default/…

Amazing RACE Cancer Foundation Series. Racing as it should be: small, friendly, in a great spot and for the benefit of cancer research. See you tomorrow? racemenu.com/events/203361-…

The statistical backbone of our PanelPRO familial cancer risk model is out doi.org/10.1002/gepi.2… Congrats to lead Jane Liang (who just defended and is heading out to Stanford), Danielle Braun, and awesome collaborators at City of Hope. AlMamun33

The call for “ISBA New Researcher Travel Award' for #BaYSM2022 is now open!
Send your CV to us at [email protected] on or before June 6, 2022 to be considered for the travel award.

Remarkable group here!

Congrats to the newest members of the COPSS Leadership Academy 🏅

This is a terrific initiative recognizing and engaging the rising stars of our profession

An important and substantive development from FDA Oncology Making clinical trials more representative by including all types of people on clinical trials is longtime goal of National Cancer Institute and this new guidance is great news.

Philipp Altrock 🌻 fediscience.org/@altrock Couldn’t have said it better Philipp Altrock 🌻 fediscience.org/@altrock, the HPV vaccine is a gift to humanity.

Check out this new program, UNC EDGE:

'Educational Pathways to Increase Diversity in GEnomics', a 2-year summer program for undergraduate students who are interested in careers in genomics. See tweet below for application details

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'All variables have been dichotomised for the analysis' (sigh)

Never ceases to amaze me why go to the effort/expense to collect data, then discard some of it by dichotomising

Illustration of harm of commonly applied methods in prediction tinyurl.com/r8ah2crt

#statstwitter

The Master in Data Science and Statistical Learning #MD2SL of Università di Firenze in collaboration with Scuola IMT Alti Studi Lucca is about to begin! #SaveTheDate for the Kick-Off Meeting: online tomorrow at 4:30 pm with our students, teachers and partner institutions. bit.ly/3ACVDC6