Xihong Lin named Myrto Lefkopoulou Distinguished Lecturer at Harvard School of Public Health

The Department of Biostatistics, Harvard School of Public Health, named IBS Member Xihong Lin¸ Ph.D., Professor of Biostatistics at Harvard School of Public Health, Department of Biostatistics, as the 2009 Myrto Lefkopoulou Distinguished Lecturer. Professor Lin will present a lecture on September 3, 2009, at the Harvard School of Public Health. The title of her lecture is “Statistical Issues and Challenges in Analyzing High-throughput ‘Omics Data in Population-based Studies.” A reception will be held following the lecture.

The lectureship was established in perpetuity in memory of Dr. Myrto Lefkopoulou, a faculty member and graduate of Harvard School of Public Health. Dr. Lefkopoulou tragically died of cancer in 1992 at the age of 34 after a courageous two-year battle. She was deeply beloved by friends, students, and faculty.

Each year the Myrto Lefkopoulou Lectureship is awarded to a promising statistician who has made contributions to either collaborative or methodologic research in the applications of statistical methods to biology or medicine and/or has shown excellence in the teaching of Biostatistics. Ordinarily, the lectureship is given to a statistician within 15 years of receiving an earned doctorate.

Nominations for next year's lectureship are currently being solicited and should be sent to the Myrto Lefkopoulou Lecture Committee, Department of Biostatistics, Harvard School of Public Health, 655 Huntington Avenue, Boston, MA 02115. Nominations should include a letter of nomination and a C.V. The deadline for submission of nominations is March 31, 2010.