Biostatistics

Seminars - Fall 2026/Winter 2027

Some of the purposes of these sessions are: to promote biostatistics and biostatistical methodology; serve as a learning opportunity for both students and faculty; foster communication, collaboration, professionalism, career development. The format will be varied: seminar presentations, journal club, discussions of work in progress, interact with guest speakers, etc.

Who is invited: biostatisticians and biostatisticians in training; all other hyphenated-, unhyphenated- and soon-to-be-statisticians with interests in applied statistics.

PLEASE NOTE: The Fall 2026/Winter 2027 Seminar Series will be held in hybrid format (in-person/Zoom) on Wednesdays from 3:30 to 4:30 PM, at the SPGH, 2001 McGill College, Room 1140. Please refer to announcement titles below for details.

FALL 2026

Date Speaker Title Recording
Sept 16, 2026
IN-PERSON
Irina Pivneva (McGill University)    
Sept 23, 2026
VIRTUAL
Junxi Zhang (Concordia University) Fairness in Precision Medicine: Optimal Treatment Learning with Censored Outcomes and Beyond  
Sept 30, 2026
IN-PERSON
Kara Rudolph (Columbia University) Improving Efficiency in Estimating Transported Average Treatment Effects  
Oct 7, 2026
IN-PERSON
Francesca Chiaromonte (Penn State)    
Oct 14, 2026 NO SEMINAR - Reading Week - Oct 9-14, 2026
Oct 21, 2026
VIRTUAL
Emily Roberts (University of Iowa)    
Oct 28, 2026
IN-PERSON
Joel Greenhouse (Carnegie Mellon University)    
Nov 4, 2026
VIRTUAL
Melanie Poulin-Costello (University of Toronto)    
Nov 11, 2026
VIRTUAL
Ava Kamseh (University of Edinburgh)    
Nov 18, 2026
VIRTUAL
Ivana Malenica (University of North Carolina)    
Nov 25, 2026
VIRTUAL
Oliver Dukes (Ghent University)    
Dec 2, 2026
VIRTUAL
     

WINTER 2027

Date Speaker Title Recording
Jan 6, 2027
IN-PERSON
     
Jan 13, 2027
IN-PERSON
     
Jan 20, 2027
VIRTUAL
Toryn Schafer (Texas A & M University)    
Jan 27, 2027      
Feb 3, 2027
IN-PERSON
     
Feb 10, 2027
IN-PERSON
     
Feb 17, 2027
IN-PERSON
     
Feb 24, 2027
IN-PERSON

 

 

 
Mar 1,2027 NO SEMINAR - Spring Break March 1-5, 2027    
Mar 10, 2027
IN-PERSON
     
Mar 17, 2027
IN-PERSON
Andrea Benedetti  Oscars Competition  
Mar 24, 2027
IN-PERSON
Judith Lok     
Mar 31, 2027
IN-PERSON
     
Apr 7, 2027
IN-PERSON
Rob Deardon     
Apr 14, 2027
IN-PERSON
     
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