Our Courses

Statistics and R

An introduction to basic statistical concepts and R programming skills necessary for analyzing data in the life sciences.

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• 12
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Introduction to Linear Models and Matrix Algebra

Learn to use R programming to apply linear models to analyze data in life sciences.

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• 12
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Statistical Inference and Modeling for High-throughput Experiments

A focus on the techniques commonly used to perform statistical inference on high throughput data.

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• 12
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High-Dimensional Data Analysis

A focus on several techniques that are widely used in the analysis of high-dimensional data.

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• 15
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Introduction to Bioconductor

The structure, annotation, normalization, and interpretation of genome scale assays.

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• 12
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Case Studies in Functional Genomics

Perform RNA-Seq, ChIP-Seq, and DNA methylation data analyses, using open source software, including R and Bioconductor.

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• 36
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Advanced Bioconductor

Learn advanced approaches to genomic visualization, reproducible analysis, data architecture, and exploration of cloud-scale consortium-generated genomic data.

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• 44
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Using Python for Research

Take your introductory knowledge of Python programming to the next level and learn how to use Python 3 for your research.

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• 30
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Principles, Statistical and Computational Tools for Reproducible Data Science

Learn skills and tools that support data science and reproducible research, to ensure you can trust your own research results, reproduce them yourself, and communicate them to others.

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• 25
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Improving Global Health: Focusing on Quality and Safety

An introduction to the emerging field of global healthcare quality.

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• 16
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Practical Improvement Science in Health Care: A Roadmap for Getting Results

Learn the skills and tools of improvement science to make positive changes in health, healthcare, and your daily life.

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• 18
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Lessons from Ebola: Preventing the Next Pandemic

Understanding the context for the Ebola outbreak: What went right, what went wrong, and how we can all do better.

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• 23
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Humanitarian Response to Conflict and Disaster

Learn the principles guiding humanitarian response to modern emergencies, and the challenges faced in the field today.

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• 40
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Causal Diagrams: Draw Your Assumptions Before Your Conclusions

Learn simple graphical rules that allow you to use intuitive pictures to improve study design and data analysis for causal inference.

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• 9
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Quantitative Methods for Biology

Learn introductory programming and data analysis in MATLAB, with applications to biology and medicine.

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• 24
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Building Personal Resilience: Managing Anxiety and Mental Health

Join Harvard Medical School faculty Dr. Luana Marques to use applied psychology to build personal resilience with five science-driven skills.

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Backyard Meteorology: The Science of Weather

Learn to forecast the weather just by looking out your window.

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• 4
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PredictionX: John Snow and the Cholera Epidemic of 1854

An in-depth look at the 1854 London cholera epidemic in Soho and its importance for the field of epidemiology.

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PredictionX: Lost Without Longitude

Explore the history of navigation, from stars to satellites.

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PredictionX: Omens, Oracles & Prophecies

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Super-Earths and Life

Learn about the Earth, life, and how we can search for life elsewhere in the universe.

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• 30
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Introduction to Probability

Learn probability, an essential language and set of tools for understanding data, randomness, and uncertainty.

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• 30
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Global Health Case Studies from a Biosocial Perspective

Reimagine global health problems with some of the leading global health thinkers and actors through a case-based biosocial framework.

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• 20
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Women Making History: Ten Objects, Many Stories

Learn how American women created, confronted, and embraced change in the 20th century while exploring ten objects from Radcliffe’s Schlesinger Library.

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• 8
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Tangible Things: Discovering History Through Artworks, Artifacts, Scientific Specimens, and the Stuff Around You

Gain an understanding of history, museum studies, and curation by looking at, organizing, and interpreting art, artifacts, scientific curiosities, and the stuff of everyday life.

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• 28
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