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  [### 2024 Harold M. Weintraub Graduate Student Award recipient from DMS

 ](/news/2024harold-m-weintraub-graduate-student-award-recipient-dms) March 04, 2024 

 Please join us in congratulating the DMS student who has received the Harold M. Weintraub Graduate Student Award for 2024. Michelle Li is a G5 student in the Biomedical Informatics Program. For further information, please view the Fred Hutch News Release. 

 

 

   ![Michelle Li](/sites/g/files/omnuum6836/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/bigphd/files/michelleli_headshot.jpg?itok=MnDary8g) 

 



 

 

   [### Watch Live Stream of 2023 DMS Hooding Ceremony

 ](/news/watch-live-stream-2023-dms-hooding-ceremony) May 19, 2023 

 The 2023 DMS Hooding ceremonies will be live-streamed on YouTube. Thursday, May 25, 2023: Hooding Ceremony for 2023 graduates begins at 5:00pm. The video can be viewed by visiting our Commencement and Hooding page. Congratulations and Best Wishes to all... 

 

 

   ![Division of Medical Sciences banner](/sites/g/files/omnuum6836/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/bigphd/files/dms_hms_banner.jpg?itok=oyLhnTwR) 

 



 

 

   [### Student Profile of 2022 BIG graduate Eduardo Maury

 ](/news/student-profile-2022-big-graduate-eduardo-maury) May 05, 2022 

 Exploring the Brain BIG PhD grad Eduardo Maury is deciphering somatic mutations to better understand neurological disease. Read about the influence his neurosurgeon father had on his career, and the role Maury's mentors played in his growth as a scientist... 

 

 

   ![Eduardo Maury](/sites/g/files/omnuum6836/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/bigphd/files/eduardo_maury_grad.jpg?itok=ZOrmVkJG) 

 



 

 

   [### BIG students win NBA hackathon

 ](/news/big-students-win-nba-hackathon) September 22, 2018 

 On September 22, 2018, BIG students Surge Biswas and Amaro Taylor-Weiner participated and won the NBA hackathon! 

 

 

   ![Surge and Amaro](/sites/g/files/omnuum6836/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/bigphd/files/nba_hackathon.jpg?itok=aVA9Cx5O) 

 



 

 

   [### BIG students win 1st prize in Vivli and Microsoft Clinical Trial Datathon

 ](https://vivli.org/events/winners-announced-for-vivli-microsoft-data-challenge/) June 21, 2019 

 On June 21, 2019, BIG students Qingbo Wang and Gaurav Luthria participated in and won the Vivli Microsoft Data Challenge! As a solution for sharing patient data while maintaining patient privacy, they proposed a two-folded approach: 1. Advanced Querying... 

 

 

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   [### BIG Alumni Honoree in Forbes "30 Under 30"

 ](/news/big-alumni-honoree-forbes-30-under-30) January 03, 2020 

 BIG alumni Dr. Jean Fan honored in the 2020 Forbes 30 under 30 Healthcare category 

 

 

   ![Jean Fan](/sites/g/files/omnuum6836/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/bigphd/files/416x416_jean.jpg?itok=yMSJXCCe) 

 



 

 

   [### BIG Program Welcomes 2021-2022 Class

 ](/news/big-program-welcomes-2021-2022-class) September 01, 2021 

 We were delighted to welcome our new entering class last week for an in-person orientation. Our cohort is 13 students this year. Our students have undergraduate degrees in computational biology, mathematics, statistics and data science, biomedical... 

 

 

   ![BIG Class 2021-2022](/sites/g/files/omnuum6836/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/bigphd/files/img_5933.jpg?itok=nJJXCg8C) 

 



 

 

   [### BIG student a finalist at MIT Sloan Sports Analytics Conference

 ](/news/big-student-finalist-mit-sloan-sports-analytics-conference) April 09, 2020 

 On March 5, 2020, BIG student Qingbo Wang participated in the MIT Sloan Sports Analytics Conference (SSAC) hackathon, and was selected as a finalist (#6 out of &gt;140 applications) to present in the large conference room. View his presentation here, where... 

 

 

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   [### BIG Program Welcomes 2020-2021 Class

 ](/news/big-program-welcomes-2020-2021-class) September 22, 2020 

 We would like to extend a very special welcome to our entering BIG class. From cities near and far, students joined together for this virtual greeting and orientation as we began the new academic year. With 14 students, it is the largest BIG cohort ever... 

 

 

   ![New Students Zoom Orientation 2020](/sites/g/files/omnuum6836/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/bigphd/files/big_zoom_orientation_ay_20-21.jpg?itok=KMt26q0r) 

 



 

 

   [### BIG Student Launches Podcast

 ](/news/big-student-launches-podcast) July 28, 2020 

 BIG student Anika Gupta launched a new podcast: The Data Pulse. The Data Pulse dives into the growing role that data science plays in biotechnology and biomedical innovations, through conversations with veterans and rising stars at that intersection-... 

 

 

   ![Anika Gupta](/sites/g/files/omnuum6836/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/bigphd/files/gupta_anika.jpeg?itok=3lCbIFAg)