#  New Departmental Chair 

 





July 09, 2015

 

 

 [Neil Shephard](/people/neil-shephard) has become chair of the Statistics Department. He commented on his new duties: "Statistical ideas are having a profound impact in science, industry and public policy. The Statistics Department at Harvard has pioneered many of these ideas in our research and in our teaching. I look forward to working with colleagues across Harvard’s remarkably vibrant statistical community to grow our Department.**"**