“Treating these (wildfire smoke events) as exceptional events, that implies they’re unusual. But they’re getting to be so common that from a protecting public health view that doesn’t make sense,” said DEOHS and Biostatistics Professor Lianne Sheppard.

Rebecca A. Hubbard, PhD, a professor of biostatistics at the University of Pennsylvania and alumna of the University of Washington Department of Biostatistics (PhD, ‘07) has been honored with the 2023 Gertrude M. Cox Award.

Congratulation to all 2023 University of Washington Department of Biostatistics graduates!

Student and staff members of the University of Washington Department of Biostatistics were honored with 2023 UW School of Public Health (SPH) Awards of Excellence at a ceremony held on May 23.

The Royal Society, the UK’s national academy of sciences and the oldest scientific academy in continuous existence, has elected Dr. Elizabeth Thompson as a Fellow. She was selected for her substantial contributions to the advancement of science and for her work in the area of Statistics which has had a beneficial influence on the world.