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R Yates Coley
R Yates Coley
Kaiser Permanente Washington Health Research Institute
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Guidance on evaluating AI clinical prediction models and other AI tools from UW affiliate professor of biostatistics and KPWHRI researcher Yates Coley.

Peter Gilbert
Peter Gilbert
Peter Gilbert shares how decades of HIV research and community activism shaped COVID vaccine development
In the early 1990s, Peter Gilbert was a University of Washington (UW) undergraduate, wondering what to do with his math degree. At this time, the HIV/AIDS epidemic was reaching its peak in mortality rates, and treatment for HIV (antiretroviral therapies) had not yet been developed. Not only were communities devastated by the epidemic, but people with AIDS were stigmatized for being infected. Gilbert wanted to do something to change this. 
Photo of Peter Sasieni
Photo of Peter Sasieni
UW Biostatistics graduate Peter Sasieni named Fellow of the Academy of Medical Sciences
Congratulations to UW Biostatistics alumnus Peter Sasieni (PhD 1989) was named a 2023 Fellow of the Academy of Medical Sciences and recipient of the 2023 Don Listwin Award for outstanding contribution to cancer early detection.
Frankline Onchiri and Brett Hanscom
Frankline Onchiri and Brett Hanscom
Alumni ‘pay it forward’ as mentors for UW Biostatistics students
Department of Biostatistics alumni recount their experiences as volunteer mentors in the department’s professional mentor program in 2023.
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Photo of Bronze W at entrance to UW Campus
SPH researchers to work on six early-stage UW Population Health Initiative projects
SPH Blog,

Six interdisciplinary teams awarded tier 1 pilot grants by the Population Health Initiative, UW Biostatistics faculty member Lianne Sheppard is a member of one of the teams and Research Scientist Matt Conomos is part of another.

Headshots of Gary Chan and Garnet Anderson
Headshots of Gary Chan and Garnet Anderson
New study of Asian, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander populations gets $38.7M grant
Fred Hutch News,

Fred Hutch will act as coordinating center for a large study of cardiovascular and other chronic diseases in overlooked populations. UW Biostatistics faculty members and Hutch researchers Garnet Anderson and Kwun Chuen (Gary) Chan are part of the center’s leadership team. Affiliate faculty member Li Hsu is also part of the new study .

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Photo of Bruce Weir
Photo of Bruce Weir
Bruce Weir, pioneer in statistical genetics and forensic science
A tribute to Dr. Bruce Weir celebrating his career contributions and legacy at University of Washington.
Richard Kronmal
Richard Kronmal
Honoring Dick Kronmal - A lifetime commitment to innovation, rigor, and collaboration
After 58 years at the University of Washington, Dick Kronmal, co-director of the Collaborative Health Studies Coordinating Center, professor of biostatistics and statistics, and a founding member of the Department of Biostatistics, retired on June 1.
Photo of Rebecca Hubbard
Photo of Rebecca Hubbard
Rebecca A. Hubbard recipient of 2023 Gertrude M. Cox Award
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.