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Review highlights of University of Washington Department of Biostatistics member accomplishments during 2024.
UW Biostatistics Doctoral Student Quinn White's research is part of a growing effort to assess the implications of including race and ethnicity in clinical risk prediction models. White is first author of a recent study which examined the use of race in the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (MESA) algorithm used to calculate the 10-year risk of coronary heart disease.
A research team at the University of Washington (UW) has been approved for more than $1 million in research funding by the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) to develop statistical methods for analysis of platform trials.
MESA heart disease risk score worked well with or without race included
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“Our work is part of a growing effort to assess the implications of including race and ethnicity in clinical risk prediction models,” said lead investigator Quinn White, a biostatistics doctoral student at the University of Washington, Seattle.
University of Washington Biostatistics staff member Maggie Tarnawa recently expanded her responsibilities as curriculum coordinator to include creating professional development programming for UW Biostatistics students. Learn more about the additional programs and resources Tarnawa has in the works for the upcoming year.