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Headlines featuring UW Biostatistics people and research.
Adam Szpiro
Adam Szpiro
Mapping the time and place of West Oakland's air pollution
UW School of Public Health,

Adam Szpiro, associate professor of biostatistics at the University of Washington School of Public Health, has received a $110,176 grant from the Environmental Defense Fund, Inc. to produce fine-scale maps at an hourly time scale of ambient black carbon levels across West Oakland, California.

Mary Emond
Mary Emond
Washington: Genetic Variants Found to Raise Infection Risk Among HIV-Exposed People
ASPPH,

Dr. Mary Emond, a UW Department of Biostatistics faculty member is featured in this story highlighting research that has pinpointed genetic variants that markedly increase HIV infection risk among people exposed to the virus.

Patrick Heagerty
Patrick Heagerty
UW establishes a new center for musculoskeletal research
UW School of Public Health,

Patrick Heagerty is part of a team of investigators from the University of Washington has received a five-year, $3.75 million grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to establish a Core Center for Clinical Research (CCCR) to support diverse research efforts to effectively diagnose and treat musculoskeletal conditions.

Thomas Fleming
Thomas Fleming
Washington’s World AIDS Day Highlights
https://www.aspph.org/washingtons-world-aids-day-highlights/,

Dr. Thomas Fleming, a UW faculty member in biostatistics, is involved in two large clinical trials engaging more than 6,000 people at high risk for acquiring HIV infection.

Patrick Heagerty
Patrick Heagerty
Biostatistics Chair Receives $2.8 Million NIH Grant to Lead Data Coordinating Center
UW School of Public Health,

Patrick Heagerty, department chair and professor of biostatistics, has received $2.8 million from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to lead the data coordinating center for a study of non-drug approaches for preventing chronic low back pain.

In the News
In the News
Neanderthal DNA contributes to human gene expression
Phys Org,

Jonathan Wakefield, professor of biostatistics and statistics at UW co-authored this interesting study that analyzed RNA sequences in a dataset called the Genotype-Tissue Expression (GTEx) Project.

In the News
In the News
Gone but not forgotten: how ancient Neanderthal genes still affect modern people
The Verge,

DNA inherited from Neanderthals affects which of our genes are turned on or off, according to a study published today in Cell. This phenomenon, called regulation of gene expression, means that traits such as height and susceptibility to diseases like schizophrenia or lupus may be affected in people with Neanderthal ancestry, say scientists from the University of Washington in Seattle.

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In the News
Twenty-seven UW faculty listed among ‘world’s most influential scientific minds’ by Thomson Reuters
UW Today,

Ross Prentice, Garnet Anderson and John Crowley are recognized.