University of Washington Department of Biostatistics member accomplishments during 2024.
Research
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MESA heart disease risk score worked well with or without race included
November 11, 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. Read story
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- FLARE extracts genetic insights from hundreds of millions of data points, September 6, 2024 (Sharon Browning, Brian Browning)
- New models improve cardiac risk prediction and reveal non-medical risk factors, July 9, 2024 (Ali Shojaie)
- SPH faculty Gary Chan discusses landmark study to improve AANHPI cardiovascular health and chronic disease data, May 21, 2024
- Small genetic element provides big insights into individual and community health, May 6, 2024 (Amy Willis)
SARS-CoV-2 vaccine efficacy in Latin American countries, April 27, 2024 (Peter Gilbert)
Faculty Leadership, Awards, and Recognition
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UW Biostatistics researcher receives $1 million from PCORI to improve platform trials
December 6, 2024 - A research team at the University of Washington (UW) led by Assistant Professor of Biostatistics Ting Ye 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. Read story
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- Amy Willis receives $299k NSF grant to develop a novel method to estimate bacterial evolutionary histories, September 12 (Amy Willis)
- Ting Ye receives $1.77 million NIH award to advance causal inference in integrative omics analysis, August 30 (Ting Ye)
- Jennifer Bobb receives prestigious COPSS Emerging Leader Award, August 8, 2024
- HIV Vaccine Candidates Fail to Reduce Infections, August 2, 2024 (Peter Gilbert)
- 36 new members elected to Washington State Academy of Sciences, August 1, 2024 (Garnet Anderson)
- Puget Sound Health Care Heroes: Yates Coley, July 23, 2024
- Biostatistics researchers receive Population Health pilot grants, May 23, 2024 (Sarah Nelson, Stephanie Gogarten, Barbra Richardson)
Student Achievement
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Kat Hoffman awarded Gertrude M. Cox Scholarship
Kat Hoffman awarded the Gertrude M. Cox Scholarship by the American Statistical Association recognizing Hoffman’s methodological research developing machine-learning based methods drawing on causal inference on longitudinal interventions. Read announcement
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- COVID-19 vaccine regimen paper earns top student honors at WNAR, July 9, 2024 (Leah Andrews)
- Biostatistics student receives training fellowship, July 2, 2024 (Katie Paulson)
- PhD student wins ISCB student paper award, May 30, 2024 (Awan Afiaz)
- Biostatistics capstone projects support local healthcare organizations and government, March 8, 2024
- Biostatistics student wins JSM paper competition for 2024, January 26, 2024 (Ameer Dharamshi)
- First-generation MS Capstone student talks about her time at UW, January 5, 2024 (Fernanda Montoya)
