The University of Washington Biostatistics Department was well-represented at this year’s Joint Statistical Meetings (JSM), with faculty and students receiving awards both during and prior to the conference. Community members also had the chance to connect with colleagues at the annual UW Biostatistics/Statistics reception.
Ken Rice, professor of biostatistics and graduate program director, noted that the annual meeting offers an ideal environment for networking.
“JSM is a great opportunity for us to catch up with our many alumni, and to introduce them to the current students. Our mixer, held jointly with UW Stat, is tailor-made for this sort of networking. Almost any session or ASA section is going to feature someone with a UW connection, making it easier to connect,” said Rice.
Ali Shojaie, professor of biostatistics and associate chair for strategic research affairs, provided departmental updates during the reception and introduced Trevor Smith, the new admissions and alumni manager for biostatistics. Abel Rodriguez, professor and department chair, spoke on behalf of UW Statistics, which co-hosted the reception.
Hosted by the American Statistical Association (ASA), the event this year was held early August in Portland, Ore.
JSM Highlights
Faculty member Jennifer Bobb received a prestigious 2024 Emerging Leader Award from the Committee of Presidents of Statistical Societies (COPSS).
Doctoral student Kat Hoffman received the Gertrude M. Cox Scholarship sponsored by the ASA Committee on Women in Statistics and Caucus for Women in Statistics.
Doctoral student Marlena Bannick earned honorable mention for her paper and a scholarship from the Biopharmaceutical (BIOP) section.
Doctoral student Ameer Dharamshi presented his paper that received a best student paper award from the ASA Statistical Learning and Data Science section.
UW Student Presentations at JSM
- Leah Andrews, “Semiparametric Methods for Vaccines and Immune Markers Using Test-Negative Designs with Missing Data” (received Most Outstanding Written Paper Award, WNAR 2024)
- Marlena Bannick, “A General Form of Covariate Adjustment in Randomized Clinical Trials”
- Ameer Dharamshi, “Generalized Data Thinning Using Sufficient Statistics”
- Ellen Graham, “Data Fusion for Prospective and Retrospective Studies”
- Antonio Olivas-Martinez, “Proximal causal inference for modified treatment regimes”
- Rui Wang, “Nested Instrumental Variable Design”
UW Biostatistics alumni may also connect through a variety of channels by visiting our alumni page.
