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Biostatistics Information sessions for graduate program admissions. Finger pressing button
Biostatistics Information sessions for graduate program admissions. Finger pressing button
Admissions information sessions for UW biostatistics graduate programs
Information sessions will be held via Zoom and led by our admissions manager. Each session will review the degree program's focus, format, curriculum, research opportunities, hands-on work experience, post-degree job outlook, admissions requirements, application process, and more.
Overview of UW Biostatistics and Statistics mixer at Joint Statistical Meeting held in Portland Oregon 2024
Overview of UW Biostatistics and Statistics mixer at Joint Statistical Meeting held in Portland Oregon 2024
Student presentations, awards, and alumni reception at JSM
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.
Kat Hoffman
Kat Hoffman
Kat Hoffman awarded Gertrude M. Cox Scholarship
Kat Hoffman awarded ASA's Gertrude M. Cox Scholarship recognizing Hoffman’s methodological research developing machine-learning based methods drawing on causal inference on longitudinal interventions.
Jennifer Bobb
Jennifer Bobb
Jennifer Bobb receives prestigious COPSS Emerging Leader Award
Affiliate Associate Professor of Biostatistics Jennifer Bobb was recognized by the Committee of Presidents of Statistical Societies (COPSS) as an emerging leader for her significant methodological and applied contributions to the field of environmental biostatistics.
Photo of Xiudi Li standing in front of snowy peak.
Photo of Xiudi Li standing in front of snowy peak.
Xiudi Li named assistant professor at UC Berkeley
UW Biostatistics graduate Xiudi Li (PhD, ’22) joins faculty at the University of California, Berkeley.
Concept photo showing human heart illuminated in the human body
Concept photo showing human heart illuminated in the human body
New models improve cardiac risk prediction and reveal non-medical risk factors
A recent study used machine-learning models to analyze medical records in an effort to identify risk factors for out-of-hospital cardiac arrests (OHCA). The findings, which appeared in the journal Circulation, not only revealed significant non-medical indicators of OHCA risk but showed that the models used were better at predicting OHCA than current approaches.
Kat Hoffman
Kat Hoffman
Putting statistical theory into practice
Spotlight on first year PhD student Kat Hoffman who talks about her research and the gap between the development of new methodology and practical application in the field.
Leah Andrews
Leah Andrews
COVID-19 vaccine regimen paper earns top student honors at WNAR
PhD student Leah Andrews received the Most Outstanding Written Paper Award from the 2024 Western North American Region of the International Biometric Society (WNAR) student paper competition for her paper "Semiparametric Methods for Evaluating COVID-19 Vaccine Regimens in Test-Negative Design Studies with Missing Data."