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Mary Lou Thompson, an emeritus research professor of biostatistics at the University of Washington School of Public Health, has received the 2022 Rob Kempton Award for Outstanding Contributions to the Development of Biometry in the Developing World from the
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An estimated 60% of known infectious diseases and up to 75% of emerging infectious diseases are zoonotic in origin, meaning the disease is transmitted from animals to humans.
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University of Washington Biostatistics students graduating in 2022 and 2021 were honored at a department graduation ceremony held on June 12, 2022.
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Students recipients of UW Biostatistics senior awards for 2022 announced at graduation celebration June 12.
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Biostatistics student awarded a 2002 Student Research Award by the New England Statistical Society (NESS).