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Maggie Tarnawa
Maggie Tarnawa
UW Biostatistics staff member assumes student professional development role
University of Washington Biostatistics staff member Maggie Tarnawa recently expanded her responsibilities as curriculum coordinator to include creating professional development programming for UW Biostatistics students. Learn more about the additional programs and resources Tarnawa has in the works for the upcoming year.
Sharon Browning and Seth Temple screenshot of two photos
Sharon Browning and Seth Temple screenshot of two photos
Testing genes for recent positive selection using rigorous statistical methods
University of Washington researchers Sharon Browning and Seth Temple co-authored a study proposing new statistical methods for detecting signatures of strong natural selection that have occurred in humans in the past several thousand years.
Kendrick Li
Kendrick Li
Alumni Spotlight: Kendrick Li
Kendrick Li, PhD returned to UW as a guest presenter at the UW Biostatistics autumn seminar. Li graduated from the UW Biostatistics PhD program in 2021 and, after a postdoc at the University of Michigan, joined the faculty at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. Read our interview with Li.
Michael LeBlanc
Michael LeBlanc
Longer-term data from SWOG S1826 trial confirm nivolumab-AVD benefit in Hodgkin lymphoma
SWOG Cancer Research Network,

Two years after starting treatment, patients with stage 3-4 classic Hodgkin lymphoma treated with nivolumab plus AVD chemotherapy had roughly one-half the risk of progression or death of those who had a standard treatment of brentuximab vedotin plus AVD. 

“This new analysis with more patient follow-up is critical to understanding the clinically meaningful benefit obtained from N-AVD compared to BV-AVD,” said Michael LeBlanc, PhD, lead biostatistician on the S1826 study and a UW professor of biostatistics.

Available for 2024 Pre-Application Review Services for PhD applicants in Biostatistics and Statistics at UW
Available for 2024 Pre-Application Review Services for PhD applicants in Biostatistics and Statistics at UW
Pre-application review service for PhD applicants offers mentorship to historically marginalized groups
Service available beginning October 2 for PhD applicants