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Student ASA winners 2020
Student ASA winners 2020
Five UW Biostatistics papers win American Statistical Association awards
Four doctoral students and one recent graduate from the University of Washington Biostatistics Department were among the 2020 American Statistical Association (ASA) Student Paper best paper award winners.
Mary Lou Thompson
Mary Lou Thompson
Recently retired professor looks back at how UW Biostatistics and the field of biostatistics have evolved
Mary Lou Thompson, PhD, has been a biostatistician since the late 1980s and a Department of Biostatistics faculty member since 1996. With her recent retirement, the former UW research professor reflects back on some of the more significant changes she’s witnessed over the course of her career.
Noah Simon
Noah Simon
New statistical approach provides better accuracy in assessing brain function and health
A new Sparse Group Lasso method developed by UW Associate Professor of Biostatistics Noah Simon provides a more accurate assessment of human brain white matter connections.
Susanne May and Rob Schmicker
Susanne May and Rob Schmicker
Bystander CPR rates lower in Hispanic neighborhoods
Data from the Resuscitation Outcomes Consortium (ROC) Data Coordinating Center, led by Biostatistics faculty member Susanne May, was used in a recent study that found that individuals who experienced an out-of-hospital cardiac arrest in predominantly Hispanic neighborhoods were less likely to receive CPR from a bystander.
Brian Leroux
Brian Leroux
Individuals who use opioids and methamphetamines show significantly lower rates of treatment retention
UW Biostatistics professor Brian Leroux was part of a recent study that examined treatment of individuals with opioid use disorder who also use methamphetamines.