An international consortium founded to develop and evaluate methods to improve the use of polygenic risk scores (PRS) for predicting disease and health outcomes in populations of diverse ancestry has recently found some benefit in applying them to cardiovascular disease and type 2 diabetes. Ken Rice, principal investigator of the consortium's coordinating center at the University of Washington and professor of biostatistics, is quoted.
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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 awarded ASA's Gertrude M. Cox Scholarship recognizing Hoffman’s methodological research developing machine-learning based methods drawing on causal inference on longitudinal interventions.
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.