UW Biostatistics
@uwbiostat.bsky.social
University of Washington (UW) Department of Biostatistics
Join us Thursday, Nov. 13 at 3:30 p.m. for: Statistical Frameworks for Dissecting Genetic Regulation in the Human Transcriptome presented by Pejman Mohammadi @uwmedicine.bsky.social and @seattlechildrens.org Research Institute. Details and abstract: bit.ly/498bfAJ
November 11, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Join us Thursday, Nov. 13 at 3:30 p.m. for: Statistical Frameworks for Dissecting Genetic Regulation in the Human Transcriptome presented by Pejman Mohammadi @uwmedicine.bsky.social and @seattlechildrens.org Research Institute. Details and abstract: bit.ly/498bfAJ
Reminder! Join us this Wednesday for our MS Thesis Admissions Information Session from 1 -2 p.m. PST. Attend to learn more about the program, application process, and research opportunities available to you as a UW Biostatistics student. Information and RSVP form: bit.ly/4o9OgKa
November 10, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Reminder! Join us this Wednesday for our MS Thesis Admissions Information Session from 1 -2 p.m. PST. Attend to learn more about the program, application process, and research opportunities available to you as a UW Biostatistics student. Information and RSVP form: bit.ly/4o9OgKa
Register soon! Explore the role of causal inference in biomedical research. The Seventh Seattle Symposium in Biostatistics (Nov 22-25) also offers short courses (Nov 15-16). All sessions are online. Early rate discounts end Nov 9. www.biostat.washington.edu/seattlesympo...
November 6, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Register soon! Explore the role of causal inference in biomedical research. The Seventh Seattle Symposium in Biostatistics (Nov 22-25) also offers short courses (Nov 15-16). All sessions are online. Early rate discounts end Nov 9. www.biostat.washington.edu/seattlesympo...
Interested in applying to a UW Biostatistics graduate program? Attend one or more of our upcoming information sessions for a review of each program’s focus, format, curriculum, and admissions requirements. RSVP or get more info at: bit.ly/4o9OgKa
October 30, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Interested in applying to a UW Biostatistics graduate program? Attend one or more of our upcoming information sessions for a review of each program’s focus, format, curriculum, and admissions requirements. RSVP or get more info at: bit.ly/4o9OgKa
Today: "Leveraging Statistical Machine Learning Models to Characterize the Progression of Neurodegenerative Diseases," presented by Mariano Gabbito, PhD, Allen Institute for Brain Sciences, Affiliate Professor of Statistics, UW Statistics | More information: bit.ly/4oALKwp
October 23, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Today: "Leveraging Statistical Machine Learning Models to Characterize the Progression of Neurodegenerative Diseases," presented by Mariano Gabbito, PhD, Allen Institute for Brain Sciences, Affiliate Professor of Statistics, UW Statistics | More information: bit.ly/4oALKwp
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My work with colleagues in @uwbioethics.bsky.social and @uwbiostat.bsky.social (Malia Fullerton, Stephanie Gogarten, Jacky Dahlquist) to examine the use of a controversial legacy dataset in genomics, the Human Genome Diversity Project. Stay tuned for more!! www.washington.edu/populationhe...
An Initiative-funded team examines the ethics of a key genomic dataset
University of Washington researchers are leading new research that focuses on the ethical and social implications of using legacy datasets in population health research. Developed through a...
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October 17, 2025 at 12:23 AM
My work with colleagues in @uwbioethics.bsky.social and @uwbiostat.bsky.social (Malia Fullerton, Stephanie Gogarten, Jacky Dahlquist) to examine the use of a controversial legacy dataset in genomics, the Human Genome Diversity Project. Stay tuned for more!! www.washington.edu/populationhe...
MS Capstone student Breanna Brown interned with Public Health - Seattle & King County on a direct study with County public health department's Overdose Surveillance team to develop a supervised learning model that classifies textual responses into predetermined categories. bit.ly/4nfBOHq
October 21, 2025 at 6:30 PM
MS Capstone student Breanna Brown interned with Public Health - Seattle & King County on a direct study with County public health department's Overdose Surveillance team to develop a supervised learning model that classifies textual responses into predetermined categories. bit.ly/4nfBOHq
Alex Gibberd, PhD, Senior Lecturer, Statistics at @lancasteruni.bsky.social will present l1-Regularized Generalized Least Squares tomorrow, Oct. 16 at our department seminar. 3:30 p.m. | UW Health Sciences Education Building, Room 235. More at: bit.ly/3KQvMQa
October 15, 2025 at 10:09 PM
Alex Gibberd, PhD, Senior Lecturer, Statistics at @lancasteruni.bsky.social will present l1-Regularized Generalized Least Squares tomorrow, Oct. 16 at our department seminar. 3:30 p.m. | UW Health Sciences Education Building, Room 235. More at: bit.ly/3KQvMQa
Registration is now open! The Seventh Seattle Symposium in Biostatistics is online Nov 22-25 from 8:30 a.m. - 1 p.m. PST daily. Topics explore the role causal inference in biomedical research. Check out keynote speakers, daily session topics, and more: www.biostat.washington.edu/seattlesympo...
October 14, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Registration is now open! The Seventh Seattle Symposium in Biostatistics is online Nov 22-25 from 8:30 a.m. - 1 p.m. PST daily. Topics explore the role causal inference in biomedical research. Check out keynote speakers, daily session topics, and more: www.biostat.washington.edu/seattlesympo...
Join us on Nov. 22-25 for the Seventh Seattle Symposium in Biostatistics, an online event during which contemporary issues in causal inference for biomedical data will be explored. Registration opens soon! Check out speakers, session themes, and more at: www.biostat.washington.edu/seattlesympo...
October 3, 2025 at 8:47 PM
Join us on Nov. 22-25 for the Seventh Seattle Symposium in Biostatistics, an online event during which contemporary issues in causal inference for biomedical data will be explored. Registration opens soon! Check out speakers, session themes, and more at: www.biostat.washington.edu/seattlesympo...
This Thursday's @uwbiostat.bsky.social seminar welcomes Xinwei Shen, PhD from UW Statistics presenting, "Generalization Beyond Data: A Distributional Perspective." Details at: bit.ly/48amMiA
September 30, 2025 at 4:26 PM
This Thursday's @uwbiostat.bsky.social seminar welcomes Xinwei Shen, PhD from UW Statistics presenting, "Generalization Beyond Data: A Distributional Perspective." Details at: bit.ly/48amMiA
The UW Genetic Analysis Center (GAC), part of @uwbiostat.bsky.social and @uwsph.bsky.social, has been awarded $1.34 million to serve as the coordinating center for the National Institute on Aging's (NIA) Alzheimer’s Disease Sequencing Project (ADSP). More details at: bit.ly/4nOzM1L
September 23, 2025 at 6:51 PM
The UW Genetic Analysis Center (GAC), part of @uwbiostat.bsky.social and @uwsph.bsky.social, has been awarded $1.34 million to serve as the coordinating center for the National Institute on Aging's (NIA) Alzheimer’s Disease Sequencing Project (ADSP). More details at: bit.ly/4nOzM1L
Welcome to our new MS Capstone, MS Thesis, and PhD students in the UW Biostatistics Department @uwbiostat.bsky.social! Wishing all our incoming and returning students a great first quarter!
September 23, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Welcome to our new MS Capstone, MS Thesis, and PhD students in the UW Biostatistics Department @uwbiostat.bsky.social! Wishing all our incoming and returning students a great first quarter!
Announcing new department leadership for UW Biostatistics @uwbiostat.bsky.social. Ali Shojaie has been named interim department chair, and Marco Carone, interim associate chair. Read more: bit.ly/4mkPMaw
September 17, 2025 at 10:38 PM
Announcing new department leadership for UW Biostatistics @uwbiostat.bsky.social. Ali Shojaie has been named interim department chair, and Marco Carone, interim associate chair. Read more: bit.ly/4mkPMaw
UW Emeritus Professor of Biostatistics Bruce Weir will give a special lecture on Sept. 16 on, "GRM estimation: recommendations and implications for quantitative genetic analyses." The session will be held at the UW Hans Rosling Center at 12:00 p.m. in Room 145. https://bit.ly/488V3i0
September 9, 2025 at 8:24 PM
UW Emeritus Professor of Biostatistics Bruce Weir will give a special lecture on Sept. 16 on, "GRM estimation: recommendations and implications for quantitative genetic analyses." The session will be held at the UW Hans Rosling Center at 12:00 p.m. in Room 145. https://bit.ly/488V3i0
Convened every five years, the Seattle Symposium brings together experts and thought leaders in biostatistics, data science, clinical medicine and public health to discuss pressing scientific issues. bit.ly/7thSeattleSy...
September 9, 2025 at 6:41 PM
Convened every five years, the Seattle Symposium brings together experts and thought leaders in biostatistics, data science, clinical medicine and public health to discuss pressing scientific issues. bit.ly/7thSeattleSy...
Congratulations to Biostat alum Jeff Leek (MS ’05, PhD ’07) and his Cancer AI Alliance team on being named to #TIME100AI! Leek is chief data officer at Fred Hutch @fredhutch.bsky.social.
Read more at: time.com/collections/...
Read more at: time.com/collections/...
September 3, 2025 at 9:36 PM
Congratulations to Biostat alum Jeff Leek (MS ’05, PhD ’07) and his Cancer AI Alliance team on being named to #TIME100AI! Leek is chief data officer at Fred Hutch @fredhutch.bsky.social.
Read more at: time.com/collections/...
Read more at: time.com/collections/...
@uwbiostat.bsky.social was well-represented at this year’s Joint Statistical Meetings (JSM) in Nashville, Tennessee, hosted by the American Statistical Association @asa-scipol.bsky.social View photo highlights from the reception for Biostatistics and Statistics departments at UW: bit.ly/3JE8nAG
Alumni, student, and faculty highlights from JSM 2025
The University of Washington Biostatistics Department was well-represented at this year’s Joint Statistical Meetings (JSM) in Nashville, Tennessee, hosted by the American Statistical Association (ASA)...
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August 19, 2025 at 7:32 PM
@uwbiostat.bsky.social was well-represented at this year’s Joint Statistical Meetings (JSM) in Nashville, Tennessee, hosted by the American Statistical Association @asa-scipol.bsky.social View photo highlights from the reception for Biostatistics and Statistics departments at UW: bit.ly/3JE8nAG
PhD student Taek Son's research on "Dimension reduction and covariate balancing for learning individualized treatment regimes" receives WNAR student paper honor and travel award from ICSA. Read more: bit.ly/3JaRAFf
August 7, 2025 at 5:32 PM
PhD student Taek Son's research on "Dimension reduction and covariate balancing for learning individualized treatment regimes" receives WNAR student paper honor and travel award from ICSA. Read more: bit.ly/3JaRAFf
Congrats to @uwsph.bsky.social professor Marco Carone on this prestigious award! “His work stands as a model for how cutting-edge methodology can be harnessed to address pressing health questions, making him a truly outstanding figure in the field.” bit.ly/47eOdHg
August 5, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Congrats to @uwsph.bsky.social professor Marco Carone on this prestigious award! “His work stands as a model for how cutting-edge methodology can be harnessed to address pressing health questions, making him a truly outstanding figure in the field.” bit.ly/47eOdHg
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Join us for this symposium on innovative early detection technologies and how these advancements are shaping the future of #cancerscreening for both patients and clinicians.
📅 September 12, 2025 📍 Seattle, WA
Register: bit.ly/44fmowz
📅 September 12, 2025 📍 Seattle, WA
Register: bit.ly/44fmowz
July 22, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Join us for this symposium on innovative early detection technologies and how these advancements are shaping the future of #cancerscreening for both patients and clinicians.
📅 September 12, 2025 📍 Seattle, WA
Register: bit.ly/44fmowz
📅 September 12, 2025 📍 Seattle, WA
Register: bit.ly/44fmowz
Join us August 4 in Nashville, TN for a UW alumni reception sponsored by @uwbiostat.bsky.social and UW Statistics.
The event will take place during the 2025 Joint Statistical Meetings (JSM). Reception details and presenter list: bit.ly/3IyLnTi
The event will take place during the 2025 Joint Statistical Meetings (JSM). Reception details and presenter list: bit.ly/3IyLnTi
July 16, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Join us August 4 in Nashville, TN for a UW alumni reception sponsored by @uwbiostat.bsky.social and UW Statistics.
The event will take place during the 2025 Joint Statistical Meetings (JSM). Reception details and presenter list: bit.ly/3IyLnTi
The event will take place during the 2025 Joint Statistical Meetings (JSM). Reception details and presenter list: bit.ly/3IyLnTi
Congrats to PhD student Angela Dahl, @uwbiostat.bsky.social @uwsph.bsky.social who received the 2025 Outstanding Written Student Paper Award by the Western North American Region (WNAR) of The International Biometric Society. Read more about her work: bit.ly/3TukZMM
July 8, 2025 at 10:55 PM
Congrats to PhD student Angela Dahl, @uwbiostat.bsky.social @uwsph.bsky.social who received the 2025 Outstanding Written Student Paper Award by the Western North American Region (WNAR) of The International Biometric Society. Read more about her work: bit.ly/3TukZMM
Extended early discount rates end tomorrow (Friday, June 20) for @uwsph.bsky.social @uwbiostat.bsky.social 2025 Summer Institutes which are completely online. Browse courses at: si.biostat.washington.edu/courses%E2%8...
June 19, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Extended early discount rates end tomorrow (Friday, June 20) for @uwsph.bsky.social @uwbiostat.bsky.social 2025 Summer Institutes which are completely online. Browse courses at: si.biostat.washington.edu/courses%E2%8...
Congrats to the UW Department of Biostatistics Class of 2025! Here are highlights from our department graduation celebration held this weekend. Read about student work and future plans, and see more photo highlights: bit.ly/3STFOkr
June 17, 2025 at 8:43 PM
Congrats to the UW Department of Biostatistics Class of 2025! Here are highlights from our department graduation celebration held this weekend. Read about student work and future plans, and see more photo highlights: bit.ly/3STFOkr