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UW Biostatistics @uwbiostat.bsky.social · 5d

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...

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UW Biostatistics @uwbiostat.bsky.social · 8d

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

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UW Biostatistics @uwbiostat.bsky.social · 15d

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

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UW Biostatistics @uwbiostat.bsky.social · 15d

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!

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UW Biostatistics @uwbiostat.bsky.social · 21d

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

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UW Biostatistics @uwbiostat.bsky.social · 29d

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

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UW Biostatistics @uwbiostat.bsky.social · 29d

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...

UW Biostatistics @uwbiostat.bsky.social · Sep 3

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/...

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UW Biostatistics @uwbiostat.bsky.social · Aug 19

@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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UW Biostatistics @uwbiostat.bsky.social · Aug 7

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

UW Biostatistics @uwbiostat.bsky.social · Aug 5

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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Fred Hutch @fredhutch.org · Jul 22

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

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UW Biostatistics @uwbiostat.bsky.social · Jul 16

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

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UW Biostatistics @uwbiostat.bsky.social · Jul 8

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

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UW Biostatistics @uwbiostat.bsky.social · Jun 19

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... ⁠

UW Biostatistics @uwbiostat.bsky.social · Jun 17

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

UW Biostatistics @uwbiostat.bsky.social · Jun 11

Early discount rates for 2025 Summer Institutes now extended to June 20. Browse course offerings at:⁠ si.biostat.washington.edu/courses

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UW Biostatistics @uwbiostat.bsky.social · Jun 5

Register by June 10 to take advantage of early bird rates for our 2025 Summer Institutes! Browse course offerings at: si.biostat.washington.edu/courses

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UW Biostatistics @uwbiostat.bsky.social · Jun 4

Congrats to Matt Conomos and Thomas Nelson, recipients of the @uwsph.bsky.social UW School of Public Health 2025 Outstanding Staff Award. Read about their department contributions at: bit.ly/43Zna0x

UW Biostatistics @uwbiostat.bsky.social · Jun 4

Congrats to Tengfei Cui, recipient of the @uwsph.bsky.social UW School of Public Health 2025 Outstanding Master's Student Award. Read about Tengfei's academic achievements and contributions at: bit.ly/43Zna0x

UW Biostatistics @uwbiostat.bsky.social · Jun 4

Congrats to Yunhan Wu, recipient of the @uwsph.bsky.social UW School of Public Health 2025 Outstanding Doctoral Student Award. Read about Yunhan's dissertation, academic achievements, and other contributions at: bit.ly/43Zna0x

UW Biostatistics @uwbiostat.bsky.social · May 22

Tomorrow! Jing Ma, PhD, associate professor in the Public Health Sciences Division at @fredhutch.bsky.social will present "Multi-omic integration with applications to microbiome data analysis" at our department seminar. Held at 3:30 p.m. Thu, May 22 in HRC 135.
bit.ly/4msRvvU

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UW Biostatistics @uwbiostat.bsky.social · May 16

Congrats to Andrea Rotnitzky, professor of biostatistics @uwbiostat.bsky.social at the University of Washington School of Public Health @uwsph.bsky.social, who has been named Fellow of the Institute of Mathematical Statistics (IMS). www.biostat.washington.edu/news/stories...

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UW Biostatistics @uwbiostat.bsky.social · May 15

@uwsph.bsky.social @uwbiostat.bsky.social welcomes Emmanuel Candes from @stanforduniversity.bsky.social for our Biostatistics Student-Invited Speaker Seminar Thursday, May 15 at 3:30 p.m. Candes presents, "Statistical Inference in the Age of AI." Get session abstract and details: bit.ly/43wfYJ9

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UW Biostatistics @uwbiostat.bsky.social · May 9

Congratulations to the following University of Washington School of Public Health @uwsph.bsky.social PhD students studying Biostatistics @uwbiostat.bsky.social who received best paper awards and/or honorable mentions in the 2025 ASA student paper competitions. Read more at: tinyurl.com/bd6t73uj

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