Profiles

Staff Profile: Gitana Garofalo

She sends good-luck notes to students before tests. Critiques resumes, helps brainstorm job searches, and advises some on what to wear to conferences. Hooks up others to support services such as tutoring and career advising.

Student Profile: Sen Zhao

PhD student Sen Zhao’s research is focused on finding innovative new methods for hypothesis testing of high-dimensional data.

Student Profile: Brayan Ortiz

When Brayan Ortiz was choosing a graduate school, he saw something special going on at UW that had as much to do with the people as it did with the state-of-the-art research.

Faculty Profile: Daniela Witten

Daniela Witten, an expert in machine learning, talks about the critical role a biostatistician plays today in the era of Big Data.

Student Profile: Anupam Mishra

Applying research to real-world problems like HIV prevention and improving clinical care is what drew PhD student Anupam Mishra to biostatistics.

Faculty Profile: Timothy Thornton

Timothy Thornton uses statistical methods to unravel the unique genetic risk factors of minority populations.

Faculty Profile: Patrick Heagerty

Learning from things that unfold over time is a theme throughout Patrick Heagerty’s work.

Alumna Profile: Clara Oromendia

Working on a vaccine trial to prevent dengue fever takes Clara Oromendia back to her childhood.