Research
The Department of Biostatistics at the University of Washington is a leading center of research in developing biostatistical methods. In 2007 the Chronicle of Higher Education ranked our Department as one of the top biostatistics departments in research productivity. Members of the Department conduct methodological research in a broad range of areas, including clinical trials, epidemiology, survival analysis, medical diagnostics, and statistical genetics. The Department maintains an Online Technical Reports Series through the Collection of Biostatistics Research Archive (COBRA). Faculty, research staff, and students also collaborate with scientists in many other departments to advance knowledge in public health, biology, and medicine.
Faculty Areas of Expertise/Interest
Bayesian Biostatistics: Brown; Cook; Hoff; Hubbard; Inoue; Rice; Rutter; Szpiro; Wakefield
Cancer Research: Barlow; Benedetti; Breslow; Cook; Etzioni; Fleming; Hoering; Hoff; Hsu; Inoue; Kooperberg; Kopecky; Leisenring; Pepe; Peterson; Self; Storer; Tangen; Thornton
Cardiovascular Research: Brown; Brumback; Diehr; Hallstrom; Kronmal; Lumley; Nelson; Rice; Wahl; Wijsman; Yanez
Categorical Data: Breslow; Emerson
Causal Inference: Chen; Gilbert; Zhou
Classification Techniques: Lu; Pepe; Witten; Zhou
Clinical Trials: Anderson; Barlow; Benedetti; Brumback; Chan; Emerson; Etzioni; Feng; Fleming; Gilbert; Gooley; Hallstrom; Hoering; Hughes; Inoue; Kooperberg; Kopecky; Kronmal; Leisenring; Lumley; May; Pepe; Peterson; Polissar; Richardson; Self; Storer; Tangen; Temkin; van Belle; Zhou
Computational Biology: Kerr; Kooperberg; Shojaie; E. Thompson; Thornton; P. Wang; Wijsman; Witten
Correlated Data: Anderson; DeRouen; Heagerty; Hsu; Leroux; Lumley; Mancl; Peterson; Szpiro; L-P Zhao; Zhou
Cystic Fibrosis Research: Brumback; Emond; Kronmal; Sheppard
Decision Theory: Inoue; Lu; Pepe; Rice; Zhou
Dentistry Research: DeRouen; Leroux; Mancl
Environmental Statistics: Cook; Lumley; Polissar; Sheppard; Szpiro; M. L. Thompson; van Belle
Epidemiology: Barlow; Breslow; Chan; DeRouen; Heagerty; Hsu; Kopecky; Leisenring; May; McKnight; Nelson; Polissar; Prentice; Rice; Richardson; Sheppard; Szpiro; M. L. Thompson; Wakefield; van Belle; Zhou
Experimental Design: Kerr; Pepe; Peterson; van Belle
Functional Data Analysis: Brumback; Kooperberg
Health Services Research: Chan; Diehr; Polissar; Zhou
High-Dimensional Data: Shojaie; Witten
HIV/AIDS Research: Brown; Chen; Fleming; Gilbert; Hughes; May; Richardson; Self
Infectious Diseases Methodology: Halloran; Hughes; Nelson; Richardson
Longitudinal Data Analysis: Breslow; Brown; Brumback; Chan; Cook; Diehr; Heagerty; Hubbard; Lumley; Mancl; May; Peterson; Rutter; Self; M. L. Thompson; Yanez; Zheng; Zhou
Measurement Error: Rice; Szpiro; C-Y Wang; Yanez; Zhou
Medical Diagnostics: Barlow; Leisenring; Pepe; Polissar; Rutter; M. L. Thompson; Zheng; Zhou
Missing Data: Gilbert; C-Y Wang; L-P Zhao; Zhou
Mixture Models: Emond; Feng; Hoff
Multiple Testing: Chan; Emond; Rice
Multivariate Methods: Lu; Shojaie; Wahl; Witten
Neurological Health: Temkin; Wijsman; Zhou
Non-Parametric Statistics: Cook; Kooperberg; Kronmal; Tangen; Zhou
Ophthalmology: Barlow
Semi-Parametric Models: Chan; Emond; Gilbert; C-Y Wang; Wellner; Zhou
Sequential Analysis: Emerson; Fleming; Nelson; Zhou
Spatial Statistics: Cook; Szpiro; Wakefield
Sports Statistics: Barlow; Peterson
Statistical Computing: Cook; Emerson; Heagerty; Kooperberg; Kronmal; Lumley; Peterson Szpiro
Statistical Consulting: Polissar; Temkin
Statistical Genetics: S. Browning; Emond; Gilbert; Hsu; Kerr; Kooperberg; McKnight; Lumley; Rice; E. Thompson; Thornton; Wakefield; Weir; Wijsman
Statistical Machine Learning: Shojaie; Witten
Statistical Network Analysis: Shojaie; Witten
Stochastic Processes: Chan; Holte; Prentice; Wellner
Survival Analysis: Anderson; Barlow; Breslow; Brown; Chan; Chen; Cook; Emerson; Fleming; Gilbert; Hsu; Huang; Kopecky; LeBlanc; Lu; May; McKnight; Peterson; Prentice; Self; Storer; Temkin; C-Y Wang; Wellner; Zhou