Announcements
UW Biostatistics graduate students took on interesting and challenging internships over the summer, despite workplace limitations due to COVID-19. One of the most valuable things they learned was the importance of strong communications skills.
As the 2020-21 academic year gets underway, we welcome the appointment of two new associate chairs: Professor of Biostatistics and Graduate Program Director Timothy Thornton will serve as Associate Chair for Education, and Professor of Biostatistics
Lianne Sheppard, professor in UW Departments of Environmental & Occupational Health Sciences and in Biostatistics honored by fellow scientists and receives the Research Integrity Award from the International Society for Environmental Epidemiology.
Congratulations to Ali Shojaie, Timothy Thornton, and Marco Carone, core faculty members in the Department of Biostatistics who received promotions to new appointments effective July 1, 202
“There are risk predictors that account for space and geography and features that are more constant like race, ethnicity or preexisting conditions. It’s really complicated," says Research Professor of Biostatistics Peter Gilbert.