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Discrimination Drives Smoking Habits, Hurting Heart Health
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Heart disease is the leading cause of death in the U.S., but some people are at greater risk based on their race, ethnicity, or sex.  To understand the connection between discrimination, smoking, and heart health, a recent study analyzed data from the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis, a national study sponsored by the National Heart Lung and Blood Institute (NHLBI). Study authors include Robyn McClelland, professor of biostatistics at the University of Washington and co-director of the Collaborative Health Studies Coordinating Center.

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Chihuahua or Great Dane: Your Dog's Size May Affect Their Disease Risk
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The average size of your dog’s breed plays a role in which diseases your pet is more apt to develop, a new study has found. The research was led by Yunbi Nam, a UW Biostatistics MS Capstone graduate who is currently a PhD student at Vanderbilt University.

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Kaiser Permanente Washington Health Research Institute
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Guidance on evaluating AI clinical prediction models and other AI tools from UW affiliate professor of biostatistics and KPWHRI researcher Yates Coley.

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SPH researchers to work on six early-stage UW Population Health Initiative projects
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Six interdisciplinary teams awarded tier 1 pilot grants by the Population Health Initiative, UW Biostatistics faculty member Lianne Sheppard is a member of one of the teams and Research Scientist Matt Conomos is part of another.

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A study published in this week’s JAMA Dermatology finds specialized training may inadvertently be contributing to escalating rates of skin cancer overdiagnosis.
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Statistical Methods for Exploring Causal Relationships between Risk Factors and Liver Disease
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Sarah Monsell, a biostatistician at the Center for Biomedical Statistics in the Department of Biostatistics at the University of Washington, explains the statistical methods used in a recent liver disease study, describes their application to the study of liver MRI PDFF, and discusses the generalizability of the results of the study.

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MRI reveals long-term organ abnormalities after COVID-19
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COVID-19 can affect various organs in the body, such as the brain, lungs, heart, and kidneys. But what happens to these organs after the infection is over? How long does it take for them to heal? A new study has tried to answer these questions by using MRI scans to look at multiple organs of people hospitalized with COVID-19. UW Professor of Biostatistics and Statistics Daniela Witten comments on the study.

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Data Gaps
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Investigators commonly find mixtures of DNA in a single forensic sample that contain various unequal contributions, like the DNA samples that could come from multiple people using one knife. Now, the development of technologies can reveal and identify smaller, previously undetectable amounts of DNA samples within the mixture, which enables more specific DNA identification. Faculty member Bruce Weir is interviewed.

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