UW Biostatistics is renowned for the quality of its research and training. Our graduates have gone on to lead, teach, and develop solutions that improve lives and our reputation continues to draw outstanding junior faculty.
But unprecedented disinvestment in higher education and scientific research threatens to erode this 50-year legacy.
Our graduate program—the cornerstone of our future—is in jeopardy and our junior faculty face alarming funding prospects.
Of the 528 PhD applications received this year, the department was only allowed to admit three students, the smallest cohort in recent memory. The pressures from federal and state budget cuts are hitting our PhD students and early career faculty especially hard.
New talent in the field will be lost and breakthroughs in biostatistical science will inevitably be delayed if we do not act.
Your gift today will help us face these challenges and sustain our excellence in biostatistics.
UW Biostatistics Funds
Norman Breslow Endowed Professorship Biostatistics
The purpose of this endowment shall be to enhance the University's ability to recruit and retain distinguished faculty in biostatistics.
Biostatistics Excellence Fund
General support for the Department of Biostatistics within the School of Public Health.
Biostatistics Student Support Fund
Provides support to students in the Department within the School Public Health.
Pat Wahl Endowed Fellowship in Biostatistics
To support graduate students in the Department of Biostatistics.
SERC Minority Student Fund
Provides summer employment to a minority student in the field of Biostatistics - a School of Public Health fund.
More Funds
Amgen Research and Education Endowed Fund in Biostatistics
Supports research and educational efforts of faculty and students in the Department of Biostatistics within the School of Public Health.
Biostatistics - Institutional Allowance Fund
General program support for the Department of Biostatistics in the School of Public Health.
Biostatistics (Hallstrom) Research Fund
Supports research in the Department of Biostatistics within the School of Public Health.
Biostatistics Senior Student Endowment
Awards a prize to an outstanding senior graduate student in Biostatistics - a School of Public Health fund.
Donovan J. Thompson Endowed Fund in Biostatistics
Graduate student support in the Department of Biostatistics in the School of Public Health.
Dr. Ross Prentice Endowed Professorship for Biostatistical Collaboration
To provide for activities that promote collaboration between the Dept of Biostatistics and the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center. This endowment honors Dr. Ross Prentice, a long-time biostatistics faculty member and leader with the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center. Pfizer Research and Education Endowed Fund in Biostatistics Primarily supports the Pfizer Endowed Student Fellowship in Biostatistics and contributes to research and training programs of the department - a School of Public Health fund.