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UW Biostatistics class of 2026 group photo
UW Biostatistics class of 2026 group photo
Celebrating Biostatistics students in the class of 2026
Highlights from the University of Washington Department of Biostatistics graduation ceremony held June 6, 2026. Students were celebrated for their academic accomplishments by faculty advisors and department leadership.
Split screen photo of Yifan Lin and Gabriela Vasconcelos
Split screen photo of Yifan Lin and Gabriela Vasconcelos
Biostatistics students receive 2026 School of Public Health Excellence Awards
Congratulations to Yifan Lin, recipient of the Gilbert S. Omenn Award for Academic Excellence, and Gabriella Vasconcelos, recipient of Outstanding Doctoral Student, awared by the University of Washington School of Public Health.
Yifan Lin
Yifan Lin
How biostatisticians use AI to uncover hidden factors causing disease
Master’s student Yifan Lin developed a tool to help understand Alzheimer's and other diseases. Lin received the Omenn Award for Academic Excellence as a biostatistics master's student at the University of Washington.
Kevin Lin
Kevin Lin
Solving an Alzheimer’s mystery
University of Washington School of Public Health researcher Kevin Lin, along with his collaborators in the UW School of Medicine, recently received a $75,000 development award from the UW Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center (ADRC) for a project examining this mystery through microglial resilience and data integration.
Thomas Fleming
Thomas Fleming
How Biostatistics Expertise Led to a Career of Propelling Ethical Clinical Trial Design
How This Is Building Me Podcast,

In this episode, world-renowned oncologist D. Ross Camidge, MD, PhD sat down with Tom Fleming, PhD, a professor of biostatistics at the University of Washington School of Public Health in Seattle to discuss how Fleming's interest in biostatistics led to a multifaceted career in clinical trial design and analysis.