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Group shot of WHI investigators from their annual meeting at Fred Hutch May 1 and 2
Group shot of WHI investigators from their annual meeting at Fred Hutch May 1 and 2
Women’s Health Initiative: Research that keeps on giving
Fred Hutch News,

Emeritus Professor of Biostatistics Ross Prentice and faculty member and alum Garnet Anderson, PhD, are quoted in this story about the longstanding Women’s Health Initiative’s and its contributions to women’s health

Photo of Peter Gilbert sitting at a table conferring with another researcher
Photo of Peter Gilbert sitting at a table conferring with another researcher
Dr. Peter Gilbert receives Marvin Zelen Leadership Award in Statistical Science
Fred Hutch News,

“This is really an award to a huge number of people,” said Gilbert, who leads the Statistical Data Management Center (SDMC) of the HIV Vaccine Trials Network (HVTN), headquartered at Fred Hutch. “No one’s research can bear fruit in isolation; this is a testament to the gifts given to me, and to the people who worked with me and supported my career.”

Adam Szpiro
Adam Szpiro
Children exposed to higher ozone levels early in life are more likely to develop asthma
UW News,

UW Professor of Biostatistics Adam Szpiro is co-author of a study, recently published in JAMA Network Open, that examined the link between early childhood exposure to ozone and a child’s risk of developing asthma.

Close up of hands holding an inhaler
Close up of hands holding an inhaler
Children exposed to higher ozone levels early in life are more likely to develop asthma
UW News,

Professor of Biostatistics Adam Szpiro collaborated on a study that found that children exposed to higher levels of ozone in their first two years of life were significantly more likely to be diagnosed with asthma or wheezing at ages 4-6 — but researchers didn’t observe the increased risk of asthma at ages 8-9. The study was published in a recent JAMA Network Open.

Warren Magnuson, his wife Jermaine, and Dr. William Hutchinson with the shovels for ground-breaking in 1973 for Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, First Hill building.
Warren Magnuson, his wife Jermaine, and Dr. William Hutchinson with the shovels for ground-breaking in 1973 for Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, First Hill building.
50 years of doing hard things
Fred Hutch News,

As Fred Hutch looks back on its 50-year history, Emeritus faculty member Ross Prentice is recognized for his leadership of the Public Health Sciences Division.

Dr. Helen Chu nasal swab with son
Dr. Helen Chu nasal swab with son
CDC funds UW Medicine pandemic-preparedness study
UW Medicine,

Critical work by a team of UW researchers that includes Marco Carone, a professor of biostatistics in the School of Public Health.

Masked clinician prepares to administer vaccine to patient.
Masked clinician prepares to administer vaccine to patient.
Crunching the numbers for next-gen COVID-19 vaccines
Fred Hutch News,

Recently, a team of biostatisticians led by Fred Hutch Cancer Center’s Peter Gilbert, PhD, garnered $17 million in funding from BARDA to identify correlates of protection (molecular shorthands that stand in for vaccine efficacy) for COVID-19 vaccines being tested through Project NextGen. Gilbert is a professor of biostatistics at the University of Washington School of Publich Health

Quinn White
Quinn White
MESA heart disease risk score worked well with or without race included
American Heart Association Newsroom,

“Our work is part of a growing effort to assess the implications of including race and ethnicity in clinical risk prediction models,” said lead investigator Quinn White, a biostatistics doctoral student at the University of Washington, Seattle.