Bruce Weir, PhD, of the University of Washington in Seattle is the recipient of the 2019 Genetics Society of America (GSA) Elizabeth W. Jones Award for Excellence in Education, in recognition of his work training thousands of researchers in the rigorous use of statistical analysis methods for genetic and genomic data.
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Genes to Genomics: a blog from the Genetics Society of America,
Four CATALyST scholars selected to train as learning health system scientists
Kaiser Permanente Washington Health Research Institute. ,
Biostatistics alum Rebecca Yates Coley (MS ’10, PhD ’14) is among the inaugural class of CATALyST scholars. The new program aims to train promising early-career scientists in the conduct of learning health systems research.
Impact of rotavirus vaccine introduction in children less than 2 years of age presenting for medical care with diarrhea in rural Matlab, Bangladesh
Clinical Infectious Diseases,
M. Elizabeth Halloran, UW professor of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, is one of the authors of a new-time-series analysis The study provides initial evidence of the population-level impact of rotavirus vaccines in children <2 years of age in Matlab, Bangladesh.
‘More Data, More Problems:’ UW professor draws from experience to explain why big data is so complicated
The Daily of the University of Washington,
Daniela Witten, a statistics and biostatistics professor at the UW, delivered a lecture March 1 about the unique and modern research problems that stem from big data. Witten drew examples from her own work to illustrate the complicated nature of big data statistics.
Of armchairs and whims: Finding a comfortable intersection between math and biology
The Daily of the University of Washington,
Daniela Witten gives a talk about her academic journey as part of the department of mathematics lecture series “MathAcrossCampus.”
A Statistician and A Neuroscientist Walk into a BRAIN Grant
Brain Initiative News,
The Brain Initative Alliance (BIA) met with sisters Daniela and Ilana Witten to talk about their research and how the funding they have received from NIH, NSF, and the Simons Foundation supports research together. (Video)
Common weed killer glyphosate increases cancer risk by 41%, study says
CNN,
Glyphosate, an herbicide that remains the world's most ubiquitous weed killer, raises the cancer risk of those exposed to it by 41%, a new analysis says. Senior author Lianne Sheppard, UW professor in biostatistics and environmental and occupational health sciences, said she was "convinced" of the carcinogenic properties of the chemical.
UW study: Exposure to chemical in Roundup increases risk for cancer
UW News,
Exposure to glyphosate — the world’s most widely used, broad-spectrum herbicide and the primary ingredient in the weedkiller Roundup — increases the risk of some cancers by more than 40 percent, according to new research from the University of Washington. “Our analysis focused on providing the best possible answer to the question of whether or not glyphosate is carcinogenic,” said senior author Lianne Sheppard, a professor in the UW departments of Environmental & Occupational Health Sciences and Biostatistics. “As a result of this research, I am even more convinced that it is.”