Ethan Ashby, a PhD student in Biostatistics PhD at the University of Washington, has received a Distinguished Student Paper Award from the International Biometric Society Eastern North American Region (ENAR) for his paper, “Debiasing hazard-based estimates of time-varying vaccine effects using vaccine-irrelevant infections: An application to an observational extension of a Phase 3 COVID-19 vaccine efficacy trial.”

A look back at member accomplishments in the University of Washington Department of Biostatistics during 2025.

A wrap-up of the Seventh Seattle Symposium in BiostatisticsBiostatistical leaders from around the world came together at the Seventh Seattle Symposium in Biostatistics on November 22-25 to explore the evolving role of causal inference in biomedical research.

Awan Afiaz, a biostatistics PhD student in the University of Washington School of Public Health, is part of a research team developing software to help clinicians working in cancer research close this gap.

Announcing dates of upcoming admissions information sessions given by University of Washington Department of Biostatistics.

Second year Master of Science student Breanna Brown is preparing for work in the preventative research field as a collaborative biostatistician in the nonprofit or governmental sector or in a research institute. In this interview, she shares her experiences in the UW MS Capstone program.

Applying quantitative skills to real-world questions and challenges is fundamental to the UW Biostatistics student experience, and summer internships are one way students can apply and expand their statistical and professional skill sets. Learn about the companies, jobs, and valuable insights students gained from their 2025 internships.

The University of Washington Genetic Analysis Center (GAC), part of the Department of Biostatistics in the School of Public Health, has been awarded a $1.34 million contract to serve as the coordinating center for the National Institute on Aging's (NIA) Alzheimer’s Disease Sequencing Project (ADSP)—a large group of studies and projects that aim to better understand the genetics of Alzheimer’s Disease and other forms of dementia.