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Rebecca A. Hubbard recipient of 2023 Gertrude M. Cox Award

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Alumna Rebecca A. Hubbard (PhD, '07)  is the recipient of the 2023 Gertrude M. Cox Award

Congratulations to Rebecca A. Hubbard, PhD, a professor of biostatistics at the University of Pennsylvania and alumna of the University of Washington Department of Biostatistics (PhD, ‘07) who has been honored with the 2023 Gertrude M. Cox Award.

The award, given by the Washington Statistical Society (WSS) and RTI International, annually recognizes an early-to mid-career statistician who has made significant contributions to survey methodology, experimental design, biostatistics, and/or statistical computing. 

As this year’s recipient, Hubbard will present at the Annual Cox Award Presentation and Dinner on Wednesday, June 21, 2023 in Washington D.C. on the topic, “Too big to fail: Bias, fairness and ethics of conducting medical research in the era of big data.”

WSS invites members, non-members, and friends to attend the event. Refer to the event flyer (pdf) for more details.