An observational study of more than 83,000 older U.S. men with localized prostate cancer found that Black and white patients were equally likely to receive secondary treatment after initial therapy, whether their first treatment was surgery or radiation. However, among patients who did not receive secondary treatment, Black men had up to two times higher risk of dying from prostate cancer than white men. Affiliate faculty Ruth Etzioni is co-author of the study.
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University of Washington School of Public Health researchers are part of the new Population Genomic Screening Network (PGSN), an NIH-funded program piloting community-level testing for well-understood genetic conditions.
Check out this year's line-up of University of Washington Department of Biostatistics students, recent graduates, faculty, and alumni presenting at the Joint Statistical Meetings (JSM) in Boston, Massachusetts August 2-6, 2026.
Nobel-style prize celebrates University's revolutionary `R' software
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Thomas Lumley, PhD ’98, an affiliate biostatistics faculty member in the University of Washington School of Public Health, is among the recipients of the $1 million 2026 Rousseeuw Prize in Statistics, considered the Nobel Prize for statisticians. Lumley and others were recognized for their pivotal achievements in advancing R programming language.
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.