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Q&A with PhD student Willow Crawford-Crudell discussing what inspired her to pursue biostatistics, experience in the UW PhD program, and goals for the future.
In 2026, student teams from the UW Biostatistics MS Capstone program collaborated with UW research centers to evaluate trends in treatments for patients with breast cancer and appendicitis. A third project explored whether cell shape is related to cellular function, and whether this relationship can be detected computationally.
Are Bayesian Statistics Coming to a Clinical Trial Near You?
MEDPAGE TODAY,
The FDA's move to incorporate Bayesian statistical methods into clinical trials of drugs and biologics garnered special treatment in JAMA this week. UW Professor of Biostatistics Thomas Fleming weighs in with his thoughts.
New Podcast Calls Attention to Underrecognized IRGT Trial Design
NIH Pragmatic Trials Collaboratory,
In a new episode of the NIH Collaboratory Podcast, Drs. Jonathan Moyer and David Murray discussed their recent publication, “Evaluating Analytic Models for Individually Randomized Group Treatment Trials With Complex Clustering in Nested and Crossed Designs.” The episode was moderated by Patrick Heagerty, co-chair of the Biostatistics and Study Design core working group and professor of biostatistics at the University of Washington.
Ali Shojaie awarded a $3M grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to find a way to diagnose Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias long before symptoms appear.