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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.
Congratulations to Yifan Lin, recipient of the Gilbert S. Omenn Award for Academic Excellence, and Gabriella Vasconcelos, recipient of Outstanding Doctoral Student, awared by the University of Washington School of Public Health.