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Kendrick Li, PhD returned to UW as a guest presenter at the UW Biostatistics autumn seminar. Li graduated from the UW Biostatistics PhD program in 2021 and, after a postdoc at the University of Michigan, joined the faculty at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. Read our interview with Li.
Longer-term data from SWOG S1826 trial confirm nivolumab-AVD benefit in Hodgkin lymphoma
SWOG Cancer Research Network,
Two years after starting treatment, patients with stage 3-4 classic Hodgkin lymphoma treated with nivolumab plus AVD chemotherapy had roughly one-half the risk of progression or death of those who had a standard treatment of brentuximab vedotin plus AVD.
“This new analysis with more patient follow-up is critical to understanding the clinically meaningful benefit obtained from N-AVD compared to BV-AVD,” said Michael LeBlanc, PhD, lead biostatistician on the S1826 study and a UW professor of biostatistics.
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Get to know new interim DEOHS Chair Lianne Sheppard
Department of Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences,
Lianne Sheppard, new DEOHS interim chair, looks to build community, support faculty as she steps into new role. Sheppard is also a professor of biostatistics.
Associate Professor of Biostatistics Amy Willis to develop and study a novel method to estimate bacterial evolutionary histories with $299k from the National Science Foundation.