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Ali Shojaie, Susan Shortreed, and Michael Wu
Ali Shojaie, Susan Shortreed, and Michael Wu
Biostatistics faculty named 2022 ASA fellows
Three University of Washington School of Public Health Biostatistics faculty members have been elected 2022 Fellows of the American Statistical Association (ASA).
Jonathan Wakefield
Jonathan Wakefield
India's Objections To WHO COVID-19 Mortality Estimates Are Misleading, Experts Say
IndiaSpend,

Unlike claims made by the Indian government in its press release, the WHO's estimates do not rely on models that include factors like seasonal variations in temperature, Jon Wakefield, professor of statistics and biostatistics at the University of Washington, who had led the modelling for India as a member of the TAG, explained

Kathleen Kerr
Kathleen Kerr
New research yields insight into skin cancer overdiagnosis
Kathleen Kerr, professor of biostatistics, is lead author of a recent JAMA Dermatology study that examined perceptions of skin cancer overdiagnosis among dermatopathologists.
Daniela Witten
Daniela Witten
Daniela Witten elected Fellow of the Institute of Mathematical Statistics
Daniela Witten, professor of statistics and biostatistics at University of Washington, and the Dorothy Gilford Endowed Chair in Mathematical Statistics, has been elected a Fellow of the Institute of Mathematical Statistics (IMS).
Healthcare workers stand at the entrance of a Covid-19 hospital in Ahmedabad in January 2022. Photograph: Amit Dave/Reuters
Healthcare workers stand at the entrance of a Covid-19 hospital in Ahmedabad in January 2022. Photograph: Amit Dave/Reuters
Covid-19: India accused of trying to delay WHO revision of death toll
The Guardian,

India has called into question the methodology used by the WHO to calculate its death toll from Covid-19. Jon Wakefield, a professor of statistics and biostatistics at the University of Washington who was one of those involved in the modelling for the WHO, released a statement that explained the methodology in detail and rebutted the claims made by the Indian government about the veracity of the modelling.