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Lianne Sheppard
Lianne Sheppard
EPA tightens air quality standard for soot emissions
UW DEOHS Blog,

Professor Lianne Sheppard contributed to new rule as chair of EPA’s Clean Air Scientific Advisory Committee which will prevent thousands of premature deaths each year by strengthening the national air quality standard for industrial emissions of fine particles, often called soot.

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Split photo of two men
Biostatistics welcomes new equity, diversity, and inclusion committee teaching assistants
Meet our two new teaching assistants working with our department's Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion Committee.  More information about the EDI committee's goals and initiatives.
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Photo of woman looking out window
EDI subcommittee on the value of bolstering efforts in mental health and wellness
Highlighting the work of the UW Biostatistics Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI) subcommittee supporting mental health and wellness resources.
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New post teaser photo of student
Biostatistics student wins JSM paper competition for 2024
Student paper explores data thinning, a strategy to decompose individual data points into independent pieces, and offers data analysts a new tool to perform various common statistical tasks such as model selection, model testing, and inference.
Bruce Weir
Bruce Weir
SISG renamed in honor of Bruce Weir
After 18 years at the University of Washington, the Summer Institute in Statistical Genetics (SISG) has moved to Atlanta.