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HIV-1 Virus. Credit: J Roberto Trujillo/Wikipedia
HIV-1 Virus. Credit: J Roberto Trujillo/Wikipedia
Newly defined biomarker may accelerate clinical trials for vaccines to prevent HIV-1 infection
HIV Vaccine Trials Network,

A study published in the Aug. 22, 2022, issue of Nature Medicine identifies a new biomarker that appears effective as a surrogate endpoint to reliably predict the ability of broadly neutralizing monoclonal antibodies to prevent acquisition of HIV-1, the most common type of the virus that causes AIDS. Fred Hutch researchers Peter Gilbert, a research professor of biostatistics at the University of Washington School of Public Health, and Yunda Huang, a UW affiliate associate professor of global health, are the paper’s co-first authors.

Grocery store meat section
Grocery store meat section
Fearing the wurst: the association of red and processed meats with chronic disease risk
Fred Hutch News,

Ross Prentice is among the researchers who recently published a study in the Journal of Nutrition and Nutritional Epidemiology seeking to clarify the role that red and processed meat play in chronic disease risk in the diets of post-menopausal women. Hint: it’s complicated.

Daniela Witten
Daniela Witten
UW’s Daniela Witten receives prestigious COPSS Presidents’ Award
Daniela Witten, professor of biostatistics and statistics at University of Washington and the Dorothy Gilford Endowed Chair in Mathematical Statistics, has received the prestigious 2022 Presidents’ Award from the Committee of Presidents of
Headshot of Katie Kerr
Headshot of Katie Kerr
Pathologists giving second opinions are influenced by knowledge of first diagnosis
Second opinions are believed to give both patients and physicians better insight into medical diagnoses and help them make better decisions about care and treatment.
R Coley
R Coley
Dementia risk screening tool shows promise in health care setting
Kaiser Permanente Washington Health Research Institute,

In a new study, a tool to help discover undiagnosed dementia performed well in 2 separate health systems. “Around 50% of people living with dementia are undiagnosed,” said lead author Yates Coley, PhD, assistant biostatistics investigator at Kaiser Permanente Washington Health Research Institute (KPWHRI) and an affiliate assistant professor of biostatistics at the University of Washington.