An estimated 60% of known infectious diseases and up to 75% of emerging infectious diseases are zoonotic in origin, meaning the disease is transmitted from animals to humans.

University of Washington Biostatistics students graduating in 2022 and 2021 were honored at a department graduation ceremony held on June 12, 2022.

Students recipients of UW Biostatistics senior awards for 2022 announced at graduation celebration June 12.

Biostatistics student awarded a 2002 Student Research Award by the New England Statistical Society (NESS).

Being aware of melanoma overdiagnosis does not appear to curtail the rate at which dermatopathologists diagnose melanomas, according to a survey published in JAMA Dermatology. Corresponding author Kathleen Kerr, professor of biostatistics at the University of Washington School of Public Health, is quoted.