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Word Aducanumab superimposed over graphic of human brain
Word Aducanumab superimposed over graphic of human brain
No Love for Aducanumab From FDA Advisers — Panel rejects mixed findings for controversial Alzheimer's drug
Medpage Today,

"This analysis seems to be subject to the Texas sharpshooter fallacy," where someone first fires a shot at a barn then paints a target around the bullet hole, said panelist and biostatistician Scott Emerson, MD, PhD, of the University of Washington in Seattle.

Headshot of Jon Wakefiled
Headshot of Jon Wakefiled
Design- and Model-Based Approaches to Small-Area Estimation in A Low- and Middle-Income Country Context: Comparisons and Recommendations
Journal of Survey Statistics and Methodology,

Professor of Biostatistics Jon Wakefield is co-author of a recent paper that notes the explosion in geographic studies in low- and middle-income countries and investigates the extent to which accounting for the sample design affects the predictive performance at the aggregate level of interest for health policy decisions.

Historical sketch of measuring cranial capacity
Historical sketch of measuring cranial capacity
How Eugenics Shaped Statistics. Exposing the damned lies of three science pioneers.
Nautilus,

Daniela Witten, professor of biostatistics and statistics, is quoted in this piece that examines how statistical thinking and eugenicist thinking are intertwined and delves into the difficulty of breaking the legacy of eugenics and false objectivity.

Patrick Heagerty
Patrick Heagerty
Patrick Heagerty elected to the National Academy of Medicine
Patrick Heagerty, PhD, professor of biostatistics, is one of three UW School of Public Health faculty elected to the National Academy of Medicine today.
Health worker injects a person during clinical trials for a COVID-19 vaccine at Research Centers of America in Hollywood, Fla., on September 9, 2020.
Health worker injects a person during clinical trials for a COVID-19 vaccine at Research Centers of America in Hollywood, Fla., on September 9, 2020.
Don’t Expect a COVID Vaccine before the Election
Scientific American,

Peter Gilbert, research professor of biostatistics and a biostatistician at Fred Hutch, comments on assessing safety and efficacy after an Emergency Use Authorization has been approved. Gilbert has helped design clinical trials for the leading U.S. vaccine candidates.