The University of Washington Departments of Biostatistics and Statistics have teamed up with the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center to involve UW students in efforts to prevent and treat HIV and other infectious diseases such as malaria, influenza, and tuberculosis.

A new study from an international team of experts – including a University of Washington School of Public Health biostatistician – examines the effect of travel restrictions on the spread of the novel

Four doctoral students and one recent graduate from the University of Washington Biostatistics Department were among the 2020 American Statistical Association (ASA) Student Paper best paper award winners.

Mary Lou Thompson, PhD, has been a biostatistician since the late 1980s and a Department of Biostatistics faculty member since 1996. With her recent retirement, the former UW research professor reflects back on some of the more significant changes she’s witnessed over the course of her career.

A new Sparse Group Lasso method developed by UW Associate Professor of Biostatistics Noah Simon provides a more accurate assessment of human brain white matter connections.