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school o public health 2023 excellence awards - photos of four recipients
school o public health 2023 excellence awards - photos of four recipients
Biostatistics students and staff honored for excellence awards
Student and staff members of the University of Washington Department of Biostatistics were honored with 2023 UW School of Public Health (SPH) Awards of Excellence at a ceremony held on May 23.
Elizabeth Thompson
Elizabeth Thompson
Elizabeth Thompson Elected Fellow of the Royal Society
Department of Statistics,

The Royal Society, the UK’s national academy of sciences and the oldest scientific academy in continuous existence, has elected Dr. Elizabeth Thompson as a Fellow. She was selected for her substantial contributions to the advancement of science and for her work in the area of Statistics which has had a beneficial influence on the world.

Daniela Witten
Daniela Witten
Written by Witten: Where my ladies at
IMS Bulletin,

Daniela Witten's latest column for the IMS Bulletin focuses on important issues related to gender in the field of statistics in general, and within IMS in particular.

Ellen Graham
Ellen Graham
Biostatistics student receives NSF research fellowship
Ellen Graham, a doctoral student in biostatistics at the University of Washington has been awarded the prestigious National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship.
Illustration of children boarding a school bus
Illustration of children boarding a school bus
University Of Michigan Research Shows Upgraded School Buses Witness Increased Student Attendance
India Education Diary,

Replacing all of the oldest school buses in the nation could lead to 1.3 million fewer daily absences annually, according to a University of Michigan study. Adam Szpiro, associate professor of biostatistics at the University of Washington was a co-author on the study.