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Bruce Weir

Bruce Weir
Bruce
S.
Weir
Professor Emeritus , Biostatistics
Email
bsweir@uw.edu
UW Location
UW Tower

UW Tower
4333 Brooklyn Ave NE
15th Floor
Seattle, WA 98105
United States

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About

Bruce Weir develops statistical methodology for genetic data with an emphasis on allelic dependencies, population structure and relatedness, quantitative genetics, disease associations, and the use of genetic data for human identification. His most recent publications include Wasse et al, Nature Human Behavior 3:371 (2022); Graffelman and Weir, Forensic Science International: Genetics 58:102680 (2022);  Alfieri et al, Forensic Science International: Reports 6:100281; Aalbers et al, Forensic Science International: Synergy 6:100335 (2023); Goudet and Weir, PLoS Genetics 9:81010871 (2023).

Education
PhD
Statistics and Genetics
North Carolina State University
1968
BSc(HONS)
Mathematics
University of Canterbury, New Zealand
1965
Faculty Interests
Forensic Genetics
Books

Weir BS. (Editor) 1995. Human Identification: The Use of DNA Markers. Kluwer, Amsterdam. 

Weir BS. 1996. Genetic Data Analysis II. Sinauer, Sunderland, MA.

Evett IW, Weir BS. 1998. Interpreting DNA Evidence. Sinauer, Sunderland, MA.

Fleming TR, Weir BS. (Editors) 2012. Proceedings of the Fourth Seattle Symposium in Biostatistics: Clinical Trials. Lecture Notes in Statistics 1205. Springer, New York.