Information for 2026

The University of Washington Department of Biostatistics 2026 Summer Institutes will be held in July. All courses are offered online only (no in-person option).

Institutes & Dates

Summer Institute in Statistics for Clinical and Epidemiological Research (SISCER)

Times

The schedule for each day’s online session is 8:30 a.m. – 12 p.m. Pacific (11:30 a.m. – 3:00 p.m. Eastern) unless noted otherwise. Confirmed 2026 courses are listed below. 

Courses

• Design and Analysis of Clinical Trials — July 7-9
• Causal Inference with Observational Data: Common Designs and Statistical Methods — July 7-9
• Introduction to Survival Analysis — July 9-10 (1-4:30 p.m. Pacific; 4-7:30 p.m. Eastern)
• Topics in Clinical Trials: Issues in Non-Inferiority Trials and Addressing Missing Data — July 10
• Generalized Estimating Equations and Mixed-Effects Models for Longitudinal Data Analysis — July 13-15
• NEW Multi-state models for time-to-event data, with applications to clinical research — July 13-15
• NEW Design and Analysis of Two-Phase Studies— July 15-16 (1-4:30 p.m., 4-7:30 p.m. Eastern)
• Joint Modeling of Longitudinal and Survival Data — July 16-17
• Missing Data Methods — July 20-22
• Using Causal Graphs in Epidemiological Research — July 20
• Modern Statistical Learning for Observational Data (tentative title) — July 21-24
• Evaluation of Biomarkers and Risk Models — July 23-24
• Propensity Scores — July 27-28
• Improving Precision and Power in Randomized Trials by Leveraging Baseline Variables— July 29-30
   

Summer Institute in Statistics for Big Data (SISBID)

Courses 

• Data Wrangling with R — July 15-17 (tentative)
• Data Visualization — July 20-22
• Supervised learning — July 22-24
• Unsupervised learning —  July 27-29
• NEW Deep Learning and Artificial Intelligence —  July 29-31

Times

• For SISBID courses that start on Monday:
  • Monday: 8 a.m. - 2:30 p.m. Pacific (11 a.m. - 5:30 p.m. Eastern)
  • Tuesday: 8 a.m. – 2:30 p.m. Pacific (11 a.m. – 5:30 p.m. Eastern)
  • Wednesday: 8 a.m. – 11 a.m. Pacific (11 a.m. – 2 p.m. Eastern)
• For SISBID courses that start on Wednesday:
  • Wednesday: 11:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m. Pacific (2:30-5:30 p.m. Eastern)
  • Thursday, 8 a.m. – 2:30 p.m. Pacific (11 a.m. – 5:30 p.m. Eastern)
  • Friday, 8 a.m. – 2:30 p.m. Pacific (11 a.m. – 5:30 p.m. Eastern)

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