Our 2026 Summer Institutes are just around the corner! Discount rates end June 1, be sure to register soon! These graduate-level statistical short courses are for students and researchers from universities, research labs, government, health orgs, non-profits, and industry. si.biostat.washington.edu

Wed. May 20 at 12 p.m. @uwbiostat.bsky.social and @fredhutch.org joint seminar. Anil Palepu, PhD, a research scientist from Google Research presents: "Evaluating Conversational AI for Medical Diagnosis and Management." Fred Hutch Arnold Building, Behnke Suite M1-A307. ⁠https://bit.ly/4wDCOez ⁠

Ken Rice, PhD will present at this week's @uwbiostat.bsky.social department seminar in a talk titled, "Making sense of the Stein paradox: some work in progress." Rice is a professor and graduate program director in UW Biostatistics. Thur., May 14, 3:30 p.m. Abstract and more info: bit.ly/4d71DIa

Summer Institutes 2026 discount rates end soon! Register now for graduate-level statistical short courses for students and researchers from universities, research labs, government agencies, health organizations, non-profit organizations, and private industry. si.biostat.washington.edu

This week's @uwbiostat.bsky.social dept. seminar welcomes Manu Setty from the Public Health Sciences Division at @fredhutch.org. Setty will present, "Tools for Interpreting Single-Cell Differentiation Trajectories." Thur., May 7 at 3:30 p.m. Details and session abstract: bit.ly/4eodUJc

UW researchers from @uwbiostat.bsky.social created the Towering space, a framework that helps compare phylogenetic trees when they don't have the same set of species. Read more: tinyurl.com/y9xvzkum

Kelley Harris, assoc. professor in UW Genome Sciences is this week's @uwbiostat.bsky.social seminar guest. Harris presents, "Germline mutation rate modifers are conspicuously absent from 200,000 UK Biobank whole genomes." UW campus Apr. 30. at 1:30 p.m. Abstract and details: tinyurl.com/yjdvv55b

We did it together! Husky Giving Day 2026 was a win for UW Biostatistics students, thanks to your generosity. Thanks and appreciation to everything you do to support our students!

YOU DID IT! ANOTHER $2,000 DONATION UNLOCKED! Final stretch…only 9 more gifts to unlock the final $2,500 donation to the Student Support Fund from the Biostatistics Catalyst Challenge! together.uw.edu/i/uw/Campaig...

WE'RE SO CLOSE!! Just 7 more gifts of any amount will unlock a $2,000 donation to the Student Support Fund, courtesy the alumni Catalyst Challenge. Thank you to everyone who has given today or helped spread the word. together.uw.edu/i/uw/Campaig...

ALMOST THERE! Just 10 more gifts of any amount to the Biostatistics Student Support Fund will unlock an additional $2,000 donation from the Biostatistics Catalyst Challenge. WE CAN DO THIS! together.uw.edu/i/uw/Campaig...

$1,500 DONATION UNLOCKED...YOU’RE AMAZING! Next up, Stage 2 of the Catalyst Challenge: When the Biostatistics Student Support Fund reaches 30 gifts of any amount, the next $2,000 of the challenge will be unlocked and donated to the fund. together.uw.edu/i/uw/Campaig...

It’s #HuskyGivingDay! To spark community participation, a group of alumni has launched a three-stage, $6,000 Catalyst Challenge. When the Student Support Fund receives 15 gifts of any amount, the first $1,500 of the challenge will be unlocked and contributed to the fund. tinyurl.com/y93d3ekj

Students are the heart of our department, and the UW Biostatistics community has always been their greatest champion. Join us Apr. 23 for #HuskyGivingDay and make a gift to the Biostatistics Student Support Fund. Together, we can lift up the next generation of biostatisticians. tinyurl.com/y93d3ekj

Edward Kennedy, PhD from @cmu.edu is our Student-Invited Speaker for our weekly seminar on April 23. Kennedy, an associate professor of statistics & data science presents, "Minimax optimal causal inference in high dimensions." In-person on the UW campus in HRC 135 at 3:30 p.m. | bit.ly/493JdFx

In case you missed it, registration is now open for 19 graduate-level online short courses offered by the 2026 UW Biostatistics Summer Institutes. Early rates available through June 1. si.biostat.washington.edu

MS Capstone students explored trends in clinical care and understanding cellular function for their 2026 capstone projects. Questions about cancer treatment, clinical care for appendicitis, and basic cell biology were the focus. Learn more about their work: bit.ly/41LiVEh

Willow Crawford-Crudell pursued a PhD in biostatistics to develop a deep understanding of statistical theory and methodology, and to play a critical part of improving public health, whether that be through policy or clinical research. Reflections on her UW experience: bit.ly/4c2duqp

Today's @uwbiostat.bsky.social seminar: "Robust methods for meta-analysis of dose-response relationships," presented by Aleksandr Aravkin, associate professor in the UW Department of Applied Mathematics. Session begins at 3:30 p.m. in the Hans Rosling Center, HRC 135. Details: bit.ly/3NWjqYN

@uwbiostat.bsky.social in the @uwsph.bsky.social continues to rank among the top ten programs in U.S. News & World Report’s 2026 Best Graduate Schools. UW Biostat is the No. 1 ranked public biostatistics program (#3 overall) in best science programs, #7 in best area of study ranking. bit.ly/4sXSLK5

Thursday, April 2, Burcu Darst, assistant professor in the Public Health Sciences Division @fredhutch.org will present: "The contribution of rare genetic variants and polygenic risk scores to prostate cancer risk across multi-ancestry populations." 3:30 p.m. HRC 135. ⁠https://bit.ly/4bJ6xKH

Ali Shojaie, professor and interim chair of the UW Department of Biostatistics @uwbiostat.bsky.social has been awarded a $3M grant from the National Institutes of Health to find a way to diagnose Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias long before symptoms appear. bit.ly/3OcVxw3

Registration is now open for our 2026 Summer Institutes! All sessions will be held in July 2026 and are 100% online. Check out course offerings including 3 brand new modules! Register now: si.biostat.washington.edu @uwsph.bsky.social

Tomorrow's @uwbiostat.bsky.social seminar welcomes Boxiang Liu, PhD from the National University of Singapore presenting: "Five lessons for target gene identification in the post-GWAS era." March 19 at 3:30 p.m. ⁠Details bit.ly/4lKLR8w

Li Hsu from the Biostatistics program at @fredhutch.org speaks today on"Advancing Cancer Risk Prediction: Multi-Ancestry PRS, Model Recalibration, and Benefit-Burden Evaluation" in our department seminar series. The talk will be held on the UW campus at 3:30 p.m. Abstract/details at: bit.ly/4sESCeb

Today, Mar. 5: Leying Guan, PhD, associate professor of biostatistics at Yale University @yalesph.bsky.social will present "Fast diagonal single-cell multi-omics integration with self-mapping" for our @uwbiostat.bsky.social seminar. Abstract and details at: bit.ly/4ucQMTc

UW Biostatistics @uwbiostat.bsky.social is now recruiting a postdoctoral scholar to work on statistical machine learning and artificial intelligence methods for diverse biological data in relation to cardiovascular and neurodegenerative diseases. Full-time (100% FTE) apply.interfolio.com/181098

Welcome to all students visiting us this week for student visit days! We're looking forward to meeting you!

@uwbiostat.bsky.social PhD student Bumjun Park wants to collaborate with different researchers and help answer today’s many pressing scientific questions using data, statistics, and logic. Read a Q&A with Bumjun about his experience in the program: bit.ly/3ORvCtE

UW researchers are part of a team that has developed a powerful tool that uses single-cell studies to improve our understanding of disease genetics.  bit.ly/46kjgQW @uwsph.bsky.social

Reminder! This Thursday, Feb. 19 @uwbiostat.bsky.social and @fredhutch.org co-sponsor the 2026 Ross L. Prentice Lecture with Michael LeBlanc presenting, "Evolving Designs and Analyses of Publicly Funded Cancer Clinical Trials." Details at: bit.ly/4a8qfyG

UW's Genetic Analysis Center @uwsph.bsky.social plays a key role in efforts aimed at discovering the cause of currently unexplained rare genetic diseases through its work as the Data Coordinating Center for the (GREGoR) Consortium @gregor-research.bsky.social - More: bit.ly/3M5f8NS

Today, Thursday, Feb. 12 Lucy Lu Wang from @ischool.uw.edu will present, "Evaluating the Evaluators: Measuring Uncertainty and Failure in LLMs and LLM judges" for our @uwsph.bsky.social @uwbiostat.bsky.social seminar. Read the abstract and get details about the event. bit.ly/4quBF4D

Join us Feb. 19 for the 2026 Ross L. Prentice Lecture with Michael LeBlanc, PhD presenting "Evolving Designs and Analyses of Publicly Funded Cancer Clinical Trials." Co-sponsored by @uwbiostat.bsky.social and @fredhutch.org. Read the abstract and full details at: bit.ly/4a8qfyG

Today at 3:30 p.m. “Inference on Local Variable Importance Measures for Heterogeneous Treatment Effects,” presented by Pawel Morzywolek, PhD, assistant professor of biostatistics, University of Copenhagen. This is a virtual session. Read the abstract and more event details: bit.ly/4aasGiY

A recent analysis by UW researchers supports longtime concerns surrounding the acquisition and use of information collected through the Human Genome Diversity Project (HGDP). Read about the analysis findings published in Nature Genetics Comment. Details at: bit.ly/4kdat8V

Check out 2026 Summer Institutes courses and dates. New offerings including modules in Deep Learning and Artificial Intelligence, Multi-state models for time-to-event data, with applications to clinical research, and Design & Analysis of Two-Phase Studies. bit.ly/4qPvOrN

Our @uwbiostat.bsky.social department seminar this week welcomes Dr. Yu Shen from @mdanderson.bsky.social who will present, "Integrating Machine Learning into Survival Analysis through Distribution-Free Conformal Predication." Thursday, Jan. 22 at 3:30 p.m. bit.ly/4jN6orP | @uwsph.bsky.social

Congrats to @uwbiostat.bsky.social PhD student Zhaoheng Li for her win in the 2026 @amstatnews.bsky.social Student Paper Competitions in the Genomics and Genetics Section. Read more about her work at: bit.ly/3YF7MDk

Congrats to @uwbiostat.bsky.social PhD student Ana Gabriela Vasconcelos for her win in the 2026 @amstatnews.bsky.social Student Paper Competitions in the Genomics and Genetics Section. Read more about her work at: bit.ly/3YF7MDk

Today's seminar: Statistics in the Age of AI: Theory, Methods, and Data, presented by Didong Li at 3:30 p.m. This is a virtual session. Check our calendar for the session abstract and more details. bit.ly/4pC0nQ3

Interested in earning a Master of Science in Biostatistics at UW? Program applications are still open for our 18-month, accelerated Master of Science Capstone program. Apply by January 15, 2026 | www.biostat.washington.edu/academics/ms...

Check out @uwbiostat.bsky.social department contributions highlighted in the @uwsph.bsky.social 2025 impact report. sph.washington.edu/impact

Congrats to Ethan Ashby @uwsph.bsky.social @uwbiostat.bsky.social PhD student who is a recipient of the International Biometric Society Eastern North American Region (ENAR) Distinguished Student Paper Award. Read about his work at: bit.ly/48J2v3v

The deadline to apply for our accelerated 18-month Master of Science Capstone program is coming up January 15. Learn more about the program and requirements: www.biostat.washington.edu/academics/ms...

Read our post capturing highlights from the Seventh Seattle Symposium in Biostatistics which took place November 22-25. Biostatistical leaders from around the world came together to explore the evolving role of causal inference in biomedical research. bit.ly/4a81naJ

Awan Afiaz is a UW biostatistics PhD student in public health @uwsph.bsky.social who is part of a research team at @fredhutch.org developing software to help clinicians in cancer research implement artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) to accelerate diagnosis. bit.ly/3MAHoHH

Important work from @uwsph.bsky.social researcher @blueyedgenes.bsky.social that focuses on ethical and social implications of using legacy datasets.

Join us Friday, Nov. 21 for our MS Capstone Admissions Info Session from 1 -2 p.m. PST. Attend to learn more about the program, application process, and research opportunities available to you as a UW Biostatistics student. Information and RSVP form: bit.ly/4o9OgKa

Final day to register is Nov. 20 at 5 p.m PST. Join us for the Seventh Seattle Symposium in Biostatistics exploring the role of causal inference in biomedical research. Dates: Nov 22-25, online sessions daily from 8:30 a.m. - 1 p.m. PST. www.biostat.washington.edu/seattlesympo...