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NEJM Table of Vaccine-Related Priorities to Control Viral Variants
NEJM Table of Vaccine-Related Priorities to Control Viral Variants
NEJM special report on SARS-CoV-2 variants and vaccines
COVID-19 variants continue to emerge, including some with increased transmissibility and severity, which has contributed in many countries to a reversal of decreasing COVID-19 case counts achieved earlier this year. A New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM) Special Report, just released, advocated for a global framework to monitor and evaluate these variants and to address the worldwide need for safe and effective vaccines.
Yiquen Chen and Kun Yue
Yiquen Chen and Kun Yue
UW Biostatistics students earn WNAR awards
PhD students Yiqun Chen and Kun Yue won students awards at the recent annual conference of the Western North American Region (WNAR) of the International Biometric Society.
DNA sequencer output closeup of screen
DNA sequencer output closeup of screen
Improving disease prediction in diverse populations
The University of Washington Genetics Analysis Center (GAC), based in the Department of Biostatistics in the School of Public Health, will be the Coordinating Center for the National Institutes of Health (NIH)’s new Polygenic Risk Score Diversity Consortium.
Montage of six Biostatistics students from graduating class of 2021
Montage of six Biostatistics students from graduating class of 2021
Honoring our 2021 Biostatistics graduates
The 2021 Biostatistics Graduation Celebration, held June 13, honored graduates for their grit and determination in completing a degree under unusually difficult circumstances.
Wenbo Zhang, Kendrick Li, and Annique Atwater
Wenbo Zhang, Kendrick Li, and Annique Atwater
2021 SPH Excellence Award recipients
Congratulations to Department of Biostatistics members honored with 2021 School of Public Health (SPH) Excellence Awards. Recipients were honored publicly by the School in a congratulatory video.
Subodh Selukar
Subodh Selukar
Biostat PhD student receives Society for Clinical Trials best paper award
PhD student Subodh Selukar received a Thomas C. Chamlers Student Scholarship from the Society for Clinical Trials (SCT). He was one of three scholarship finalists invited to present at SCT’s annual conference in May, where his presentation earned him the $500 award for best paper.
Graph showing COVID-19 estimates in Europe and the Americas
Graph showing COVID-19 estimates in Europe and the Americas
Estimating excess mortality
Professor of Biostatistics and Statistics Jon Wakefield and biostatistics PhD student Serge Aleshin-Guendel developed a model to estimate global excess mortality that reflects the true COVID-19 death toll.
Antonio Olivas-Martinez, Natalie Gasca and Ernesto Ulloa
Antonio Olivas-Martinez, Natalie Gasca and Ernesto Ulloa
Mexicans in Statistics and Health makes COVID-19 complexities easier to understand
A group of graduate students with ties to Mexico came together in an effort to help people in that country understand its confusing COVID-19 detection program and formed an initiative committed to explaining complex scientific issues in everyday language.