Announcing dates of upcoming admissions information sessions given by University of Washington Department of Biostatistics.

Second year Master of Science student Breanna Brown is preparing for work in the preventative research field as a collaborative biostatistician in the nonprofit or governmental sector or in a research institute. In this interview, she shares her experiences in the UW MS Capstone program.

Applying quantitative skills to real-world questions and challenges is fundamental to the UW Biostatistics student experience, and summer internships are one way students can apply and expand their statistical and professional skill sets. Learn about the companies, jobs, and valuable insights students gained from their 2025 internships.

The University of Washington Genetic Analysis Center (GAC), part of the Department of Biostatistics in the School of Public Health, has been awarded a $1.34 million contract to serve as the coordinating center for the National Institute on Aging's (NIA) Alzheimer’s Disease Sequencing Project (ADSP)—a large group of studies and projects that aim to better understand the genetics of Alzheimer’s Disease and other forms of dementia.

The University of Washington Department of Biostatistics begins the 2025-26 academic year under new leadership, welcoming Professor Ali Shojaie as interim department chair and Professor Marco Carone as interim associate chair. Both assumed their duties on July 1, 2025.

The University of Washington Biostatistics Department was well-represented at this year’s Joint Statistical Meetings (JSM) in Nashville, Tennessee, hosted by the American Statistical Association (ASA).

University of Washington Biostatistics PhD student Sungtaek Son has received a student travel award from the Applied Statistics Symposium of International Chinese Statistical Association (ICSA) and runner-up award honors from the Western North American Region (WNAR) of The International Biometric Society for his research on "Dimension reduction and covariate balancing for learning individualized treatment regimes."

Marco Carone, a professor of biostatistics at the University of Washington School of Public Health, has received the prestigious 2025 Myrto Lefkopoulou Distinguished Lectureship from the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health.