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Biostatistics Faculty

Biostatistics: Regular Faculty
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Barlow, William Research Professor
PhD (University of Washington), MS (University of Washington), MA (University of Toronto (Canada))
Survival analysis, residuals, applications to opthalmology and cancer screening

Benedetti, Jacque Professor
PhD (University of Washington)
Cancer clinical trials, translational research, gastrointestinal cancers.

Breslow, Norm Professor
PhD (Stanford University)
Statistical methods in epidemiology, generalized linear models, childhood cancer.

Brown, Elizabeth Research Associate Professor
ScD (Harvard University), MS (University of Colorado (Boulder))
Joint models for longitudinal and survival data; Bayesian methods in biostatistics; statistical methods in biostatistics; statistical methods in HIV/AIDS research and cardiovascular imaging

Brumback, Lyndia Research Assistant Professor
PhD (University of Wisconsin), MS (University of Wisconsin)
Functional data analysis; Statistical methods for cardiovascular disease research, Cystic Fibrosis clinical trials, and AIDS research.

Chan, Gary Assistant Professor
PhD (Johns Hopkins University)

Chen, Baojiang Acting Instructor
PhD (University of Waterloo (Canada)), MSc (Nankai University)

De Rouen, Timothy Professor
PhD (Virginia Polytechnic Inst & State Univ), MS (Virginia Polytechnic Inst & State Univ)
Methods for correlated data and applications in dentistry and the epidemiology of sexually transmitted diseases.

Diehr, Paula Professor Emeritus
PhD (University of California Los Angeles), MS (University of California Los Angeles)
Statistical methods for health services research, aging, and quality of life.

Emerson, Scott Professor
MD (University of Virginia), PhD (University of Washington)
Clinical trials, sequential testing, survival analysis, nonparametric Bayesian statistics, variable importance in regression trees.

Emond, Mary Research Associate Professor
PhD (University of Washington), MS (University of Washington)
Semiparametric estimation and efficiency; efficient multi-stage sampling in retrospective studies with application to large case-control studies aimed at finding gene-disease associations; statistical problems in molecular biology, particularly characterization of mutational distributions, testing for mutational hotspots and locating mutations involved in neoplastic progression.

Feigl, Polly Professor Emeritus
PhD (University of Minnesota), MA (University of Minnesota)
Application of statistics to cancer control and prevention research.

Fisher, Lloyd Professor Emeritus
PhD (Dartmouth College), MA (Dartmouth College)
Sequential clinical trial analysis, new drugs/biologics in humans, clinical trial methodology.

Fleming, Thomas Professor
PhD (University of Maryland), MA (University of Maryland)
Survival analysis, cancer clinical trials, AIDS research, sequential analysis.

Gentleman, Robert Visiting Professor

Gilbert, Peter Research Professor
PhD (University of Washington), MS (University of Washington)
Clinical trials, HIV vaccines, survival analysis, infectious diseases, genetic sequence analysis

Halloran, Elizabeth Professor
DSc (Harvard University), MPH (Harvard University), MD (Freie University of Berlin (Germany))

Hallstrom, Alfred Professor
PhD (Brown University), MSc (Brown University)
Clinical trial methodologies, especially in cardiovascular (chronic) applications and emergency services applications.

Heagerty, Patrick Professor
PhD (Johns Hopkins University), MS (State University of New York (Albany))
Regression techniques for dependent data, including marginal models and random effects models for longitudinal data, methods for categorical time series, and hierarchical models for categorical spatial data, statistical computing and applications in epidemiology and ecology.

Hoff, Peter Associate Professor
MS (University of Wisconsin)
Research Interests: nonparametric Bayesian methods, mixture models, applications in cancer research, applications in the social and behavioral sciences.

Hughes, James Professor
PhD (University of Washington), MS (University of Washington)
Statistical methods for infectious disease research, Markov models, environmental statistics.

Inoue, Lurdes Associate Professor
PhD (Duke University), MS (University of Sao Paulo (Brazil)), MS (Duke University)
Bayesian methods in Biostatistics; MCMC methods; Clinical Trials; Decision Theory and Cancer Research.

Kerr, Kathleen Associate Professor
PhD (University of California Los Angeles), MA (University of California Los Angeles), MS (University of California Los Angeles)
Statistical genetics, particularly the design and analysis of gene expression microarray experiments; experimental design.

Kronmal, Richard Professor
PhD (University of California Los Angeles)
Nonparametric density estimation, computer algorithms, cardiovascular data analysis, clinical trials.

Le Blanc, Michael Research Professor
PhD (University of Washington), MM (University of Waterloo (Canada))
Tree-based methods for regression and exploratory survival analysis. Development and application of adaptive regression and classification techniques.

Leroux, Brian Professor
PhD (University of British Columbia (Canada)), MSc (University of British Columbia (Canada))
Statistical methodology for multilevel studies and applications in dental and craniofacial research, smoking prevention, toxicology and psychology.

Longini, Ira Professor
PhD (University of Minnesota), MS (University of Florida)
Stochastic processes, quantitative method for infectious diseases

Lumley, Thomas Associate Professor
PhD (University of Washington), MSc (Oxford University)
Correlated data regression, clinical trials, statistical computing and graphics.

May, Susanne Associate Professor
PhD (University of Massachusetts)

McKnight, Barbara Professor
PhD (University of Wisconsin), MS (University of Wisconsin)
Statistical methods in epidemiology, human genetics, and animal carcinogenicity testing; survival analysis.

Park, Taesung Visiting Professor
PhD (University of Michigan), MS (Seoul National University (Korea))

Pepe, Margaret Professor
PhD (University of Washington), MS (University of Washington)
Medical diagnostic testing, Disease screening especially with biomarkers, Longitudinal data and survival analysis, Design of clinical research studies.

Peterson, Arthur Professor
PhD (Stanford University), MS (Stanford University)
Survival data methodology, competing risks, design and analysis of disease prevention trials, random number generation.

Prentice, Ross Professor
PhD (University of Toronto (Canada)), MSc (University of Toronto (Canada))
Failure time analysis, disease prevention trials, epidemiologic methods, dietary factors and disease.

Rice, Kenneth Assistant Professor
PhD (Cambridge University (UK))
Bayesian methods, particularly connections between Bayesian and classical techniques; methods allowing for measurement and misclassification error; analysis of fMRI brain images; case-control studies in genetics; False Discovery Rates

Richardson, Barbra Ann Research Professor
PhD (University of California Los Angeles), MS (University of California Los Angeles)
Statistical methodology for clinical trials data; analysis of data from clinical trials; statistical analysis with missing data; longitudinal data analysis; statistical methods for AIDS and STD data.

Self, Steven Professor
PhD (University of Washington), MS (California State University, Long Beach)
Longitudinal data analysis, survival time models, cancer prevention and screening trials, HIV vaccine evaluation.

Sheppard, Lianne Professor
PhD (University of Washington), MSc (Johns Hopkins University)
Observational study methods, grouping, environmental and occupational exposures. Air pollution health effects.

Szpiro, Adam Assistant Professor
PhD (Brown University)

Temkin, Nancy Professor
PhD (State University of New York (Buffalo)), MS (University of Connecticut)
Clinical trials, recovery models, statistical modeling of epileptic phenomena, survival analysis.

Thompson, Mary Lou Research Professor
PhD (Georg-august Universitat (Germany))
Filtered point processes, diagnostic methods, longitudinal reference ranges, maternal and child health, occupational health.

Thornton, Timothy Assistant Professor
PhD (University of Chicago)

Wahl, Patricia Professor and Dean
PhD (University of Washington)
Multivariate statistical techniques, especially regression analysis applied to cardiovascular data.

Wakefield, Jonathan Clive Professor
PhD (University of Nottingham (UK))
Bayesian methods in biostatistics and epidemiology; spatial epidemiology; ecological studies; studies of air pollution and health; pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic modeling.

Weir, Bruce Professor and Chair
PhD (North Carolina State University)

Wellner, Jon Professor
PhD (University of Washington)
Empirical processes, semiparametric models, asymptotic efficiency, survival analysis, martingales.

Wijsman, Ellen Professor
PhD (University of Wisconsin)
Statistical genetics, population genetics, applications to genetic epidemiology

Yanez III, David Associate Professor
PhD (Arizona State University), MS (Arizona State University)
Analysis of overdispersed data, joint modeling of mean and dispersion parameters, quasi-likelihood models.

Zhou, Andrew Professor
PhD (Ohio State University), MSc (University of Calgary (Canada))
ROC Curev Methodology, Causal Inferences, Analysis of Skewed Distributions, Analysis of Missing Data, Diagnostic Medicine, Health Services Research, and Mental Health Research.

Biostatistics: Adjunct Faculty
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Crane, Paul, Adjunct Assistant Professor
Mancl, Lloyd, Adjunct Research Assistant Professor
Nichol, Graham, Adjunct Professor
Thompson, Elizabeth, Adjunct Professor

Biostatistics: Affiliate & Clinical Faculty
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Anderson, Garnet, Affiliate Professor
Chen, Ying, Affiliate Associate Professor
Cook, Andrea, Affiliate Assistant Professor
Etzioni, Ruth, Affiliate Professor
Feng, Ziding, Affiliate Professor
Gooley, Theodore, Affiliate Professor
Haneuse, Sebastien, Affiliate Assistant Professor
Hoering, Antje, Affiliate Assistant Professor
Holte, Sarah, Affiliate Associate Professor
Hsu, Li, Affiliate Professor
Huang, Eugene, Affiliate Associate Professor
Hubbard, Rebecca, Affiliate Assistant Professor
Janes, Holly, Affiliate Assistant Professor
Kooperberg, Charles, Affiliate Professor
Kopecky, Kenneth, Affiliate Professor
Leisenring, Wendy, Affiliate Professor
Lu, I-Li, Affiliate Assistant Professor
Luebeck, Georg, Affiliate Associate Professor
Masse, Benoit, Affiliate Associate Professor
Miglioretti, Diana, Affiliate Associate Professor
Nelson, Jennifer, Affiliate Assistant Professor
Polissar, Nayak, Affiliate Associate Professor
Qin, Li, Affiliate Assistant Professor
Rutter, Carolyn, Affiliate Professor
Schadt, Eric, Affiliate Associate Professor
Storer, Barry, Affiliate Professor
Storey, John, Affiliate Associate Professor
Tang, Hua, Affiliate Assistant Professor
Tangen, Catherine, Affiliate Professor
Thornquist, Mark, Affiliate Associate Professor
Wang, Ching-yun, Affiliate Professor
Wang, Pei, Affiliate Assistant Professor
Zhao, Lue-ping, Affiliate Professor
Zheng, Yingye, Affiliate Associate Professor