Daniela M Witten

Professor, Statistics
Professor, Biostatistics
Dorothy Morrow Gilford Endowed Chair in Mathematical Statistics, Statistics

University of Washington
Box 357232

Seattle, WA -


dwitten@uw.edu

Research Interests

High dimensional data analysis and machine learning, with applications to genomics and statistical genetics.

Education

PhD Statistics, Stanford University, 2010

MS Statistics, Stanford University, 2006

BS Biological Sciences, Mathematics, Stanford University, 2005

In the News

Not all organs age the same — ‘older’ ones may predict your risk of disease 
Science, 12/06/2023

Does location matter when buying lottery tickets?
KIRO, 02/08/2023

Cancer's Heterogeneity: Modeling Tumor's Diversity
Biomedical Computation Review, 03/10/2015

The Big Data Blog: Daniela Witten
AAAS news, 03/17/2014

How Crunching Big Data Could Save Our Lives
KUOW, 01/28/2014

Biostatistician Named to Forbes' List of Top Scientists for Third Straight Year
SPH News, 01/10/2014

Three From UW Named Sloan Research Fellows
The Daily, 03/05/2013

SPH Statistician Named One of Forbes’ Rising Stars
SPH News, 01/02/2013

Forbes Names Daniela Witten a Rising Star
UW Today, 12/31/2012

Evolution of Translational Omics: Lessons Learned and the Path Forward
Institute of Medicine, 04/09/2012