Department of Statistics

The Earth is very likely to exceed a 2 degree Celcius change, according to new University of Washington research.

Recent honors for College of Arts & Sciences faculty and staff. 

Two University of Washington professors have received the 2017 Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers, the highest honor given by the U.S. government.

Statisticians at the University of Washington developed the first model for projecting population that factors in the vagaries of migration.

Chatterjee, a renowned biostatistician is the 16th Bloomberg Distinguished Professor at Johns Hopkins University.

In the wake of a 2011 study that found black applicants for National Institutes of Health grants were significantly less likely to receive funding than their equally qualified white counterparts, the health agency began to look at ways to uncover and address bias in how it awards research funding.

A philosopher and a statistician won an NIH competition that addresses the problem of bias in academic peer review.

Adrian E. Raftery, professor of statistics and sociology, offers thoughts on the many benefits of action around the world's projected rapid population growth.

Scientists can now accurately predict if you have the blues -- just by looking at your Twitter feed. Tyler McCormick, assistant professor of statistics, is quoted.

A new United Nations analysis, using statistical methods developed at UW, shows the world population could reach nearly 11 billion by the end of the century, about 800 million more people than the previous projection issued in 2011.

Accurate predictions for the spread of AIDS are hard to come by in countries where health data is limited. An A&S professor's new statistical model has improved accuracy of AIDS projections and is now being adopted by many African countries.