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Jeff Leek, PhD

Jeff Leek, PhD

  • Professor, Biostatistics Program, Public Health Sciences Division, Fred Hutch
  • Member, Translational Data Science Integrated Research Center (TDS IRC), Fred Hutch
  • J. Orin Edson Foundation Endowed Chair, Fred Hutch

Background

Dr. Jeff Leek is a biostatistician who develops statistical methods, software, and data resources and analyses that help researchers make sense of massive-scale genomic and biomedical data. As an educational leader, Leek has helped craft online open courses in data science that have enrolled millions. He has also partnered with community-based nonprofits to use data science education for economic and public health development. 

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Education

University of Washington, 2007, PhD

University of Washington, 2005, MS

Utah State University, 2003, BS

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Fred Hutch researchers test privacy-first AI platform for cancer research After a year of building the infrastructure for its federated learning platform, the Cancer AI Alliance (CAIA) is road-testing eight projects using de-identified clinical data from four comprehensive cancer centers March 4, 2026
Sharing AI insights without sharing patient data Fred Hutch Q&A about leading alliance to leverage power of artificial intelligence responsibly in research and care January 6, 2025
Risky business: Understanding how numbers, percentages and data impact cancer care Statistics can simultaneously enlighten and confuse patients November 21, 2023