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Crunching the numbers for next-gen COVID-19 vaccines
BARDA taps Fred Hutch biostatisticians to assess new vaccine technology, more nimble trial design

For Fred Hutch biostatisticians, numbers are no game
Meticulous work at the SWOG Statistics and Data Management Center, housed at Fred Hutch, may alter care for bladder cancer and lymphoma

Risky business: Understanding how numbers, percentages and data impact cancer care
Statistics can simultaneously enlighten and confuse patients

Fred Hutch’s Dr. Ross Prentice retires
Longtime scientist and statistician contributed to Women’s Health Initiative, cancer prevention research and much more

Dr. Ruth Etzioni receives $7.4M NCI grant to assess new cancer diagnostics
Award will provide long-term support to investigate accuracy of multi-cancer liquid biopsies and other new technology

Dr. Yingye Zheng named fellow of American Statistical Association
Honored for work to develop biomedical decision tools

5 reasons why a cancer research center has virology expertise
Pathogens can cause diseases, the immune system can fight them

Biostatisticians draft blueprints for COVID-19 vax trials
Hutch group applies skills honed during decades of HIV prevention trials to bring about safe and effective vaccines for a new pandemic

Dr. Ruth Etzioni receives Rosalie & Harold Rea Brown Endowed Chair
'Biostatistician on a mission' uses math models to improve cancer screening, reduce health disparities

Spinning science: Overhyped headlines, snarled statistics lead readers astray
Tips and tools to help you better understand cancer risk, scientific research and clinical studies

99 problems when n=1?
In research, (sample) size matters

Dr. M. Elizabeth ‘Betz’ Halloran elected to National Academy of Medicine
Statistician honored for helping the world anticipate, manage and prevent infectious disease outbreaks

Structural and clinical barriers keep 3 of 4 cancer patients from participating in trials
‘Patients are willing to participate in trials if they’re offered one’

Bringing personalized oncology to cancer prediction — and prevention
Unique $2.4M NCI-NIEHS award teams Hutch cancer geneticists, epidemiologists and oncologists to use mutation rate to predict individual cancer risk

Dr. James Dai receives $2.1M NCI grant for cancer biomarker research
Biostatistician plans to use funds to develop statistical models to further precision cancer prevention and treatment

Dr. Yingqi Zhao receives SWOG Coltman Fellowship early-career award
She plans to use the funds to develop new surveillance and diagnostic strategies for immunotherapy trials

Finasteride can reduce prostate cancer risk long term
Fred Hutch study taps big data to tease out extended cancer-prevention benefit of drug used for enlarged prostate, hair loss

Good News: NCI awards Dr. Ruth Etzioni 5-year grant to fill gaps in cancer-recurrence data
Celebrating faculty and staff achievements

Childhood cancer survivors pay more for health care, more likely to be denied insurance coverage
Adult survivors of childhood cancer suffer from ‘financial toxicity’ decades later, a study conducted at the dawn of the Affordable Care Act found

Good News: CBS 'Sunday Morning' to feature Dr. Jim Olson's Tumor Paint research this weekend
Celebrating faculty and staff achievements