Final Exam - Leah Andrews
Committee: Peter Gilbert (chair), M. Elizabeth Halloran, Brian Williamson, Kathleen Kerr, Helen Y. Chu (GSR)
Title: Statistical Methods for Assessing COVID-19 Vaccine Effectiveness and Immune Correlates in Test-Negative Design Studies
Abstract: Vaccines have been essential for protecting against COVID-19 and must be continually evaluated and updated in post-marketing settings. Understanding the relationship between COVID-19 and immune markers correlated with vaccination or infection can also inform vaccine development and updates. The test-negative design (TND) is a resource-efficient observational study design that enrolls symptomatic individuals who obtain SARS-CoV-2 testing and compares vaccination status or immune marker measures between cases who test positive and noncases who test negative. While the TND reduces bias from healthcare-seeing behavior, additional biases from confounding, missing data, and selection mechanisms may persist. This dissertation proposes to improve existing TND analysis…
Event interval: Single day event. Online Meeting Link: https://washington.zoom.us/j/91908373381?pwd=lXsntRuRa2NPVCbEHrbw39FArZhGzY.1. Campus room: Passcode 573455. Accessibility Contact: Deb Nelson, nelsod6@uw.edu, 206-685-9323. Event Types: Academics.
Tuesday, December 9, 2025, 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM.
Telling Your Story Through Interviews
How can you stand out during an interview to get a job offer? We’ll cover ways to formulate answers to common questions, practice most effectively, and handle nerves.
Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Hans Rosling Center for Population Health (HRC). Campus room: HRC 370. Accessibility Contact: Maggie Tarnawa. Event Types: Workshops. Target Audience: Biostatistics Students.
Friday, January 9, 2026, 2:30 PM – 3:20 PM.
Winter Career Panel - Academia Focus
Biostats program alumni working in academia will share their career journeys, impressions from their time in the program, and tips about hiring at their organizations.
Panelists: Anna Plantinga, Associate Professor at Williams College (PhD grad) , Charles Wolock, Assistant Professor, Department of Biostatistics and Computational Biology, University of Rochester , Manisha Desai, Kim and Ping Li Professor, Associate Dean of Research, Section Chief of Biostatistics, Director of the Quantitative Sciences Unit at Stanford (PhD grad) , Taylor Okonek, Assistant Professor of Statistics at Macalester College (PhD grad).
Event interval: Single day event. Campus room: N/A, Zoom link will be sent to registered attendees. Accessibility Contact: Maggie Tarnawa. Event Types: Information Sessions. Target Audience: School of Public Health and Statistics/Data Science-focused graduate students.
Friday, February 13, 2026, 2:30 PM – 4:00 PM.
Zoom.