Ruth Etzioni

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Ruth Etzioni
Alma mater
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center

Ruth D. Etzioni is a biostatistician who develops statistical computer models to research cancer progression. She is the Rosalie and Harold Rea Brown endowed chair at the

Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
.

Life

Etzioni completed a B.S. in statistics at the University of Cape Town in 1985.[1] She earned a M.S. (1987) and Ph.D. (1990) in Statistics at Carnegie Mellon University.[1] She was a postdoctoral researcher in the department of biostatistics at the University of Washington from 1991 to 1992.[1]

Etzioni joined the faculty at the

Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center in 1992 as an associate in the biostatistics program.[1] Her research interests include the development and implementation of statistical methods for prostate cancer studies.[1] She held multiple positions before her promotion to full member of the public health sciences division in 2002.[1] Etzioni was elected a fellow of the American Statistical Association in April 2016.[1] As of 2016, her research focuses on the development of statistical computer models to learn about the latent process of cancer progression from observed data on disease incidence and mortality.[2] Etzioni became the inaugural recipient of the Rosalie and Harold Rea Brown endowed chair in 2020.[3]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g "Ruth Etzioni, Ph.D." Fred Hutch. Retrieved 2022-10-10.
  2. ^ "Etzioni to give next "Mind the Gap" seminar" (PDF). NIH Record. November 4, 2016. p. 5. Retrieved 2022-10-10.Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  3. ^ Mapes, Diane (2020-10-07). "Dr. Ruth Etzioni receives Rosalie & Harold Rea Brown Endowed Chair". Fred Hutch News Service. Retrieved 2022-10-10.
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