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Program Affiliations
Ruth B. Etzioni
Affiliate Professor
Affiliate Professor, Biostatistics (primary appt.)

Member
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center

Research Interests:
Statistical methods in cancer screening, Bayesian methods in biostatistics, design issues in clinical trials.

Contact Information

email:   retzioni@fhcrc.org

address:
FHCRC
1100 Fairview Ave N, M2-B230
Seattle, WA 98109

voice:   206-667-6561
fax:   206-667-7264

Education

PhD   Carnegie Mellon University, 1990   (Statistics)
MS   Carnegie Mellon University, 1987   (Statistics)
BS   University of Cape Town (South Africa), 1985   (Mathematics)

Teaching   (Department of Health Services Courses)

  • HSERV 523
    Advanced Health Services Research Methods I

Dissertation, Thesis & Capstone Committees (recent HSERV graduates)

2012
Member, dissertation committee for Anna Rubinsky
Alcohol screening results as a marker of alcohol misuse severity and postoperative risk

2011
Member, dissertation committee for Melissa Romaire
The pediatric medical home: Health service use, expenditures, and measurement

2009
Chair, dissertation committee for Andrew Brunskill
Predicting diabetes complications

External Funding (sampling of recent awards from UW SAGE data)

Mechanisms and Markers of Prostate Cancer Metastases
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
PI:   Vessella           Dates:    8/1/2012 - 7/31/2013

Mechanisms and Markers of Prostate Cancer Metastases
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
PI:   Vessella           Dates:    8/1/2011 - 7/31/2012

Mechanisms and Markers of Prostate Cancer Metastases
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
PI:   Vessella           Dates:    8/1/2010 - 7/31/2011

Mechanisms and Markers of Prostate Cancer Metastases
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
PI:   Vessella           Dates:    7/1/2009 - 6/30/2014

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