M. Elizabeth Halloran, MD, MPH, DSc

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Dr. Elizabeth Halloran MD, DSc
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M. Elizabeth Halloran, MD, MPH, DSc

Professor and Head of Biostatistics, Bioinformatics and Epidemiology Program, Vaccine and Infectious Disease Division, Fred Hutch

Professor and Head of Biostatistics, Bioinformatics and Epidemiology Program
Vaccine and Infectious Disease Division, Fred Hutch

Professor, Public Health Sciences Division, Fred Hutch

Professor
Public Health Sciences Division, Fred Hutch

Member, Translational Data Science Integrated Research Center (TDS IRC), Fred Hutch

Member
Translational Data Science Integrated Research Center (TDS IRC), Fred Hutch

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Dr. Elizabeth "Betz" Halloran is a world leader in using mathematical and statistical methods to study infectious diseases and a pioneer in the design and analysis of vaccine studies. She is director of the Center for Inference and Dynamics of Infectious Diseases. Headquartered at Fred Hutch, this center helps the federal government understand and prepare for infectious-disease outbreaks. She is also head of the Program in Biostatistics, Bioinformatics and Epidemiology in Fred Hutch’s Vaccine and Infectious Disease Division. Her work is used to develop strategies to stop outbreaks of serious global threats such as Zika virus disease, Ebola virus disease, influenza, COVID-19, cholera and dengue fever. 

Halloran was elected to the National Academy of Medicine in 2019 for pioneering the development of statistical methods and modeling for evaluating vaccines in populations, and contributions to evaluating direct and indirect effects of vaccines and improving design and analysis of vaccine studies.

Other Appointments & Affiliations

Professor and Graduate Faculty, Department of Biostatistics and Department of Epidemiology, University of Washington

Professor and Graduate Faculty, Department of Biostatistics and Department of Epidemiology
University of Washington

Adjunct Professor, Department of Applied Mathematics, University of Washington

Adjunct Professor, Department of Applied Mathematics
University of Washington

Director and Founder, Summer Institute in Statistics and Modeling in Infectious Diseases, University of Washington

Director and Founder, Summer Institute in Statistics and Modeling in Infectious Diseases
University of Washington

Member, National Academy of Medicine

Member
National Academy of Medicine

Education

Harvard University, Population Sciences, 1989, DSc

Harvard University, Tropical Public Health, 1985, MPH

Freie Universitat Berlin, 1983, MD

University of Oregon, 1972, BSc (General Science)

Research Interests

Design and evaluation of vaccine field trials

Modeling infectious disease dynamics and strategies for mitigation and control

Causal inference in infectious diseases

Evaluating surrogates of protection

Current Projects

Methods for evaluating vaccine efficacy

Containing Bioterrorist and Emerging Infectious Diseases

Causal Inference for Infectious Disease Studies

Summer Institute in Statistics and Modeling in Infectious Diseases

Find a Clinical Trial

Dr. Halloran in the News

Latest Fred Hutch research on COVID-19

Hutch News - June 30, 2022

Will SARS-CoV-2 become endemic?

Science Spotlight - November 15, 2021

Media timeline: coronavirus coverage

Hutch News - May 20, 2020

COVID-19 Research at Fred Hutch