Aasthaa Bansal

Aasthaa Bansal, PhD, serves as Associate Professor in the Department of Pharmacy at the University of Washington and holds concurrent appointments in the Public Health Sciences Division at Fred Hutch. She is an active member of the Hutchinson Institute for Cancer Outcomes Research (HICOR) and the Translational Data Science Integrated Research Center (TDS IRC), focusing on interdisciplinary cancer outcomes research.

Her educational background includes:

• PhD in Biostatistics from the University of Washington (2011)
• MS in Biostatistics from the University of Washington (2008)
• BMath in Computer Science (Bioinformatics Option) from the University of Waterloo (2006)

Dr. Bansal specializes in comparative effectiveness research using advanced biostatistical methods to evaluate clinical interventions and public health policies. Her work centers on survival analysis, biomarker development for dynamic decision-making, and precision medicine applications in oncology. She has pioneered research on cancer-related financial toxicity, cure modeling for economic analysis, and disparities in cancer treatment outcomes across diverse populations.

Information regarding student advising and specific research grants was not provided in available sources.

Her laboratory work operates through HICOR and TDS IRC, where she leads collaborative teams analyzing real-world cancer data to optimize treatment pathways and resource allocation in prostate and colorectal cancer care.