Andrea Rotnitzky

Andrea Rotnitzky is a Professor and Chair of Biostatistics at the University of Washington. Born in Argentina with Jewish heritage, she values both Argentine culture and Jewish traditions. She joined UW in 2022 after a global recruitment, attracted by its collaborative research environment and partnerships with institutions like the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center. Her work focuses on causal inference, missing data analysis, and semiparametric methods to address public health challenges.

Rotnitzky holds a Licenciate in Mathematics from the Universidad de Buenos Aires (1982) and a PhD in Statistics from UC Berkeley (1988). Her research emphasizes developing statistically efficient tools to estimate intervention effects from observational or imperfect experimental data. Key areas include causal graphical models, longitudinal data analysis, and survival analysis.

Her recent work highlights include articles on efficient adjustment sets in causal inference, debiased regression methods, and applications to post-COVID-19 symptom studies. Awards include IMS Fellowship (2025) and a $1M Rousseeuw Prize (2023) for statistical contributions. She prioritizes mentoring students and translating statistical innovations into real-world health solutions.