Elena A. Erosheva

Elena A. Erosheva is a Professor in the Department of Statistics and Social Work at the University of Washington, where she also serves as the Associate Director of the Center for Statistics and the Social Sciences (CSSS). Her research focuses on hierarchical modeling, longitudinal data analysis, and latent variable models, with applications in social sciences, disability research, and health statistics. She has taught courses like Multivariate Data Analysis, Sample Survey Techniques, and Statistical Modeling with Latent Variables.

• Education: PhD in Statistics, University of Washington (2002)
• Current Research: Measuring gender-based homophily in collaborations, modeling life course transitions, partial mastery cognitive diagnosis models, and bias detection in grant review

Scientific Awards:

• 2019 NIH Center for Scientific Review First Prize for Most Creative Idea for Detection of Bias in Peer Review
• 2013 Mitchell Prize, International Society for Bayesian Analysis
• 2015 ASA Student Paper Award (with Maryclare Griffin)

Her students and postdoctoral researchers include Sheridan Grant, Y. Samuel Wang, and Jonathan Gruhl. She uses R software extensively in her teaching and research. Contact: erosheva@uw.edu | Personal Website