For the second straight year Daniela Witten, assistant professor of biostatistics at the UW School of Public Health, was cited in Forbes’ “30 Under 30” edition, joining luminaries such as Mark Zuckerberg, Adele and LeBron James.

Witten was named to Forbes’ “30 Under 30” list for 2012 in the field of science and healthcare and was named to the 2011 list for science and innovation. Forbes calls Witten and the other standouts – 30 people each in 15 categories from art and style to sports and technology – “tomorrow’s brightest stars.”

Read a Columns magazine profile of Witten from September 2012.