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Biostatistics Facts and Figures, 2007-2008:

Department of Biostatistics

Training Program in Cancer Research

Participating Faculty

Program Director, Jeremy Taylor, Professor in the Department of Biostatistics in the School of Public Health, Department of Radiation Oncology in the School of Medicine and Associate Director for Biostatistics at the University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Cente.  A steering committee will consist of Professors Taylor, Little, Gruber, Johnson, Shedden, Tsodikov and Beer.  Dr. Taylor will be the director of the program.

Two categories of faculty participate in this training program, Key faculty and Supporting faculty.  The Key faculty including the program director will be responsible for advising the trainees and monitoring their progress.  A key faculty person will mentor each trainee in his or her collaborative cancer experience. The supporting faculty will provide guidance to the trainees in their particular field of expertise, and will be a resource for providing hands-on experience for the trainees.

Key Faculty

Program Director

Jeremy Taylor, Ph.D.
Director of Biostatistics
Professor of Biostatistics
jmgt@umich.edu

Steering Committee Members

Roderick Little, Ph.D.
Professor of Biostatistics
rlittle@umich.edu

Timothy Johnson, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Biostatistics
tdjtdj@umich.edu

Alex Tsodikiv, Ph.D.
Professor of Biostatistics
tsodikov@umich.edu

Kerby Shedden, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Statistics
kshedden@umich.edu

David Beer, Ph.D.
Professor of Surgery
dgbeer@umich.edu

Stephen Gruber, M.D., Ph.D., M.P.H
Assistant Professor of Internal Medicine & Epidemiology
sgruber@umich.edu

Supporting Faculty

Laurence Baker, D.O.
Professor of Internal Medicine
bakerl@umich.edu

Dean Brenner, M.D.
Professor of Internal Medicine & Pharmacology
dbrenner@umich.edu

Alfred Chang, M.D.
Professor of Surgery
aechang@umich.edu

Kathleen Cooney, M.D.
Associate Professor of Internal Medicine, Division of Hematology/Oncology
kcooney@umich.edu

Eric Fearon, M.D., Ph.D.
Professor of Internal Medicine
fearon@umich.edu

David Garabrant, M.D., M.P.H.
Professor of Occupational Medicine of Environmental Health Sciences & Internal Medicine
dhg@umich.edu

Michael Imperiale, Ph.D.
Professor of Microbiology & Immunology
imperial@umich.edu

Nancy Janz, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Health Behavior & Health Education
nkjanz@umich.edu

Theodore Lawrence, M.D., Ph.D.
Professor of Radiation Oncology
tsl@umich.edu

Charles Meyer, Ph.D.
Professor of Radiology
cmeyer@umich.edu

Ken Pienta, Ph.D.
Professor of Internal Medicine & Surgery
kpienta@umich.edu

Bruce Redman, D.O.
Associate Professor of Internal Medicine
redmanb@umich.edu

Brian Ross, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Radiation Oncology & Biology Chemistry
bdross@umich.edu

Mack Ruffin, M.D., M.P.H.
Associate Professor of Family Medicine
Assistant Research Scientist of Epidemiology
mruffin@umich.edu

Victor Strecher, Ph.D.
Professor of Health Behavior & Health Education
stretcher@umich.edu

Max Wicha, M.D.
Director of UMCCC
Professor of Internal Medicine
mwicha@umich.edu

Brenda Gillespie, Ph.D.
Faculty of Biostatistics
bgillesp@umich.edu

Dan Normolle, Ph.D.
Faculty of Radiation Oncology
monk@umich.edu