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Topic: Biostatistics

Relevant Issues of Findings Magazine

Goncalo Abecasis, D.Phil., B.Sc.
Associate Professor in Biostatistics
Phone: (734) 763-4901 E-mail: goncalo@umich.edu
Faculty Profile

  • Develops statistical tools and software for the identification and study of genetic variants important in human disease.     MORE

Michael Boehnke, PhD
Professor in Biostatistics
Phone: (734) 936-1001 E-mail: boehnke@umich.edu
Faculty Profile

  • Research focuses on problems of study design and statistical analysis of human genetic data, with a particular emphasis on development and application of statistical methods for human gene mapping.      MORE

Brenda Gillespie, PhD
Assistant Professor in Biostatistics
Phone: 734-647-4609 E-mail: bgillesp@umich.edu
Faculty Profile

  • Works on application of statistical regression models to biomedical problems in a variety of areas including glaucoma, STDs, and organ transplant.      MORE

Jack Kalbfleisch, PhD
Professor in Biostatistics
Phone: (734) 615-7067 E-mail: jdkalbfl@umich.edu
Faculty Profile

  • Has expertise regarding clinical trials, observational studies, the assessment and interpretation of risk, and other general statistical issues.      MORE

Jeremy Taylor, PhD
Professor in Biostatistics
Phone: (734) 936-3287 E-mail: jmgt@umich.edu
Faculty Profile

  • Works on theory and application of statistics to biomedical problems ranging from AIDS to cancer.     MORE

A Statistically Significant Event

in FOCUS: Lung cancer Survival

inFOCUS: Clinical Trials

Martin Spoor Remembered

inFOCUS: Gene-environment interaction

Student Snapshot-- Chen Hu and Xin Gao

Research Highlights-- Possible Breakthrough on Age-Related Macular Degeneration

Research Update-- Researchers Find Means of Improving Survival Rates for Laryngeal Cancer Patients

Research Update-- The Science of Taking Risks

Future Findings-- The Human Lung: A National Resource, Desperately Needed (PDF)

Future Findings-- Choice Makes a Difference (PDF, page 33)

Snapshot-- Kristi Cooper (PDF, page 48)

Hot Flashes and Other Midlife Myths. With an unprecedented $80 million nationwide research project focusing on women at midlife, scientists are not only saying the "menopause" in public, they're finding out what it really means (PDF).

Future Findings-- Organ Transplants: From Research to Policy (PDF, page 44)

The Genetics of Aging: A mispelled letter may provide critical insight into the process of growing old (PDF, page 12)

Future Findings-- New Models for New Data in Genetics (PDF, page 35)

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