Education

Ph.D. 1959, Cornell University
M.A. 1957, Cambridge University
Dip.Ag. 1956, Cambridge University

Honors

1955-1956 Coulthurst Scholar

1956-1957 King George VI Memorial Fellow

1956-1959 Cornell Scholar

1969 Elected Fellow of the American Statistical Association

1966-1976 NIH Career Development Awardee

1973-1974 John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Fellow

1977-1979 NIMH Research Scientist Awardee

1979-1980 Awardee Macy Fellowship(declined)

1992 Hoch Award From the American Psychopathological Association

1994 Wick R. Williams Memorial Award from the Fox Chase Cancer Center

1995 Leadership Award from the International Genetic Epidemiology Society

1996 William Allan Award from American Society of Human Genetics

1997 President of the International Genetic Epidemiology Society

1998 NIH Merit (Methods to Extend Research in Time) Award

2000 Lead invited speaker at the Grand Opening of the new Sir Henry Wellcome Building of Genomic Medicine Oxford Univeristy

2001 Elected Fellow of the Institute of Mathematical Statistics

2004 Marvin Zelen Leadership Award for Statistical Science, School of Public Health, Harvard University

Research Interests

Development of statistical methods for analyzing individual, family and pedigree data for the identification of genes that cause disease, implementing them in computer programs, and applying them in collaborative research with others who collect family data.

Courses Taught

EPBI 457: Genetic Linkage Analysis
EPBI 472: Special Topics in Statistical Genetics
EPBI 480: Introduction to Mathematical Statistics

Professional Memberships

International Biometric Society (1957-)
American Statistical Association (Elected Fellow 1969, 1960- )
American Society of Human Genetics (1961- )
Royal Statistical Society (1962- )
American Journal of Human Genetics (Editorial Board, 1977-1982)
Genetic Epidemiology (Editorial Board, 1984-1996)
Institute of Mathematical Statistics (1986- )
Genetics Selection Evolution (International Advisory Board, 1992-1997)
International Genetic Epidemiology Society (President 1997, 1991- )

Publications

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