Ross L. Prentice | |
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| Born | (1946-10-16)October 16, 1946 (age 79) Epsom, Ontario, Canada[2] |
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| Fields | Biostatistics,epidemiology |
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| Thesis | Dilution, bio-assay, discrete reaction, and the structural model (1970) |
| Doctoral advisor | Donald A. S. Fraser |
| Doctoral students | Sharon Xiangwen Xie[1] |
Ross Laverne Prentice[1] (born October 16, 1946)[3] is a Canadian statistician known particularly for his contributions tosurvival analysis and statistical methods forepidemiology.[4] Since 1974, he has worked at theFred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center and is also a professor ofbiostatistics at theUniversity of Washington School of Public Health.[5]
Prentice studied mathematics at theUniversity of Waterloo from where he graduated in 1967, then obtained an MSc and PhD in statistics from theUniversity of Toronto. He taught at the University of Waterloo before moving to the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center in 1974.[5]
Prentice proposed thecase-cohort design in 1986.[4][6] His most cited statistical paper, published in 1989, concerns a criterion for the valid use ofsurrogate endpoints.[4][7] He was one of the leaders of the Clinical Coordinating Center of theWomen's Health Initiative from its beginning in 1993.[4][5]
Prentice received theCOPSS Presidents' Award in 1986[8] and theR. A. Fisher Lectureship in 2008, for which the citation read:[9]
For fundamental contributions to the theory and practice of statistical science; for his influential and innovative research in the areas of survival analysis, life history processes,case-control andcohort studies; and for his influential role in the conception, design, and implementation of the Women's Health Initiative.
