Robert Tibshirani

Professor of Biomedical Data Science and of Statistics

Bio

Robert Tibshirani's main interests are in applied statistics, biostatistics, and data mining. He is co-author of the books "Generalized Additive Models" (with Trevor Hastie, Stanford), "An Introduction to the Bootstrap" (with Brad Efron, Stanford), and "Elements of Statistical Learning" (with Trevor Hastie and Jerry Friedman, Stanford). His current research focuses on problems in biology and genomics, medicine, and industry. With Stanford collaborator Balasubramanian Narasimhan, he also develops software packages for genomics and proteomics.

Academic Appointments

Professor, Biomedical Data Science
Professor, Statistics
Member, Bio-X
Member, Maternal & Child Health Research Institute (MCHRI)
Member, Stanford Cancer Institute

Administrative Appointments

Professor, Department of Biomedical Data Science and Department of Statistics, Stanford University (2015 - Present)
Professor, Department of Health Research and Policy and Department of Statistics, Stanford University (1998 - 2015)
Professor, Department of Public Health Sciences and Department of Statistics, University of Toronto (1994 - 1998)
Associate Professor, Department of Statistics, University of Toronto (1989 - 1994)
Associate Professor, Department of Preventive Medicine and Biostatistics, University of Toronto (1989 - 1994)
Assistant Professor, Department of Statistics, University of Toronto (1985 - 1989)
Assistant Professor, Department of Preventive Medicine and Biostatistics, University of Toronto (1985 - 1989)

Honors & Awards

Doctor Honoris Causa, University of Waterloo (2018)
Elected Member, National Academy of Sciences (2012)
Gold Medal, Statistical Society of Canada (2012)
Alumni Achievement Award, University of Waterloo (2006)
Fellow, Royal Society of Canada (2001)
CRM-SSC Prize in Statistics, Statistical Society of Canada (2000)
E.W. Steacie Memorial Fellowship, Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (1997)
President's Award, Committee of Presidents of Statistical Societies (1996)
Guggenheim Fellowship, J. Guggenheim Foundation (1994)
Fellow, Institute of Mathematical Statistics (1993)
Fellow, American Statistical Association (1992)

Boards, Advisory Committees, Professional Organizations

Associate Editor, Annals of Applied Statistics (2006 - Present)
Associate Editor, PLoS Biology (2001 - 2004)
Member, Screening Panel, National Science Foundation (1999 - 1999)
Associate Editor, Annals of Statistics (1998 - Present)
Associate Editor, Statistical Science (1995 - Present)
Chair, Committee on Computerization, Institute of Mathematical Statistics (1995 - Present)
Associate Editor, Canadian Journal of Statistics (1995 - 1997)
Program Chair, Statistical Computing, American Statistical Association (1995 - 1996)
Annual Meeting Program Chair, Statistical Society of Canada (1994 - 1994)
Series Editor, Computing and Graphics Monographs, Chapman & Hall (1994 - 1994)
Council Member, Institute of Mathematical Statistics (1991 - 1994)
Member, Statistical Sciences Grant Selection Committee, Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (1989 - 1993)
Associate Editor, Canadian Journal of Statistics (1988 - 1991)
Associate Editor, Theory and Methods, Journal of the American Statistical Association (1986 - 1995)

Professional Education

B.Math., University of Waterloo, Statistics and Computer Science (1979)
M.Sc., University of Toronto, Statistics (1980)
Ph.D., Stanford University, Statistics (1984)

2023-24 Courses

Literature of Statistics
STATS 319 (Win)

Independent Studies
- Biomedical Informatics Teaching Methods
  BIOMEDIN 290 (Aut, Win, Spr, Sum)
- Directed Reading and Research
  BIODS 299 (Aut, Win, Spr, Sum)
- Directed Reading and Research
  BIOMEDIN 299 (Aut, Win, Spr, Sum)
- Graduate Research
  IMMUNOL 399 (Aut, Win, Spr, Sum)
- Independent Study
  STATS 199 (Win, Spr)
- Independent Study
  STATS 299 (Aut, Win, Spr, Sum)
- Industrial Research for Statisticians
  STATS 398 (Aut, Win, Spr, Sum)
- Medical Scholars Research
  BIOMEDIN 370 (Aut, Win, Spr, Sum)
- Medical Scholars Research
  HRP 370 (Aut, Win, Spr)
- Research
  STATS 399 (Aut, Win, Spr, Sum)

Prior Year Courses

Stanford Advisees

Doctoral Dissertation Reader (AC)
Fang Cai, Camilo Espinosa Bernal, Sophia Lu, Maxim Zaslavsky
Doctoral (Program)
Gautam Machiraju, Gowri Nayar, Betty Xiong

Graduate and Fellowship Programs

Biomedical Informatics (Phd Program)
Immunology (Phd Program)

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