Philip W. Lavori

Professor of Biomedical Data Science, Emeritus

Academic Appointments

Emeritus Faculty, Acad Council, Biomedical Data Science
Member, Bio-X
Member, Cardiovascular Institute
Member, Stanford Cancer Institute

Administrative Appointments

Vice Chair, Department of Biomedical Data Science (2015 - 2017)
Co-Director, Spectrum (home of NIH Clinical and Translational Science Award) (2008 - 2018)
Director Biostatistics, Epidemiology and Study Design Program, Spectrum (2008 - 2018)
Chair, Dept. of Health Research and Policy (2005 - 2015)
Director, Biostatistics and Research Informatics Shared Resource, Stanford Comprehensive Cancer Center (2004 - 2017)
Acting Director, Veterans Affairs Cooperative Studies Program (National HQ) (2002 - 2004)
Director, Veterans Affairs Cooperative Studies Program Coordinating Center, Palo Alto (1992 - 2005)

Honors & Awards

Leadership Award, Department of Veterans Affairs Research and Development Office (2002-2004)
Harvard Award in Psychiatric Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Harvard School of Public Health (2011)

Professional Education

PhD, Cornell University, Mathematics (1974)
MA, Cornell University, Mathematics (1972)

Current Research and Scholarly Interests

Biostatistics, clinical trials, longitudinal studies, casual inference from observational studies, genetic tissue banking, informed consent. Trial designs for dynamic (adaptive) treatment regimes, psychiatric research, cancer.

2022-23 Courses

Independent Studies
- Medical Scholars Research
  HRP 370 (Win, Spr)
- Undergraduate Research
  HRP 199 (Win, Spr)

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Philip W. Lavori

Professor of Biomedical Data Science, Emeritus

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