Sander Greenland, Ph.D.
The International Biometric Society is pleased to announce that the IBC2024 keynote speaker will be Sander Greenland, Emeritus Professor of Epidemiology and Statistics at the University of California, Los Angeles.
"We are honored to have Dr. Greenland agree to serve as our keynote speaker for the 2024 IBC. I particularly look forward to his thoughts on the proper use of statistical methods in observational studies," said IBC Executive Director Peter Doherty.
Bio: Dr. Greenland received Bachelor's and Master's degrees in Mathematics and Master's and Doctoral degrees in Epidemiology from the University of California. As a leading contributor to epidemiologic theory and methodology, his focus has been the limitations and misuse of statistical methods in observational studies. He has authored or co-authored dozens of book chapters and over 400 articles, in epidemiology, statistics, and medical journals, and co-authored the textbook Modern Epidemiology 2nd and 3rd edn. He has served on the editorial boards of numerous journals, and as an advisor to many agencies including the Food and Drug Administration, the Environmental Protection Agency, the Centers for Disease Control, the State of California, the National Academy of Sciences, and the World Health Organization. He is a Fellow of the American Statistical Association and of the Royal Statistical Society, and has been an invited speaker at universities and conferences in statistics and epidemiology throughout the world. He has received honors from the Albert Einstein Medical College, the University of Aarhus Medical School, and the Food and Drug Administration for his work on statistical and epidemiologic methods for drug and device safety evaluation.