Biomathematics

Biomathematics Faculty

Professors

Abdelmonem A. Afifi [www] [e-mail]

Professor

Ph.D. (statistics), Berkeley, 1965.

Multivariate statistical analysis, with applications to biomedical and public health problems.

Thomas Chou [www] [e-mail]

Associate Professor

Ph.D. (Physics), Harvard, 1995.

  • Statistical thermodynamics of membrane bending-mediated protein-protein attractions (2001)
  • Entropy-driven pumping in zeolites and ion channels (1999)

Membrane mechanics, transport, molecular motors, biophysics.

Robert M. Elashoff [www] [e-mail]

Professor

Ph.D. (statistics), Harvard, 1963.

Markov renewal models in survival analysis, random coefficient regression models.

Eli Engel

Adjunct Associate Professor

M.D., Buffalo, 1951; Ph.D. (physiology), UCLA, 1975.

Mechanisms for acid neutralization in gastric mucus, facilitated transport of oxygen, theory of intracellular microelectrodes.

Henry Huang [www] [e-mail]

Professor

D.Sc. (electrical eng.), Washington (St. Louis), 1973.

Positron emission computed tomography and physiological modeling.

Elliot M. Landaw  [e-mail]

Professor

Ph.D. (Biomathematics), UCLA, 1980; M.D. (Medicine), University of Chicago, 1972; B.A. (Biological Sciences), Rutgers University, 1968.

Identifiability and optimal experiment design for compartmental models; nonlinear regression; modeling/estimation applications in pharmacokinetics, ligand-receptor analysis, transport, and pediatrics.

Kenneth L. Lange [www] [e-mail]

Professor

Ph.D. (mathematics), MIT, 1971.

Statistical and mathematical methods for human genetics and population growth, image reconstruction algorithms.

Carol M. Newton  [e-mail]

Professor

Ph.D. (physics and mathematics), Stanford, 1956; M.D., Chicago, 1960.

Simulation; cellular models for hematopoiesis, cancer treatment strategies, optimization; interactive graphics for modeling; model-based exploration of complex data structures (pedigrees)

Michael E. Phelps [www] [e-mail]

Professor

Ph.D. (nuclear chemistry), Washington (St. Louis), 1970

Positron emission tomography (PET), tracer kinetic modeling of biochemical and pharmacokinetic processes; biological imaging of human disease.

Janet S. Sinsheimer [www] [e-mail]

Professor

Ph.D. (biomathematics), UCLA, 1994.

Statistical models of molecular evolution and genetics.

Marc Suchard [www] [e-mail]

Assistant Professor

Ph.D. (biomathematics), UCLA, 2002

Evolutionary reconstruction, sequence analysis, medical time series and biocomputing

Professors Emeriti

Wilfrid J. Dixon

Professor Emeritus

Ph.D. (statistics), Princeton, 1944.

Statistical computation, statistical theory, biological applications, data analysis, psychiatric research.

Robert I. Jennrich [www] [e-mail]

Professor Emeritus

Ph.D. (mathematics), UCLA, 1960.

Statistical methodology, computational algorithms, nonlinear regression, factor analysis, compartment analysis.

Donald J. Jenden  [e-mail]

Professor Emeritus

M.B.,B.S. (pharmacology and therapeutics), Westminster (London), 1950.

Pharmacokinetic modeling, chemical pharmacology, analysis of GC/MS data, neuropharmacology.

Lecturer

Jeffrey Gornbein [www] [e-mail]

Lecturer

DrPH (biostatistics), UCLA, 1987.

Repeated measure analysis, clinical trial design, receptor binding models, survival analysis.