Biomathematics

Biomathematics Faculty

See also Systems and Integrative Biology Training Grant

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.

Steven Piantadosi  [e-mail]

Professor

Ph.D. (biomathematics), M.I.T., 1982; M.D., North Carolina, 1977

Clinical trials methodology, adaptive designs, translational and dose-finding studies in cancer.

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.

Van M. Savage [www] [e-mail]

Assistant Professor

Ph.D. (physics), Washington (St. Louis), 2001.

Physiological models of vascular systems, sleep, tumor growth; allometric scaling; ecological interactions and biodiversity.

Janet S. Sinsheimer [www] [e-mail]

Professor

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

Statistical models of molecular evolution and genetics.

Marc Suchard [www] [e-mail]

Associate Professor

Ph.D. (biomathematics), UCLA, 2002

Evolutionary reconstruction, sequence analysis, medical time series and biocomputing

Professors Emeriti

Robert I. Jennrich [www] [e-mail]

Professor Emeritus

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

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

Carol M. Newton  [e-mail]

Professor Emeritus

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)

Lecturer

Jeffrey Gornbein [www] [e-mail]

Lecturer

DrPH (biostatistics), UCLA, 1987.

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