Dissertation Title: New Models for Reliability growth and Associated Inferences. Dissertation Advisor: K Bhattacharyya 1987 M. Stat., Statistics, Indian Statistical Institute, Calcutta, 1985 B. Stat. (Hons.) Statistics, Indian Statistical Institute, Calcutta, India. ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS 2014 – present Research Professor, Department of Family Medicine, University of Michigan Ann Michigan. 2014 – present Research Professor, Department of Biostatistics, University of Michigan Ann Arbor, Michigan. 2010 – 2014 Research Associate Professor, Department of Family Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan. 2011 – 2014 Research Associate Professor, Department of Biostatistics, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan. 2003 – 2010 Associate Research Scientist, Center for Statistical Consultation and Research, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan. 2003 – present Adjunct Associate Professor, Department of Statistics, University of Michigan Ann Arbor, Michigan. 1999 – 2003 Associate Professor (tenured), Department of Mathematics and Statistics, Oakland University, Rochester, Michigan. 1993 – 1999 Assistant Professor, Department of Mathematics and Statistics, Oakland University, Rochester, Michigan. ADMINISTRATIVE APPOINTMENTS 2012 – present Director, Biostatistics & Informatics Core, GI SPORE University of Michigan Ann Arbor, Michigan. RESEARCH INTERESTS Recurrent event data in medical and engineering applications Analysis of competing risks survival data Trial.
1993 – 2003 Consulting, Department of Biological Sciences, Oakland University Rochester, Michigan. 1993 – 2003 Consulting, Ford Company, Dearborn, Michigan. 1992 – 1993 Consulting, Department of Radiology and Radiation Oncology, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin. Conference Organization 2015 Vice Chair, Organizing Committee, 60th World Statistics Congress ISI 2015 July 26-31, 2015, Rio De Janeiro, Brazil. 2012 Member, Organizing Committee, International Symposium for Business and Industrial Statistics (ISBIS), June 17-21, 2012. Bangkok, Thailand. Other Organizational and Volunteer Service 2010-present Judge, Family Medicine Research Day, Howell, Michigan 2007 Organizer, Invited Session on Reliability and Life-testing, Statistical Meeting and International Conference on Statistics, Probability and Related Areas Cochin, India. 2002 Organizer, Invited Session on Bayesian Statistics, Fourth Biennial International Conference on Statistics, Probability and Related Areas, Dekalb, Illinois. 2002 Chair, Statistical Inference, Fourth Biennial International Conference on Statistics, Probability and Related Areas, Dekalb, Illinois. 2001 Organizer & Chair, Invited Session on Analysis of Recurrent Events/Repairable Systems, Fourth Canadian Conference in Applied Statistics, Montreal, Canada. Committee Service National 2011 – 2013 Panel Member, National Academy of Sciences; Theory and Application of Reliability Growth Modeling to Defense Systems. 2006 – 2015 Member, Data and Safety Monitoring Board, Project Title: Care: Reducing Cervical Cancer in Appalachia. College/University/Department 2015 – present Member, Advisory Committee on Promotion and Tenure, Department of Family Medicine, Medical School, University of Michigan.
2015 – present Member, Curriculum Committee, Department of Biostatistics, School of Public Health, University of Michigan 2015 – present Member, Advisory Committee on Academic Programs, School of Public Health, University of Michigan. 2010 – present Member, Data and Safety Monitoring Committee, Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of Michigan. 2007 – 2009 Member, Data and Safety Monitoring Project Title: A Phase I Study of the Effect of Ginger Root on Markers of Inflammation in Gut Mucosa. 2002 – 2003 Member, Oakland University Senate, Oakland University Rochester, Michigan. 2000 – 2002 Member, University Research Committee, Oakland University Rochester, Michigan. 2000 – 2002 Member, College of Arts and Sciences Assembly, Oakland University, Rochester, Michigan. 2000 – 2001 Seminar Committee, Department of Mathematics and Statistics,Oakland University, Rochester, Michigan. 1998 – 2000 Member, Academic Conduct Committee, Oakland University, Rochester, Michigan. 1997 – 2001 Member, Oakland University Senate, Oakland University, Rochester, Michigan. 1997 – 1998 Member, Graduate Committee, Department of Mathematics and Statistics Oakland University, Rochester, Michigan. 1997 – 1998 Member, Instructional Supervision Committee, Department of Mathematics and Statistics, Oakland University, Rochester, Michigan. 1995 – 1997 Member, Senate Teaching and Learning Committee, Oakland University, Rochester, Michigan. 1994 – 1997 Member, Steering Committee, Department of Mathematics and Statistics, Oakland University, Rochester, Michigan. 1994 – 1997 Chair, Scholarly Activities Committee, Department of Mathematics and Statistics, Oakland University, Rochester, Michigan. 1993 – 1994 Member, Undergraduate Programs Committee, Department of Mathematics and Statistics, Oakland University, Rochester, Michigan. TEACHING
Curriculum Development 2009 Workshop: Advanced Regression Analysis Using STATA. Center for Statistical Consultation and Research University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan Courses Taught 2012 – present Department of Biostatistics, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan Course: Applied Statistics 3: ANOVA and Linear Mixed Models (Biostatistics 653), Probability and Distribution Theory (Biostatistics 601). 2005 – present Department of Statistics, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan Courses: Design of Experiments (STA 570), Introduction to Probability and Statistics (STA 425), Reliability (STA 535/IOE 562). 2004 Department of Industrial and Operations Engineering University of Michigan, Ann Michigan Course: Statistics for Engineering Sciences (IOE 265). 1993 – 2003 Department of Mathematics and Statistics, Oakland University, Rochester, Michigan Courses: Mathematical Statistics, Theory of Reliability and Life-testing, Regression Analysis, Design of Experiments, Sample Survey, Nonparametric Methods and Applications, Principles of Statistics, Statistics for Engineers, Linear Algebra. 1993 – 2003 Ford Motor Company, Dearborn, Michigan Courses: Engineering Statistics, Theory of Reliability and Life-testing, Mathematical Statistics. 1992 – 1993 Department of Statistics, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin Course: Introductory Statistics for Engineers. Workshops and Special Lectures 2011 – present University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan Lecture: Statistics in Clinical Research Audience: Residents, Department of Family Medicine 2008 University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan Lecture: Statistics in Clinical Research, Two-part Grand Rounds Lecture Audience: Department of Pathology 2006 University of Michigan, Ann Michigan
“Recurrent Event Data under Competing Risks”, Joint Statistical Meetings, Denver, Colorado, August 2-7, 2008. “Bayesian Modeling of Recurrent Events with Dependent Censoring,” 25th International Biometric Conference, Federal University of Catarina, Florianopolis, Brazil, December 2010. “Bayesian Planning and Inference of a Progressively Censored Sample from Linear Hazard Rate Distribution,” Joint Statistical Meetings, San Diego, California, July 28-Aug 2, 2012. “Shrinkage in Reduced-rank Regression: An application in Non-Hodgkins Lymphoma,” Joint Statistical Meetings, Chicago, Illinois, July 30-Aug 4, 2016.