Biography:Janet Sinsheimer
Janet Suzanne Sinsheimer (August 28, 1957 – March 14, 2023)[1][2] was an American expert in statistical genetics who worked as a professor of human genetics, biomathematics and biostatistics in the Fielding School of Public Health at the University of California, Los Angeles.[3] Topics in her research included genome-wide association studies, epigenetics, and Bayesian methods for phylogenetics.
Early life
Sinsheimer was born in Montclair, New Jersey in 1957.[2]
Education
Sinsheimer graduated from Brown University in 1979, majoring in chemistry. She earned a master's degree in biochemistry in 1985 from Brandeis University, a second master's degree in biomathematics in 1988 from the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), and a Ph.D. in biomathematics in 1994 from UCLA.[3] Her dissertation, Extensions to Evolutionary Parsimony, concerned phylogeny (the inference of evolutionary trees), and was jointly supervised by evolutionary biologist James A. Lake and biostatistician Roderick J. A. Little.[4]
Recognition
Sinsheimer became a Fellow of the American Statistical Association in 2013.[5] The Linnean Society of London elected her as a fellow in 2014.[6] In 2017 the Boston University Department of Biostatistics gave her the L. Adrienne Cupples Award for Excellence in Teaching, Research, and Service in Biostatistics.[7]
References
- ↑ In Memoriam: Janet Suzanne Sinsheimer, April 5, 2023, https://www.wiareport.com/2023/04/in-memoriam-janet-suzanne-sinsheimer/, retrieved 2023-08-17
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 https://obituaries.neptunesociety.com/obituaries/sherman-oaks-ca/janet-sinsheimer-11213027
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Janet Sinsheimer", Faculty Directory (UCLA Fielding School of Public Health), https://ph.ucla.edu/faculty/sinsheimer, retrieved 2020-06-06
- ↑ Janet Sinsheimer at the Mathematics Genealogy Project
- ↑ "Many Honored at Presidential Address, Awards Ceremony", AmStat News: 20–22, October 2013, https://magazine.amstat.org/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/Amst_October2013.pdf
- ↑ "Fellows Elected 2014", Annual Report 2014 (Linnean Society): pp. 43–44, https://ca1-tls.edcdn.com/documents/annual-report-2014-final-web.pdf?mtime=20160205105855
- ↑ L. Adrienne Cupples Award Presented to UCLA Professor, Boston University School of Public Health, April 28, 2017, https://www.bu.edu/sph/2017/04/28/l-adrienne-cupples-award-presented-to-ucla-professor/, retrieved 2020-06-06
External links
- Janet Sinsheimer publications indexed by Google Scholar
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