The Center for Health Statistics (CHS) was established in 2001 at the University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC) to provide statistical research that would further scientific advances in the health sciences. The CHS moved to the University of Chicago in 2010. Under the direction of Professor Robert D. Gibbons, the Center quickly grew to include a faculty of 32 distinguished members covering statistical expertise in almost all areas of science.
In addition, we have a committed administrative and computer science team that works to support the numerous goals of the center.
For faculty members, if you would like your information updated, please use this form.
Center Director
Blum-Riese Professor of Biostatistics
Professor, Departments of Medicine and Public Health Sciences (Biostatistics)
Director, Center for Health Statistics
Faculty Associate, Department of Comparative Human Development
Founding Member, Committee on Quantitative Methods in Social, Behavioral and Health Sciences
The University of Chicago
5841 S. Maryland Avenue
MC 2007 office W260
Chicago, IL 60637
Phone: 773-834-8692
Fax: 773-702-1979
Email: rdg@uchicago.edu
Center Faculty
Research Associate Professor
Director of BECCA Lab
University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing
418 Curie Blvd
Rm #479 L
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Phone: 215-898-0570
Email: saryal@nursing.upenn.edu
Professor and Director
Center for Biostatistical Development
University of Illinois at Chicago
955 SPHPI
1603 W. Taylor St.
Phone: 312-413-8703
Email: sbasu@uic.edu
Professor of Psychiatry, Biostatistics and Bioengineering
Department of Psychiatry
Division of Epidemiology and Biostatistics
Department of Bioengineering
University of Illinois at Chicago
1601 W. Taylor St.
MC 912 Rm # 457
Chicago, IL 60612
Phone: 312-413-4455
Email: dbhaumik@uic.edu
Professor, Departments of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Preventive Medicine, and Medical Social Sciences
Northwestern University
Rubloff Building 10th Floor
750 N Lake Shore
Chicago IL 60611
Chicago, Illinois, 60611
Phone: 312-926-2323
Email: hendricks.brown@northwestern.edu
Professor of Education (and Psychology)
Co-director, CRESST
University of California, Los Angeles
Moore Hall 2022A, 405 Hilgard Avenue
Los Angeles, CA 90095–1521
Phone: 310-206-0583
Email: lcai@ucla.edu
Professor of Occupational Therapy, Medicine and Orthopaedic Surgery
Washington University in St. Louis
Phone: 314-747-7957
Email: chchang@northwestern.edu
Assistant Professor
Department of Medicine
University of Chicago
900 E57 St. KCBD Room 10152
Chicago, IL, 60637
Email: ishanu@uchicago.edu
http://zed.uchicago.edu/
Professor of Biostatistics
School of Public Health
University of Illinois at Chicago
1603 W. Taylor St.
Chicago, IL 60612
312-996-4762
Email: hychen@uic.edu
Assistant Professor
University of Colorado
Department of Health, Systems, Management & Policy
13001 E. 17th Place, B119
Bldg. 500, Rm E3312
Aurora, CO 80045
Phone: 303-724-4777
Email: marcelo.perraillon@cuanschutz.edu
Associate Professor of Biostatistics
Division of Epidemiology and Biostatistics
University of Illinois at Chicago, School of Public Health
1603 West Taylor Street, Room 950
Chicago, IL 60612-4336
Phone: 312-996-9841
Email: demirtas@uic.edu
Senior VP Technical Operations
Scientific Software International, Inc.
7383 N. Lincoln Avenue, Suite 100
Lincolnwood, IL 60712-1747
Email: sdutoit@ssicentral.com
Professor Emeritus of Biostatistics (in Psychiatry)
Departments of Psychiatry and Biostatistics,
Columbia University
Phone: 212-543-6157
Fax: 212-543-5599
Email: naihua.duan@columbia.edu
Professor of Statistics
Carnegie Mellon University
Department of Statistics
Baker Hall 229F
Pittsburgh, PA 15213
Phone: 412-268-8872
Email: joel@stat.cmu.edu
Professor of Biostatistics
Department of Public Health Sciences (MC2000)
Department of Medicine
The University of Chicago
Biological Sciences Division
5841 S. Maryland Ave., Room W254
Chicago, IL 60637
Phone: 773-702-0566
Fax: 773-702-1979
Email: hedeker@uchicago.edu
Website: https://hedeker-sites.uchicago.edu/
Professor
Department of Comparative Human Development and the College Committee on Education
The University of Chicago
1126 East 59th St.
Chicago, IL 60637
Phone: 773-702-9481
Email: ghong@uchicago.edu
Web: http://home.uchicago.edu/~ghong
Center for Medication Safety (VA MedSafe)
1st Avenue - 1 Blk N of Cermak Road
Building 37 Room 139
Hines, IL 60141
Phone: 708-786-7852
Fax: 708-786-7891
Email: khur@psych.uic.edu
Professor, Department of Statistics
University of Georgia
Phone: 706-542-0632
Email: nlazar@stat.uga.edu
Web: http://www.stat.uga.edu/people/faculty/nicole-lazar
Professor & Associate Dean, LAS
Mathematics, Statistics, and Computer Science
University of Illinois at Chicago
Office: 519 SEO
Phone: 312-996-4833
Email: dibyen@uic.edu
Associate Professor of Biostatistics
Columbia/ New York State Psychiatric Institute
Division of Biostatistics Unit 48
1051 Riverside Drive
New York, NY 10032
Phone: 212-543-5532
Email: smarcus@pi.cpmc.columbia.edu
Fannie Pritzker Professor
Department of Medicine
Department of Economics and the Harris School
of Public Policy Studies
The University of Chicago
5841 S. Maryland Ave., MC 5000
Chicago, IL 60637
Phone: 773-702-0836
Fax: 773-834-2238
Email: dmeltzer@medicine.bsd.uchicago.edu
Whipple V. N. Jones Professor of Statistics
Founding Editor-in-Chief of Harvard Data Science Review
Previous Dean of the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences
Harvard University
7th Floor, One Oxford Street
Cambridge, MA 02138
Phone: 617-495-1603
Fax: 617-495-1712
Email: meng@stat.harvard.edu
Professor of Health Care Policy (Biostatistics)
Department of Health Care Policy, Harvard Medical School
Professor, Department of Biostatistics,
Harvard School of Public Health
Phone: 617-432-3260
Fax: 617-432-0173
Email: sharon@hcp.med.harvard.edu
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Section of Pulmonary / Critical Care
UChicago Medicine
wparker@uchicago.edu
Lewis Sebring Distinguished Service Professor
Department of Sociology
The University of Chicago
1126 East 59th St., Room SS 418
Chicago, IL 60637
Phone: 773-834-1904
Email: sraudenb@uchicago.edu
Professor of Statistics
Department of Mathematics and Statistics
University of Maryland Baltimore County
Principal Researcher
Center for Statistical Research and Methodology
Phone: 301-763-3591
Email: anindya.roy@census.gov or anindya@umbc.edu
Professor of Information & Decision Sciences
Department of Information and Decision Sciences
M/C 294
College of Business Administration
University of Illinois at Chicago
601 S. Morgan Street
Chicago, IL 60607-7124
Phone: 312-996-2681
Fax: 312-413-0385
Email: slsclove@uic.edu
Web: http://www.uic.edu/~slsclove
Associate Professor of Biostatistics
Department of Preventive Medicine
Feinberg School of Medicine
Northwestern University
680 N. Lake Shore Drive, Suite 1400
Chicago, IL 60611
Phone: 312-908-9241
Email: siddique@northwestern.edu
Professor Emeritus, Department of Statistics
Former Chairman and Professor, Department of Health Studies
The University of Chicago
5841 South Maryland Avenue (MC 2007)
Chicago, IL 60637
Phone: 773-834-1242
Email: thisted@health.bsd.uchicago.edu
Web: http://health.bsd.uchicago.edu/thisted/
Associate Professor
Colleges of Medicine and Pharmacy, and Honors College
University of Illinois at Chicago
Phone: 312-996-8384
Fax: 312-996-7376
Email: viana@uic.edu
Web: http://tigger.uic.edu/~viana/
Administrative Team
Computer Science Team
Discerning Systems Inc.
Phone: 604-544-3748
Email: dave@discerningsystems.com
Discerning Systems Inc.
Phone: 604-544-3748
Email: monica@discerningsystems.com
Students, Post-Docs, and Recent Graduates
Post-Doctoral Research Fellow
Decision Analytics Associate Consultant
ZS
Assistant Professor of Biostatistics
University of Pittsburgh
jbwang@pitt.edu
Karolinska Institute
Assistant Professor, Department of Medical Epidemiology and Biostatistics
Phone: +46-(0)8-524 824 12
zheng.chang@ki.se