Associate Professor
Department of Biostatistics
Emory University School of Medicine
Jeanne Kowalski, PhD, is an associate professor in Biostatistics in the Rollins School of Public Health at Emory University. She is the director of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics at the Winship Cancer Institute of Emory University. In this interview Dr. Kowalski talks with us about the importance of statistics in the design of clinical trials, interpreting clinical trial results and using genomic information to study cancer drug effectiveness.
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About Dr. Kowalski
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How did you first become interested in research?
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On what cancers do you work?
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What are biostatistics?
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How are biostatistics used in cancer research?
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How does the size of a clinical trial affect how you can interpret the results?
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How do the differences between individual patients influence trial results?
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How should the public evaluate clinical trial results?
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What is a biomarker and how can clinical trials be used to study them?
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What is the impact of this work on patient treatments/outcomes?
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Do biostatistics help patients get more personalized care?
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Do you involve students in your research?
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