Ian Ford
Ian Ford | |
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| Personal details | |
| Born | Glasgow, Scotland |
| Occupation | Biostatistician |
Ian Ford is a Scottish doctor who is a professor of biostatistics and a director of the Robertson Centre for Biostatistics, and a former Dean of Faculty of Information and Mathematical Sciences, at the University of Glasgow.
Biography
[edit]Ford was born in Glasgow and educated at the former Hamilton Academy. He studied at the University of Glasgow, graduating with a BSc and in 1976, was awarded a PhD in Statistics. From 1976-77, he was visiting Lecturer to the University of Wisconsin-Madison and since then successively Lecturer, Senior Lecturer, Reader, Personal Professor and Professor at the University of Glasgow.[1] He is the first holder of the Chair of Biostatistics at the University.[2]
Ford has been the Director of the Robertson Centre for Biostatistics since 1991[3] and Director of the Glasgow Clinical Trials Unit. He is also a member of the editorial boards for the international journals, Statistical Methods for Medical Research;[4] Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice [5] and Public Library of Science Medicine.[6][7] He has written numerous papers.[8][9][10]
In 1999, Ford was elected Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh.[11] He is also a Fellow of both the International Statistical Institute and the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow.[12] A member of the Cholesterol Triallists Collaboration and the Fibrinogen Studies Collaboration, Ford is also a member of the American Statistical Association; Statisticians in the Pharmaceutical Industry; the Drug Information Association; the Royal Statistical Society; and the International Society for Clinical Biostatistics.[13]
From 2000–04, Ford served as Dean of the Faculty of Information and Mathematical Sciences, University of Glasgow..[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b Frost’s Scottish Who’s Who – Ian Ford Archived 19 June 2011 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 28 October 2010
- ^ University of Glasgow Story, Universitystory.gla.ac.uk Retrieved 28 October 2010
- ^ Robertson Centre for Biostatics - staff list, Rcb.gla.ac.uk, Retrieved 28 October 2010
- ^ Publication information - journal, 'Statistical Methods for Medical Research, Sagepub.com, Retrieved 28 October 2010
- ^ Publication information - International 'Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice', Wiley.com, Retrieved 28 October 2010
- ^ Public Library of Science Medicine - international editorial board members, Plosmedicine.org, Retrieved 28 October 2010
- ^ Public Library of Science Medicine Papers and Reports by Prof. Ian Ford, Plosmedicine.org, Retrieved 28 October 2010
- ^ Systolic Heart Failure Treatment Trial Study – co-author, Prof. Ian Ford, Shift-study.comn Retrieved 28 October 2010
- ^ Evening Times newspaper article, release of Report, co-authored by Ian Ford, Eveningtimes.co.uk, Retrieved 28 October 2010
- ^ The New England Journal of Medicine, U.S.A. - Papers and Reports by Iain Ford, Nejm.org, Retrieved 28 October 2010
- ^ Royal Society of Edinburgh - List of Fellows Archived 27 June 2004 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 28 October 2010
- ^ Scottish Health Informatics Programme – biography, Ian Ford, Scot-ship.ac.uk, Retrieved 28 October 2010
- ^ Healthcare registry, Clarify-registry.com, Retrieved 2 November 2010
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- 20th-century British mathematicians
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- Academics of the University of Glasgow
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- Biostatisticians
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- People educated at Hamilton Academy
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