Faculty

See also affiliated faculty at the Systems and Integrative Biology Training Program.

Chou - {position}

Tom Chou

  • Homepage Biomath profile, Personal homepage
  • Position

    Professor

  • Appts

    Dept. of Mathematics

  • Email

    tomchou [at] ucla.edu

  • Degree

    PhD (Physics), Harvard

  • Expertise

    Stochastic processes, theoretical biophysics, transport, viral entry and dynamics

Elashoff - {position}

Robert M. Elashoff

  • Homepage Biomath profile, Personal homepage
  • Position

    Professor

  • Email

    relashof [at] biomath.medsch.ucla.edu

  • Degree

    PhD (Statistics), Harvard 1963

  • Expertise

    Markov renewal models in survival analysis, random coefficient regression models.

Huang - {position}

Henry Huang

  • Homepage Biomath profile, Personal homepage
  • Position

    Professor

  • Email

    hhuang [at] mednet.ucla.edu

  • Degree

    DSc (Electrical Engineering), Washington (St. Louis), 1973

  • Expertise

    Positron emission computed tomography and physiological modeling.

Landaw - {position}

Elliot M. Landaw

  • Homepage Biomath profile
  • Position

    Professor

  • Email

    elandaw [at] biomath.ucla.edu

  • Degree

    PhD (Biomathematics), UCLA, 1980; MD, University of Chicago, 1972

  • Expertise

    Kinetic analysis, binding studies, nonlinear estimation, and optimization in pharmacokinetics/pharmacodynamics (PK/PD) and compartmental modeling; clinical applications in experimental design, PK analysis, and optimization/ individualization of therapeutic regimens.

Lange - {position}

Kenneth L. Lange

  • Homepage Biomath profile, Personal homepage
  • Position

    Professor

  • Email

    klange [at] ucla.edu

  • Degree

    PhD (Mathematics), MIT, 1971

  • Expertise

    Statistical and mathematical methods for human genetics and population growth, image reconstruction algorithms.

Phelps - {position}

Michael E. Phelps

  • Homepage Biomath profile, Personal homepage
  • Position

    Professor

  • Email

    mphelps [at] mednet.ucla.edu

  • Degree

    PhD (Nuclear Chemistry), Washington (St. Louis), 1970

  • Expertise

    Positron emission tomography (PET), tracer kinetic modeling of biochemical and pharmacokinetic processes; biological imaging of human disease.

Piantadosi - {position}

Steven Piantadosi

  • Homepage Biomath profile
  • Position

    Professor

  • Degree

    PhD (Biomathematics), University of Alabama, 1982; MD, North Carolina, 1977

  • Expertise

    Clinical trials methodology, adaptive designs, translational and dose-finding studies in cancer.

Savage - {position}

Van M. Savage

  • Homepage Biomath profile, Personal homepage
  • Position

    Assistant Professor

  • Email

    vsavage [at] ucla.edu

  • Degree

    PhD (Physics), Washington (St. Louis), 2001

  • Expertise

    Physiological models of vascular systems, sleep, tumor growth; allometric scaling; ecological interactions and biodiversity

Sinsheimer - {position}

Janet S. Sinsheimer

  • Homepage Biomath profile, Personal homepage
  • Position

    Professor

  • Email

    janet@mednet.ucla.edu

  • Degree

    PhD (Biomathematics), UCLA, 1994

  • Expertise

    Statistical models of molecular evolution and genetics.

Suchard - {position}

Marc Suchard

  • Homepage Biomath profile, Personal homepage
  • Position

    Professor

  • Email

    msuchard [at] ucla.edu

  • Degree

    PhD (Biomathematics), UCLA, 2002; MD UCLA 2004

  • Expertise

    Evolutionary reconstruction, sequence analysis, medical time series and biocomputing.

Lecturers

Gornbein - {position}

Jeffrey Gornbein

  • Homepage

    http://gornbein.bol.ucla.edu/

  • Position

    Lecturer

  • Email

    gornbein [at] ucla.edu

  • Degree

    DrPH (biostatistics), UCLA, 1987

  • Expertise

    Repeated measure analysis, clinical trial design, receptor binding models, survival analysis.

Professors Emeriti

Afifi - {position}

Abdelmonem A. Afifi

  • Homepage

    http://www.biostat.ucla.edu/Directory/afifi

  • Position

    Professor Emeritus

  • Email

    afifi [at] ucla.edu

  • Degree

    PhD (Statistics), Berkeley 1965

  • Expertise

    Multivariate statistical analysis, with applications to biomedical and public health problems.

Jennrich - {position}

Robert I. Jennrich

  • Homepage

    http://www.stat.ucla.edu/~rij/

  • Position

    Professor Emeritus

  • Email

    rij@math.ucla.edu

  • Degree

    PhD (Mathematics), UCLA, 1960.

  • Expertise

    Statistical methodology, computational algorithms, nonlinear regression, factor analysis, compartment analysis.

Newton - {position}

Carol M. Newton

  • Position

    Professor Emeritus

  • Email

    cnewton@biomath.ucla.edu

  • Degree

    PhD (Physics and Mathematics), Stanford, 1956; MD, Chicago, 1960.

  • Expertise

    Simulation; cellular models for hematopoiesis, cancer treatment strategies, optimization; interactive graphics for modeling; model-based exploration of complex data structures (pedigrees)