Design and Analysis of Experiments in the Health Sciences

GERALD VAN BELLE, PhD, is Professor Emeritus in the Departments of Biostatistics and Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences at the University of Washington. A Fellow of the American Statistical Association and the American Association for the Advancement of Science, he has published more than 140 articles in the areas of experimental design and data characterization as well as analysis with application to neurodegenerative diseases, effects of air pollution on health and toxicology, and clinical trials in resuscitation outcomes research.

KATHLEEN F. KERR, PhD, is Associate Professor of Biostatistics at the University of Washington. A former Burroughs Wellcome postdoctoral fellow in mathematics and molecular biology, Dr. Kerr currently serves as associate editor of PLoS Genetics and Statistical Applications in Genetics and Molecular Biology. Her research interests include gene expression microarrays, statistical genetics, experimental design, and biomarker research.