Isabel Elaine Allen | |
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Nationality | American |
Alma mater |
Skidmore College University of Evansville Cornell University ( PhD) |
Awards | Edward R. Murrow Award (2020) |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Statistics |
Institutions |
Isabel Elaine Allen is an American survey statistician and biostatistician who works in distance education, the theory of Likert scales, antibacterial treatments, and meta-analysis of medical trials. She is a professor of biostatistics and epidemiology at the University of California, San Francisco, [1] and a professor emeritus of statistics at Babson College. [2]
Allen majored in psychology at Skidmore College, graduating in 1970. She earned a master's degree in mathematics at the University of Evansville in 1975, and completed her Ph.D. in statistics at Cornell University in 1979. [3]
She took a faculty position at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania even before completing her doctorate, [3] and also held faculty positions at the Medical College of Pennsylvania [4] and Rutgers University prior to her position at Babson College. [2] She also taught at University of California, San Francisco. [1]
As well as her academic work, Allen has helped to found several companies, including the Quahog Research Group, ARIAD Pharmaceuticals, Pondview Associates, StatSystems, and Bay View Analytics. [4]
Allen was named a Fellow of the American Statistical Association in 2004. [5] She was the main statistical expert for an investigative journalism project concerning fair housing, "Long Island Divided", [6] which won the 2020 Edward R. Murrow Award of the Radio Television Digital News Association for a news documentary by a large digital news organization. [7]
Skidmore College gave her their Creative Thought Matters Award of Distinction award in 2015. [4]
Isabel Elaine Allen | |
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Nationality | American |
Alma mater |
Skidmore College University of Evansville Cornell University ( PhD) |
Awards | Edward R. Murrow Award (2020) |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Statistics |
Institutions |
Isabel Elaine Allen is an American survey statistician and biostatistician who works in distance education, the theory of Likert scales, antibacterial treatments, and meta-analysis of medical trials. She is a professor of biostatistics and epidemiology at the University of California, San Francisco, [1] and a professor emeritus of statistics at Babson College. [2]
Allen majored in psychology at Skidmore College, graduating in 1970. She earned a master's degree in mathematics at the University of Evansville in 1975, and completed her Ph.D. in statistics at Cornell University in 1979. [3]
She took a faculty position at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania even before completing her doctorate, [3] and also held faculty positions at the Medical College of Pennsylvania [4] and Rutgers University prior to her position at Babson College. [2] She also taught at University of California, San Francisco. [1]
As well as her academic work, Allen has helped to found several companies, including the Quahog Research Group, ARIAD Pharmaceuticals, Pondview Associates, StatSystems, and Bay View Analytics. [4]
Allen was named a Fellow of the American Statistical Association in 2004. [5] She was the main statistical expert for an investigative journalism project concerning fair housing, "Long Island Divided", [6] which won the 2020 Edward R. Murrow Award of the Radio Television Digital News Association for a news documentary by a large digital news organization. [7]
Skidmore College gave her their Creative Thought Matters Award of Distinction award in 2015. [4]