Jeffrey T. Leek | |
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Education | Utah State University (B.S.) University of Washington (Ph.D., M.S.) |
Known for | Biostatistics and Data Science |
Awards | COPSS Presidents' Award |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Biostatistics |
Institutions | Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center |
Doctoral advisor | John D. Storey |
Doctoral students | Hilary S. Parker |
Jeffrey Tullis Leek is an American biostatistician and data scientist working as a Vice President, Chief Data Officer, and Professor at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center.[1][2] He is an author of the Simply Statistics blog, and runs several online courses through Coursera, as part of their Data Science Specialization.[3][4][5] His most popular course is The Data Scientist's Toolbox,[6] which he instructed along with Roger Peng and Brian Caffo. Leek is best known for his contributions to genomic data analysis and critical view of research and the accuracy of popular statistical methods.