Janet Wittes

Janet Turk Wittes is an American biostatistician and entrepreneur, known for her work on statistical issues in clinical trials.[1] She is the former chief of statistics at the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute. One of her three children is Benjamin Wittes, legal and national security journalist.[2]

Janet Turk Wittes
NationalityAmerican
Alma materRadcliffe College, 1964
Harvard University, MA, PhD 1970
SpouseRobert E. Wittes
Children3
Scientific career
InstitutionsHunter College
National Cancer Institute
Department of Veterans Affairs
National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute
Statistics Collaborative
Doctoral advisorTheodore Colton
  1. ^ "Celebrating Women in Statistics -- Janet Wittes". Amstat News -- American Statistical Association. 2020-03-01.
  2. ^ Wittes, Benjamin (2020-04-21). "The Lawfare Podcast: Mom and Dad Talk Clinical Trials in a Pandemic". The Lawfare Institute. Retrieved 2024-08-31.