Summary
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]
Isabel Elaine Allen | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | Skidmore College University of Evansville Cornell University (PhD) |
| Awards | Edward R. Murrow Award (2020) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Statistics |
| Institutions | |
Education and career edit
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]
Recognition edit
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]
References edit
- ^ a b "Isabel Elaine Allen, PhD", UCSF Profiles, University of California, San Francisco, retrieved 2021-03-03
- ^ a b Isabel E. Allen, Professor Emeritus, Babson College, retrieved 2021-03-03
- ^ a b Allen, I. Elaine (September 1982), "The Pennsylvania Corporate Tax Model", Simulation, 39 (3): 75–80, doi:10.1177/003754978203900302, S2CID 62408748
- ^ a b c Alumni of Distinction, Skidmore College, 1 June 2015, retrieved 2021-03-03; see also attached profile.
- ^ ASA Fellows list, American Statistical Association, retrieved 2021-03-03
- ^ "How data was evaluated", Long Island Divided, Newsday, 17 November 2019, retrieved 2021-03-03
- ^ 2020 National Edward R. Murrow Award Winners, Radio Television Digital News Association, archived from the original on 2020-12-05, retrieved 2021-03-03
External links edit
- I. Elaine Allen on Twitter