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Robert C. Elston, Ph.D. Professor & Chair Amasa B. Ford, MD Professor of Geriatric Medicine Distinguished University Professor Office: Wolstein Research Bldg., Rm 1304 Phone: (216) 368-5630 E-mail:
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- Education
- Ph.D. 1959, Cornell University
M.A. 1957, Cambridge University
Dip.Ag. 1956 Cambridge University
- Research Interests
- Development of statistical methods for analyzing individual, family and pedigree data for the identification of genes that cause disease, implementing them in computer programs, and applying them in collaborative research with others who collect family data.
- Honors
- 1955-1956 Coulthurst Scholar
1956-1957 King George VI Memorial Fellow
1956-1959 Cornell Scholar
1969 Elected Fellow of the American Statistical Association
1966-1976 NIH Career Development Awardee
1973-1974 John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Fellow
1977-1979 NIMH Research Scientist Awardee
1979-1980 Awardee Macy Fellowship(declined)
1992 Hoch Award From the American Psychopathological Association
1994 Wick R. Williams Memorial Award from the Fox Chase Cancer Center
1995 Leadership Award from the International Genetic Epidemiology Society
1996 William Allan Award from American Society of Human Genetics
1997 President of the International Genetic Epidemiology Society
1998 NIH Merit (Methods to Extend Research in Time) Award
2000 Lead invited speaker at the Grand Opening of the new Sir Henry Wellcome Building of Genomic Medicine Oxford Univeristy
2001 Elected Fellow of the Institute of Mathematical Statistics - 2002 International Genetic Epidemiology Society, Special Tribute to Robert C. Elston on the occasion of his 70th birthday
- 2003 Inaugural Visiting Professor in Visiting Professorship Program Clinical Genomics at Mayo Clinic
- 2003 July-August issue of human Heredity dedicated to the 30th Anniversary of: Elston RC, Haseman JK. The investigation
- of linkage between a quantitative trait and a marker locus; Behav Genet 1972; 2:3-19.
- 2004 Bernard G. Greenberg, Distinguished Lecturer, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Department of Biostatistics
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2004 Marvin Zelen Leadership Award for Statistical Science, School of Public Health, Harvard University - 2006 Elected Fellow of the Ohio Academy of Science
- 2007 John H. Blaffer Visiting Professor Award, University of Texas, MD Anderson Cancer Center
- 2007 Excellence in Human Genetics Education Award, American Society of Human Genetics
- Courses Taught
- EPBI 457: Genetic Linkage Analysis
EPBI 472: Special Topics in Statistical Genetics
EPBI 480: Introduction to Mathematical Statistics
- Professional Memberships
- International Biometric Society (1957-)
American Statistical Association (Elected Fellow 1969, 1960- )
American Society of Human Genetics (1961- )
Royal Statistical Society (1962- )
American Journal of Human Genetics (Editorial Board, 1977-1982)
Genetic Epidemiology (Editorial Board, 1984-1996)
Institute of Mathematical Statistics (1986- )
Genetics Selection Evolution (International Advisory Board, 1992-1997)
International Genetic Epidemiology Society (President 1997, 1991- )
- Publications
- Link To Publications
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