Jeffrey T. Leek | |
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.jpg) Jeffrey Leek in 2017 | |
| 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.
- ^ "Dr. Jeffrey Leek named VP and Chief Data Officer". 11 January 2022.
- ^ "Jeff Leek, Ph.D." Fred Hutch. Retrieved 2023-02-19.
- ^ "About". Simply Statistics.
- ^ Diane Peters (2018-02-22). "MOOCs are not dead, but evolving". University Affairs.
- ^ Steven Salzberg (2015-04-13). "How Disruptive Are MOOCs? Hopkins Genomics MOOC Launches In June". Forbes.
- ^ "Coursera - Data Scientists Toolbox".