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Douglas G. Altman

British statistician (1948-2018) · United Kingdom · On the map · Died at 69

Douglas Graham Altman FMedSci was an English statistician best known for his work on improving the reliability and reporting of medical research and for highly cited papers on statistical methodology.

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BMJ Lifetime Achievement Award2015
Fellow of the Academy of Medical Sciences2011
Fellow of the Royal Statistical Society

About this person

He was professor of statistics in medicine at the University of Oxford, founder and Director of Centre for Statistics in Medicine and Cancer Research UK Medical Statistics Group, and co-founder of the international Equator Network for health research reliability.

Country
United Kingdom
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1948 to 2018 · aged 69