Paul R. Rosenbaum Faculty Profile

Paul R. Rosenbaum
Robert G. Putzel Professor; Professor of Statistics

PhD, Harvard University, 1980; AM, Harvard University, 1978; BA, Hampshire College, 1977

Research Areas
Observational studies; health outcomes; psychometrics; quality design

Academic Positions Held
Wharton: 1986-present. (named Robert G. Putzel Professor, 2001; Robert B. Egelston Term Professor of Statistics, 1991-92; Joseph Wharton Term Associate Professor and Professor of Statistics, 1986-91). Previous appointment: University of Wisconsin, Madison

Other Positions
Senior Research Scientist, Research Statistics Group, Educational Testing Service, 1986; Research Scientist, Research Statistics Group, Educational Testing Service, 1983-86; Statistician, Division of Statistics and Applied Mathematics, Office of Radiation Programs, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 1980-81

Career and Recent Professional Awards; Teaching Awards
Fellow, American Statistical Association, 1992; Fellow, Center for Advanced Study in the Behavorial Sciences, Stanford, 2000-2001; George W. Snedecor Award from the Committee of Presidents of Statistical Societies, 2003

Professional Leadership 2005-2009
Member, Committee on National Statistics, National Research Council, 1996-99; Member, Committee on Data and Research for Policy on Illegal Drugs, National Research Council, 1998-2000; Member, Advisory Board of the Measurement, Methodology and Statistics Program of the U.S. National Science Foundation, 1999-2001

Representative Publications
Confidence intervals for uncommon but dramatic responses to treatment. Biometrics, 63, 1164–1171, (2007)

(with Richard N. Ross and Jeffrey H. Silber)
"Minimum distance matched sampling with fine balance in an observational study of treatment for ovarian cancer." Journal of the American Statistical Association, 102, 75-83 (2007).

"Testing hypotheses in order." Biometrika, 95, 248-252 (2008).