Janet Suzanne Sinsheimer (August 28, 1957 – March 14, 2023)[1][2] was an American expert in statistical genetics who worked as a professor of human genetics, biomathematics and biostatistics in the Fielding School of Public Health at the University of California, Los Angeles.[3] Topics in her research included genome-wide association studies, epigenetics, and Bayesian methods for phylogenetics.

Early life

Sinsheimer was born in Montclair, New Jersey in 1957.[2]

Education

Sinsheimer graduated from Brown University in 1979, majoring in chemistry. She earned a master's degree in biochemistry in 1985 from Brandeis University, a second master's degree in biomathematics in 1988 from the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), and a Ph.D. in biomathematics in 1994 from UCLA.[3] Her dissertation, Extensions to Evolutionary Parsimony, concerned phylogeny (the inference of evolutionary trees), and was jointly supervised by evolutionary biologist James A. Lake and biostatistician Roderick J. A. Little.[4]

Recognition

Sinsheimer became a Fellow of the American Statistical Association in 2013.[5] The Linnean Society of London elected her as a fellow in 2014.[6] In 2017 the Boston University Department of Biostatistics gave her the L. Adrienne Cupples Award for Excellence in Teaching, Research, and Service in Biostatistics.[7]

References

  1. ↑ "In Memoriam: Janet Suzanne Sinsheimer", Women In Academia Report, April 5, 2023, retrieved 2023-08-17
  2. 1 2 https://obituaries.neptunesociety.com/obituaries/sherman-oaks-ca/janet-sinsheimer-11213027
  3. 1 2 "Janet Sinsheimer", Faculty Directory, UCLA Fielding School of Public Health, retrieved 2020-06-06
  4. ↑ Janet Sinsheimer at the Mathematics Genealogy Project
  5. ↑ "Many Honored at Presidential Address, Awards Ceremony" (PDF), AmStat News, pp. 20–22, October 2013
  6. ↑ "Fellows Elected 2014" (PDF), Annual Report 2014, Linnean Society, pp. 43–44
  7. ↑ L. Adrienne Cupples Award Presented to UCLA Professor, Boston University School of Public Health, April 28, 2017, retrieved 2020-06-06
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