Susan Galloway Hilsenbeck is an American biostatistician whose research interests include

biomarker In biomedical contexts, a biomarker, or biological marker, is a measurable indicator of some biological state or condition. Biomarkers are often measured and evaluated using blood, urine, or soft tissues to examine normal biological processes, ...

s and the applications of biostatistics in

cancer Cancer is a group of diseases involving Cell growth#Disorders, abnormal cell growth with the potential to Invasion (cancer), invade or Metastasis, spread to other parts of the body. These contrast with benign tumors, which do not spread. Po ...

research. She is a professor in the

Baylor College of Medicine The Baylor College of Medicine (BCM) is a private medical school in Houston, Texas, United States. Originally as the Baylor University College of Medicine from 1903 to 1969, the college became independent with the current name and has been se ...

, where she directs the Quantitative Sciences Share Resource in the Dan L. Duncan Comprehensive Cancer Center. Hilsenbeck earned her Ph.D. in 1990, at the

University of Miami The University of Miami (UM, UMiami, Miami, U of M, and The U) is a private university, private research university in Coral Gables, Florida, United States. , the university enrolled 19,852 students in two colleges and ten schools across over ...

. Her dissertation, ''Acquisition and use of information on data quality in large population-based tumor registries'', was supervised by Charles Kurucz. She was elected as a

Fellow of the American Statistical Association Like many other academic professional societies, the American Statistical Association (ASA) uses the title of Fellow of the American Statistical Association as its highest honorary grade of membership. The designation of ASA Fellow has been a sign ...

in 2011. Her hobbies include

scuba diving Scuba diving is a Diving mode, mode of underwater diving whereby divers use Scuba set, breathing equipment that is completely independent of a surface breathing gas supply, and therefore has a limited but variable endurance. The word ''scub ...

and

quilting Quilting is the process of joining a minimum of three layers of textile, fabric together either through stitching manually using a Sewing needle, needle and yarn, thread, or mechanically with a sewing machine or specialised longarm quilting ...

. Her quilts have been featured in the books ''Amish Quilts, The Adventure Continues'' (2013) and ''Quarantine Quilts: Creativity in the Midst of Chaos'' (2021).

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Hilsenbeck's quilting blog
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Hilsenbeck, Susan Year of birth missing (living people) Living people American women statisticians American biostatisticians Baylor College of Medicine faculty Fellows of the American Statistical Association American quilters