Ethel S. Gilbert is an American

biostatistician Biostatistics (also known as biometry) are the development and application of statistical methods to a wide range of topics in biology. It encompasses the design of biological experiments, the collection and analysis of data from those experimen ...

and an expert in the risks of radiation-induced cancer, including cancers in nuclear workers and second cancers in radiation therapy patients.

Education and career

Gilbert is a graduate of

Oberlin College Oberlin College is a Private university, private Liberal arts colleges in the United States, liberal arts college and conservatory of music in Oberlin, Ohio. It is the oldest Mixed-sex education, coeducational liberal arts college in the United S ...

, and completed a Ph.D. in biostatistics at the University of Michigan. She has worked at the

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) is one of the United States Department of Energy national laboratories, managed by the Department of Energy's (DOE) Office of Science. The main campus of the laboratory is in Richland, Washington. O ...

, the Radiation Effects Research Foundation, and at the National Cancer Institute from 1996 until her 2016 retirement. She also held a faculty position in biostatistics and biomathematics at the University of Washington.

Recognition

Gilbert won the

George W. Snedecor Award The Snedecor Award, named after George W. Snedecor, is given by the Committee of Presidents of Statistical Societies to a statistician for contribution to biometry. Winners * 1977: A. P. Dawid * 1978: Bruce W. Turnbull * 1979: Ethel S. Gilb ...

of the Committee of Presidents of Statistical Societies in 1981 for her work on "the assessment of risks from occupational exposure to ionizing radiation". She became a Fellow of the American Statistical Association in 1988. She won the NIH MERIT award in 2003, and the National Cancer Institute gave her their Director's Award in 2015. In 2016, the

Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences ( sv, Kungliga Vetenskapsakademien) is one of the Swedish Royal Academies, royal academies of Sweden. Founded on 2 June 1739, it is an independent, non-governmental scientific organization that takes special ...

gave Gilbert their Gold Medal for Radiation Protection.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Gilbert, Ethel S. Year of birth missing (living people) Living people American statisticians Women statisticians Oberlin College alumni University of Michigan alumni University of Washington faculty Fellows of the American Statistical Association