Mitchell H. Gail is an American
physician-scientist
A physician-scientist (in North American English) or clinician-scientist (in British English and Australian English) is a physician who divides their professional time between direct clinical practice with patients and scientific research. Physicia ...
and
biostatistician
Biostatistics (also known as biometry) is a branch of statistics that applies 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 ...
. He is a distinguished investigator at the
National Cancer Institute
The National Cancer Institute (NCI) coordinates the United States National Cancer Program and is part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), which is one of eleven agencies that are part of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. ...
.
Life
Gail completed a M.D. from
Harvard Medical School
Harvard Medical School (HMS) is the medical school of Harvard University and is located in the Longwood Medical and Academic Area, Longwood Medical Area in Boston, Massachusetts. Founded in 1782, HMS is the third oldest medical school in the Un ...
in 1968 and a Ph.D. in statistics from
George Washington University
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in 1977. He joined the
National Cancer Institute
The National Cancer Institute (NCI) coordinates the United States National Cancer Program and is part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), which is one of eleven agencies that are part of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. ...
(NCI) in 1969, and served as chief of the biostatistics branch from 1994 to 2008.
Gail is a Fellow and former
President of the American Statistical Association
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, a
, an elected member of the
American Society for Clinical Investigation
The American Society for Clinical Investigation (ASCI), established in 1908, is one of the oldest and most respected medical honor societies in the United States.
Organization and purpose
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, and an elected member of the
National Academy of Medicine
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. He has received the Spiegelman Gold Medal for Health Statistics, the
Snedecor Award for applied statistical research, the Howard Temin Award for AIDS Research, the NIH Director's Award, the
Public Health Service Distinguished Service Medal
The Public Health Service Distinguished Service Medal is an honor award presented to members of the United States Public Health Service Commissioned Corps and to members of any Uniformed Services of the United States whose accomplishments or achie ...
, the Nathan Mantel Lifetime Achievement Award, the NIH Robert S. Gordon Jr. Lecture in Epidemiology, and the AACR - American Cancer Society Award for Research Excellence in Cancer Epidemiology and Prevention. He was named an NIH Distinguished Investigator in 2019.
Selected works
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References
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Living people
Harvard Medical School alumni
George Washington University alumni
National Institutes of Health people
Presidents of the American Statistical Association
Fellows of the American Statistical Association
Fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science
Members of the National Academy of Medicine
Recipients of the Public Health Service Distinguished Service Medal
Year of birth missing (living people)