Thérèse A. Stukel is a Canadian statistician who works as a senior core scientist at the Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences, as a professor in the Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation of the

University of Toronto The University of Toronto (UToronto or U of T) is a public university, public research university whose main campus is located on the grounds that surround Queen's Park (Toronto), Queen's Park in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It was founded by ...

, and as an adjunct professor of epidemiology and of The Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice at

Dartmouth College Dartmouth College ( ) is a Private university, private Ivy League research university in Hanover, New Hampshire, United States. Established in 1769 by Eleazar Wheelock, Dartmouth is one of the nine colonial colleges chartered before the America ...

. Topics in her research include surgical mortality, the effects of regional variations in healthcare spending, and heart-related health care. Stukel studied mathematics at the

University of Ottawa The University of Ottawa (), often referred to as uOttawa or U of O, is a Official bilingualism in Canada, bilingual public research university in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. The main campus is located on directly to the northeast of Downtown Ot ...

, graduating in 1973. and earned a maîtrise (one-year master's degree) in applied mathematics from the

University of Grenoble The (, ''Grenoble Alps University'', abbr. UGA) is a Grands établissements, ''grand établissement'' in Grenoble, France. Founded in 1339, it is the third largest university in France with about 60,000 students and over 3,000 researchers. Es ...

in 1974. After completing a diploma in advanced studies in statistics jointly from

Pierre and Marie Curie University Pierre and Marie Curie University ( , UPMC), also known as Paris VI, was a public research university in Paris, France, from 1971 to 2017. The university was located on the Jussieu Campus in the Latin Quarter of the 5th arrondissement of Paris, ...

and Paris Dauphine University in 1975, she returned to Canada for a Ph.D. in statistics at the University of Toronto in 1983. Her dissertation, supervised by David F. Andrews, was ''Generalized Logistic Models''. She became an assistant professor of statistics at

Old Dominion University Old Dominion University (ODU) is a Public university, public research university in Norfolk, Virginia, United States. Established in 1930 as the two-year Norfolk Division of the College of William & Mary, it began by educating people with fewer ...

in 1983, and in 1984 moved to Dartmouth College as an assistant professor of

biostatistics 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 ...

. In 2002 she moved to the Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences, as vice president for research, and at the same time took a position as a professor at the University of Toronto. She became a Fellow of the American Statistical Association in 2007.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Stukel, Therese Year of birth missing (living people) Living people Canadian statisticians Canadian women statisticians University of Ottawa alumni Grenoble Alpes University alumni Old Dominion University faculty University of Toronto alumni Academic staff of the University of Toronto Geisel School of Medicine faculty Fellows of the American Statistical Association