Karen Bandeen-Roche | |
Workplaces: | Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health |
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Thesis Title: | A Receptor-Based Model for the Statistical Analysis of Air Pollution Data: Source Apportionment with One Source Unknown |
Karen Jean Bandeen-Roche is an American biostatistician known for her research on aging and aging-related frailty. She was the Hurley Dorrier Professor of Biostatistics and Chair of the Biostatistics Department at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health from 2008 to 2023.
Bandeen-Roche studied mathematics at Andrews University, graduating in 1985. She earned a master's degree and PhD in operations research from Cornell University in 1988 and 1990 respectively. Her dissertation, supervised by David Ruppert, was A Receptor-Based Model for the Statistical Analysis of Air Pollution Data: Source Apportionment with One Source Unknown. She has worked at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health since 1990, and became Hurley Dorrier Professor and chair in 2008.
Bandeen-Roche has been a fellow of the American Statistical Association since 2001. She was elected to the National Academy of Medicine in 2023.[1]