Susan Horn Explained

Susan Horn
Birth Name:Susan Helen Dadakis
Nationality:American
Field:Biostatistics
Work Institution:Johns Hopkins University
University of Utah
Alma Mater:Cornell University
Stanford University
Doctoral Advisor:Milton Vernon Johns, Jr.
Thesis Title:The Optimality Criterion for Compound Decision Problems
Thesis Year:1968
Thesis Url:https://statistics.stanford.edu/sites/default/files/JOH%20PHS%2010.pdf
Known For:Biostatistics
Spouse:Roger Horn

Susan Helen Dadakis Horn is an American biostatistician. She is the senior scientist at the Institute for Clinical Outcomes Research, a professor at the University of Utah School of Medicine in the Health Services Innovation and Research Program, and an affiliate faculty member at Weill Cornell Graduate School of Medical Sciences.[1] She is known for her work in developing computational statistical models for clinicians to use in-practice to improve therapy results.[2]

Career

Susan D. Horn graduated from Cornell University in 1964 with a Bachelor of Arts in mathematics, after which she completed her PhD in statistics from Stanford University in 1968.[3] From 1968 to 1992, she was a professor at Johns Hopkins University where she conducted research, taught mathematics and health services courses, and directed the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Program for Faculty Fellowships in Health Care Finance.[4] [5]

Awards and honors

She became a Fellow of the American Statistical Association in 1978.

Personal life

Susan D. Horn is married to Roger Horn, an American mathematician and fellow professor at the University of Utah. They have three children. Their 16-year-old daughter Ceres was killed in the 1987 Maryland train collision while returning to Princeton University from the family home in Baltimore for her freshman year fall term final exams. Roger submitted a testimony on the crash to the US Senate Subcommittee on Transportation.[6]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Horn, Susan. vivo.med.cornell.edu. 18 December 2017.
  2. News: Millenson. Michael L.. Computer Watchdogs Are Saving Patients' Lives. 13 February 2017. Chicago Tribune. 10 May 1993.
  3. Web site: Susan Horn - The Mathematics Genealogy Project. www.genealogy.ams.org. 18 December 2017.
  4. Web site: Records of the Department of Mathematical Sciences 1954-1992. The Ferdinand Hamburger Archives. Milton S. Eisenhower Library, Johns Hopkins University. 19 February 2017.
  5. Web site: Leadership Team. Cerebral Palsy Research Network. 13 February 2017.
  6. Book: Remarks on Transportation Safety, Based on Testimony to the Senate Subcommittee on Transportation, Committee on Appropriations April 9 and May 13, 1987. 1 January 1989. 415–423. U.S. Government Printing Office .