HOME BIOGRAPHY RESEARCH TEAM RESEARCH PUBLICATIONS CV RICHARD J. COOK PhD

Education

1993 PhD (Statistics), University of Waterloo
1989 MMath (Statistics), University of Waterloo
1988 BSc (Statistics), McMaster University

Academic Appointments

2020 - Present University Professor, University of Waterloo
The University of Waterloo recognizes exceptional scholarly achievement and international pre-eminence through the designation University Professor. Once appointed, a faculty member retains the designation until retirement.
2019 - 2024 Mathematics Faculty Research Chair, Statistics and Actuarial Science, University of Waterloo
2012 - 2019 Tier I Canada Research Chair (Renewal), Statistics and Actuarial Science, University of Waterloo
2005 - 2012 Tier I Canada Research Chair, Statistics and Actuarial Science, University of Waterloo
2003 - Present Professor, Statistics and Actuarial Science, University of Waterloo
2016 - 2018 Associate Chair of Research, Statistics and Actuarial Science, University of Waterloo
2012 - 2014 Associate Chair, Statistics and Actuarial Science, University of Waterloo
1998 - 2003 Associate Professor (Tenured), Statistics and Actuarial Science, University of Waterloo
1996 - 1998 Assistant Professor, Statistics and Actuarial Science, University of Waterloo
1993 - 1995 Research Assistant Professor, Statistics and Actuarial Science, University of Waterloo
2018 - Present Affiliate Researcher, Waterloo Artificial Intelligence Institute, University of Waterloo
2010 - 2019 Affiliate Senior Scientist, Propel Center for Population Health Impact, University of Waterloo
2012 - Present Professor, Cross-Appointment, School of Public Health and Health Systems, University of Waterloo
2005 - 2012 Professor, Cross-Appointment, Department of Health Studies and Gerontology, University of Waterloo
1995 - 1996 Assistant Professor (Joint Appointment), Statistics and Actuarial Science/Health Studies and Gerontology, University of Waterloo
2016 - Present Associate Faculty Investigator, McMaster Centre for Transfusion Research, McMaster University
2017 - 2020 Professor, Part-time Appointment, Department of Health Research, Methods and Impact, McMaster University
2005 - 2016 Professor, Part-time Appointment, Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, McMaster University

Honours, Awards and Distinctions

2021 Fellow, Royal Society of Canada
2017 Gold Medalist, Statistical Society of Canada
2017 Award of Excellence in Graduate Supervision, University of Waterloo
2008 Fellow, American Statistical Association
2007 Centre de Recherches Mathematiques Prize, Statistical Society of Canada
2000 - 2005 CIHR Investigator, Canadian Institutes of Health Research
1999 - 2004 Premier's Research Excellence Award, Ontario Ministry of Energy, Science and Technology and GlaxoWellcome
1999 Best Paper of the Year Award, Canadian Journal of Statistics
1996 - 2000 MRC Scholar Award, Medical Research Council of Canada

Distinguished Lectures

2019 Scandinavian Journal of Statistics Keynote Lecturer, Nordic-Baltic Meeting of the International Biometrics Society, Vilnius, Lithuania
2017 Distinguished Lecturer, Canadian Statistical Sciences Institute (CANSSI)
2016 Armitage Lecturer, MRC Biostatistics Unit, Cambridge Institute for Public Health, University of Cambridge, U.K.
2016 Yakovlev Lecturer, Department of Biostatistics and Computational Biology, University of Rochester, U.S.

Founding Chair/Directory of Graduate Training Programs

Founding Director, Biostatistics Training Initiative (2010 - 2020)

I planned and served as founding director of a graduate training program designed to create graduates from the UW Biostatistics program who are well-equipped with the knowledge to work effectively in teams addressing current challenges in cancer research. This program was designed to address an unmet need of statistical support expressed by the oncology research community and was funded by the Ontario Institute for Cancer Research (OICR). Over the first 10 years I lead (2010 - 2015) or co-lead with Greg Pond (McMaster University) this program (2015 - 2020), scores of students completed eight-month internships in cancer research centers in Ontario with many taking on positions in cancer research upon graduation.

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Founding Chair, Biostatistical and Methods Innovation Group, CANNeCTIN Network (2008 - 2010)

Through a partnership with the Population Health Research Institute (McMaster University), this methodology training program involved graduate trainees from McGill, Ottawa, Toronto, McMaster and the UWaterloo. Each year a total of $150,000 in CIHR funding was allocated to biostatistics graduate students doing research relevant to cardiovascular disease. A regular seminars was also held to encourage the exchange of ideas between the medical and statistical research communities across the province and to and foster interdisciplinary collaboration.


Founding Chair, Biopharmaceutical Statistics Graduate Training Program (1999 - 2006)

I served as the University of Waterloo lead in the creation of a partnership between UWaterloo and GlaxoSmithKline to support a graduate training initiative involving the placement of graduate interns into pharmaceutical positions, a scholarship program supporting UWaterloo Biostatistics graduate students conducint research in pharmaceutical statistics, and a monthly technical seminar series for trainees and statisticians in the pharmaceutical industry.

 
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