Eric J. Tchetgen Tchetgen

Eric J. Tchetgen Tchetgen
  • University Professor
  • Professor of Biostatistics in Biostatistics and Epidemiology
  • Professor of Statistics and Data Science

Contact Information

  • office Address:

    407 Academic Research Building
    265 South 37th Street
    Philadelphia, PA 19104

Research Interests: Semiparametric theory, nonparametric statistics, causal inference, missing data, and epidemiologic methods.

Overview

Education

Ph.D., 2006, Harvard University
B.S., 1999, Yale University

Research

My primary area of interest is in semi-parametric efficiency theory with application to causal inference, missing data problems, statistical genetics and mixed model theory. In general, I work on the development of statistical and epidemiologic methods that make efficient use of the information in data collected by scientific investigators, while avoiding unnecessary assumptions about the underlying data generating mechanism.

 

 

 

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Awards and Honors

  • Co-winner of the Rousseeuw Prize for Statistics, 2022
  • Myrto Lefkopoulou Distinguished Lectureship, 2020
  • Co-winner of the Society of Epidemiologic Research and American Journal of Epidemiology Article of the Year, 2014 Description

    For the paper, “Assessment and indirect adjustment for confounding by smoking in cohort studies using relative hazards model” with David Richardson, Steve Cole
    and Dominique Laurier.

  • Career Incubator Award, Harvard School of Public Health, 2013-2014
  • Co-winner of the Kenneth Rothman Epidemiology Prize, 2011 Description

    For the paper, “The use of negative controls to detect confounding and other sources of error in experimental and observational science.” with Marc Lipsitch and Ted Cohen.

  • Best Poster Award: Gene Environment Initiative Symposium, Boston, MA, 2008
  • Yerby Fellowship, Harvard School of Public Health, 2006-2008
  • Mars Scholar, Yale University, 1995-1996

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Intensive Anti-H.I.V. Efforts Meet With Mixed Success in Africa

Scientists tested a costly approach to curbing the AIDS epidemic: Test everyone in the community, and treat anyone who is infected.

New York Times - 07/17/2019
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