Doug Altman
Doug Altman | |
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Professor Douglas Altman | |
| Born | 12 July 1948 London, England |
| Died | 3 June 2018 (aged 69) |
| Alma mater | University of Bath |
| Known for | Medical statistics |
| Awards | Royal Statistical Society's Bradford Hill Medal (1997); BMJ Lifetime Achievement Award (2015) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Statistician |
| Institutions | Centre for Statistics in Medicine, Cancer Research UK, University of Oxford |
Douglas Graham Altman FMedSci (12 July 1948 – 3 June 2018) was an English statistician best known for his work on improving the reliability and reporting of medical research and for highly cited papers on statistical methodology. He was professor of statistics in medicine at the University of Oxford, founder and Director of Centre for Statistics in Medicine and Cancer Research UK Medical Statistics Group, and co-founder of the international Equator Network for health research reliability.