Name Andrew Vickers | Fields Oncology, Biostatistics | |
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Institutions Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center Thesis Homeopathy and clinical trials (1999) Institution Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center Alma mater University of Cambridge, University of Oxford | ||
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Andrew Julian Vickers (born 1967) is a biostatistician and attending research methodologist at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center. Since 2013, he has also been professor of public health at Weill Cornell Medical College. He is the statistical editor for the peer-reviewed journal European Urology.
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- Education and career
- Research
- Personal life
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Education and career
Vickers received his B.A. from the University of Cambridge in 1989 and his D.Phil. from the University of Oxford in 1999. He joined Memorial Sloan Kettering in 1999 as an assistant attending research methodologist, before being appointed an associate attending research methodologist there in 2006.
Research
He is known for his research into prostate cancer screening, statistical methodology for the evaluation of prediction models and clinical trial methodology. He is part of the team that developed the 4Kscore, a test that accurately identifies a man's risk of aggressive prostate cancer. In 2011, Vickers published a study which found that PSA velocity—the change in the blood level of prostate-specific antigen (PSA)--was not a more accurate predictor of prostate cancer than comparing PSA levels to a specific threshold. Vickers was the lead author of a 2012 meta-analysis of 29 acupuncture trials published in the Archives of Internal Medicine. Vickers leads the "Amplio" quality assurance initiative at Memorial Sloan Kettering and is Director of the "Web Survey" health informatics core facility.
Personal life
Vickers is also a competitive runner.