Nationality British Died October 19, 2014 | Doctoral students Merlise Clyde Name Kathryn Chaloner | |
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Alma mater Carnegie Mellon University, University College London, University of Oxford | ||
Kathryn Mary Chaloner (August 24, 1954 – October 19, 2014) was a British statistician. She earned a bachelor's degree in Mathematics from Oxford University and a master's degree in Statistics from the University College London before moving to the United States to study at Carnegie Mellon University, where received a PhD in Statistics. She was a faculty member of the University of Minnesota School of Statistics from 1982-2002. In 2002, she was appointed Professor and Chair of the Department of Biostatistics at the University of Iowa.
Chaloner was a statistics researcher who developed methods in Bayesian experimental design, and well known for her work on HIV, AIDS, infectious diseases, and women's health. She was a board member of the National Alliance for Doctoral Studies in the Mathematical Sciences, a group of faculty working towards inclusion and diversity in the doctoral-level mathematical sciences. She led an initiative in statistical sciences to broaden participation in doctoral-level studies in statistics and biostatistics.