Michael D. Escobar

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Michael D. Escobar is an American biostatistician.

Escobar earned a degree in liberal arts at Tufts University in 1981 followed by a doctorate in statistics at Yale University in 1988. Between 1990 and 1994, he was an assistant professor at Carnegie Mellon University. [1] Escobar subsequently joined the University of Toronto faculty. [1] [2] In 2015, he was elected a fellow of the American Statistical Association. [3]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Curriculum Vitae Michael D. Escobar" (PDF). University of Toronto. Retrieved 16 October 2022.
  2. "Faculty Member Michael Escobar Ph.D." University of Toronto. Retrieved 16 October 2022.
  3. "ASA Fellows". American Statistical Association. Retrieved 16 October 2022.