Mitchell H. Gail

Background

Gail, Mitchell H. was born on July 10, 1941 in Lexington, Kentucky, United States.

Education

Bachelor magna cum laude, Harvard University, 1962; Doctor of Medicine cum laude, Harvard University, 1968; Master of Science in Mathematics Statistics, George Washington University, 1973; Doctor of Philosophy in Mathematics Statistics, George Washington University, 1977.

Career

Research department biochemistry, Harvard University School Medicne, Boston, 1964-1965; Knox fellow, Cambridge (England) University, 1962-1963; intern, Beter Bent Brigham Hospital, Boston, 1968-1969; research associate in cell biology, National Institutes of Health, National Cancer Institute, 1969-1972; researcher laboratory for computer science, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, 1968; medical statistical investigator clinical and diagnostic trials section, National Institutes of Health, National Cancer Institute, 1972-1985; head epidemiological methods section, National Institutes of Health, National Cancer Institute, since 1985; chief biostatistics branch division cancer etiology, National Institutes of Health, National Cancer Institute, 1994-1995; chief biostatistics branch division cancer epidemiology/genetics, National Institutes of Health, National Cancer Institute, since 1995. Chairman advising committee to editors of Journal of Controlled Clinical Trials, 1989,member editorial board 1987-1994. Visiting lecturer U. Pittsburgh, 1991.

Visiting professor internal medicine, University of Virginia, 1989. Adjunct Professor department biostatistics, Johns Hopkins University, since 1988. Member external advisory board to Center for Acuired Immune Deficiency Syndrome Research, U. Washington, 1989-1993.

Member of advisory board biostatistics department Harvard University, School Public Health, 1995. Charles Odoroff Memorial lecturer, U. Rochester, 1996.

Achievements

• Mitchell H. Gail has been listed as a noteworthy Science foundation executive by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Fellow American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Statistical Association (chairman biostatistiacs section 1986, board of directors 1994-1996). Member International Statistical Institute, American Society for Clinical Investigation. Society for Clinical Trials (chairman program committee 1981, board directors 1981-1985), Society for Epidemiological Research, Biometric Society (regional advisory board 1981-1984), Washington Statistical Society (chairman biostatistics program 1982), International Statistical Institute, International Chinese Statistical Association (honorary), Phi Beta Kappa.

Connections

Married.