Albert Vexler

Biography

Albert Vexler obtained his Ph.D. degree in Statistics and Probability Theory from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem in 2003. His Ph.D. advisor was Moshe Pollak, Fellow of the American Statistical Association and Marcy Bogen Professor of Statistics at Hebrew University. Dr. Vexler was a postdoctoral research fellow in the Biometry and Mathematical Statistics Branch at the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (National Institutes of Health, USA). Currently, Dr. Vexler is a tenured Full Professor at the State University of New York at Buffalo, Department of Biostatistics. Dr. Vexler has authored and co-authored various publications that contribute to both the theoretical and applied aspects of statistics in medical research. Many of his papers and statistical software developments have appeared in statistical/biostatistical journals, which have the top rated impact factors and are historically recognized as the leading scientific journals, and include:
Biometrics, Biometrika, Journal of Statistical Software, The American Statistician, The Annals of Applied Statistics, Statistical Methods in Medical Research, Biostatistics, Journal of Computational Biology, Statistics in Medicine, Statistics and Computing, Computational Statistics and Data Analysis, Scandinavian Journal of Statistics, Biometrical Journal, Statistics in Biopharmaceutical Research, Stochastic Processes and their Applications, Journal of Statistical Planning and Inference, Annals of the Institute of Statistical Mathematics, The Canadian Journal of Statistics, Metrika, Statistics, Journal of Applied Statistics, Journal of Nonparametric Statistics, Communications in Statistics, Sequential Analysis, The STATA journal;
American Journal of Epidemiology, Epidemiology, Paediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology, Academic Radiology, The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism, Journal of Addiction Medicine and Reproductive Toxicology and Human Reproduction.  Dr. Vexler was awarded  National Institutes of Health (NIH) grants to develop novel nonparametric data analysis and statistical methodology G13. Dr. Vexler’s research interests are related to the following subjects: Receiver operating characteristic curves analysis; Measurement error; Optimal designs; Regression models; Censored data; Change point problems; Sequential analysis; Statistical epidemiology; Bayesian decision making mechanisms; Asymptotic methods of statistics; Forecasting; Sampling; Optimal testing; Nonparametric tests; Empirical likelihoods, Renewal theory; Tauberian theorems; Time series; Categorical analysis; Multivariate analysis; Multivariate testing of complex hypotheses; Factor and principal component analysis; Statistical Biomarkers evaluations; Best combinations of biomarkers. Dr. Vexler is Associate Editor for BMC Medical Research Methodology, a peer-reviewed journal that considers articles on methodological approaches to healthcare research. In 2015, Dr. Vexler was appointed Associate Editor for Biometrics JAS. These journals belong to the first cohort of academic literature related to the methodology of biostatistical and epidemiological research and clinical trials.

Areas of Research / Professional Expertise

Receiver operating characteristic curves analysis; Measurement error; Optimal designs; Regression models; Censored data; Change point problems; Sequential analysis; Statistical epidemiology; Bayesian decision making mechanisms; Asymptotic methods of statistics; Forecasting; Sampling; Optimal testing; Nonparametric tests; Empirical likelihoods, Renewal theory; Tauberian theorems; Time series; Categorical analysis; Multivariate analysis; Multivariate testing of complex hypotheses; Factor and principal component analysis; Statistical Biomarkers evaluations; Best combinations of biomarkers.

Personal Interests

Parrot, Philosophy, Fantastic Books

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