arah E. Fowler, Ph.D., is the Director of the Biostatistics Center and
Research Professor of Biostatistics and Epidemiology.
Dr. Fowler is currently Coordinating
Center Principal Investigator of the following projects: the NIDDK-
funded
Diabetes Prevention Program
, the NHLBI-funded
Sarcoidosis Genetic Analysis study
and
Prospective Investigation of Pulmonary Embolism
Diagnosis study
. She was previously Principal Investigator
for the Coordinating Center of the NICHD
Chorionic Villus Sampling and Amniocentesis
studies,
Maternal Fetal Medicine Units Network
,
Sites Testing Osteoporosis Prevention /
Intervention Treatments
, and
Dysfunctional Uterine
Bleeding Intervention Trial
.
She was also Co-Investigator and biostatistician for the Minocycline in
Rheumatoid Arthritis Trial and the NICHD-funded
Women's Health Study
.
r. Fowler has 28 years experience as a biostatistican in multi-center
studies. She previously worked at the Biostatistics Center for over 19
years, and served as both coordinating center biostatistician and
Director of Computer Operations. While at Henry Ford Health System
Department of Biostatistics and Research Epidemiology for 8 years, she
served as head of the Coordinating Centers Section, and as Co-Director
of the Academic Coordinating Center Unit specializing in coordination
and site management for pharmaceutical-funded trials. She has also
served as a member of Data and Safety Monitoring committees for several
NIH-funded multi-center trials. Results of the studies she has
coordinated have appeared in the New England Journal of Medicine, the
Annals of Internal Medicine, and the Lancet. Dr. Fowler is interested in
the analysis and interpretation of clinical trials, organization and
management of trials, and the application of computer and data base
technology to improving the quality of clinical trials.
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