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Patrick Heagerty, PhD, is a Professor and the former Chair of the Department of Biostatistics at the University of Washington. He has extensive experience as an educator, independent and collaborative scientist, and administrator. Dr. Heagerty has developed fundamental methods for longitudinal studies with a focus on prognostic model evaluation and structural longitudinal models, and he has detailed rigorous methods for the design, analysis, and interpretation of cluster-randomized trials conducted within health care delivery systems. Dr. Heagerty is an elected Fellow of the American Statistical Association and has twice been honored by professional societies for specific research contributions. Dr. Heagerty directs the Center for Biomedical Statistics (CBS), a core partially funded by the NIH Clinical and Translational Science Award (CTSA) with responsibility for coordination of biostatistical collaboration in Seattle and the greater Northwest region (Wyoming, Alaska, Idaho, Montana).

Presentations in this series highlight methodological work being conducted by researchers across nine of the NIAMS-funded P30 Core Centers for Clinical Research, with application to rheumatic and musculoskeletal conditions.