Michael Escobar

Professor
Dalla Lana School of Public Health
University of Toronto

Contact Information:

Phone: (416) 978-8989 (voice mail, but email is better)
Fax:(416) 978-8299
email: m(dot)escobar(at)utoronto(dot)ca

Overview

Research Interest

My research has been a combination of theoretical and applied statistical research. You can click here to see my curriculum vitae. At the end of this web page, I give more information about my research interest here. My major theoretical and applied areas:

• Developing new methods to compute Dirichlet process models for nonparametric Bayesian methods.
• Developing mixture models using both frequentist and Bayesian techniques and applying these methods to model population heterogeneity.
• Applying statistical methods in psychiatric research, especially in the areas of schizophrenia, learning disabilities, and suicide.
• Applying and improving statistical techniques in the medical, biological, and public health sciences. Many of these projects are in conjunction with students and colleagues at the University of Toronto and places where I have previously worked.

Teaching

I teach and advise students primarily in the MSc/PhD program in Biostatistics
I also work with many students in other areas (such as epidemiology) on there statistical problems.

This year I am teaching a course in mathematical statistics for MSc biostatistic students and an introductory course in applied Bayesian methods.

Consulting

I have been a statistical consultant for a number of groups in a wide variety of areas. Please see my cv for an updated accounting of my experience.

Research notes:

Dirichlet processes, Nonparametric Bayesian Methods

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