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John S. Witte          
                                           
Professor of Epidemiology & Biostatistics and Urology

Associate Director

Institute for Human Genetics

Head, Division of Cancer Epidemiology

Co-Leader, Program in Cancer Genetics, Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center

 

UC San Francisco

Diller Bldg, Room 388 
1450 3rd Street
San Francisco, CA 94158

(UCSF Internal Box: 3110)

jwitte@ucsf.edu

415-502-6882

Biosketch


 

name

position title

John S. Witte

Professor

degree

 

institution and location

(if applicable)

year(s)

field of study

University of California, Santa Barbara

B.S.

1986

Mathematical Sciences

University of California, Berkeley

M.S.

1988

Industrial Engineering & Operations Research

University of California, Los Angeles

Ph.D.

1994

Epidemiology

 

Professional Experience
1994-1995        Research Assistant Professor,  Division of Biostatistics, University of Southern California
1995-1999        Assistant Professor, Division of Genetic and Molecular Epidemiology, Case Western Reserve University
1999-2003        Associate Professor, Division of Genetic and Molecular Epidemiology, Case Western Reserve University
2003-present    Professor, Departments of Epidemiology & Biostatistics and Urology, UC, San Francisco
2005-present    Co-leader, Program in Cancer Genetics, UC San Francisco
2005-present    Associate Director, Institute for Human Genetics, UC, San Francisco
2007-present    Head, Division of Cancer Epidemiology, UC San Francisco

Other Experience

1996                Visiting Research Fellow, Genetic Epidemiology Unit, University of Melbourne, Australia

2002-2003        Visiting Scientist, International Agency for Research on Cancer, Lyon, France
2002-2006        Member, Epidemiology of Cancer Study Section (EPIC), NIH
2003-present    Editorial Board, Epidemiologic Perspectives & Innovations
2004-2005        Editorial Board, Statistics in Medicine
2005-present    Editorial Board / Senior Editor, Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention
2007-present    Board, International Genetic Epidemiology Society
2008-present    Member, CIDR Access Committee

Honors and Awards

1986              Undergraduate Honors, University of California, Santa Barbara
1989-1994      National Research Service Award, NIH
1994              Ruth F. Richards Outstanding Student Award, UCLA Sch. Public Health Alumni Association
1999-2000      Glennan Fellow, Case Western Reserve University
2002-2003      Visiting Scientist Award, International Agency for Research on Cancer

B. Publications

Publications (PubMed search)

Textbook: Witte RS, Witte JS. Statistics (8th Edition). New York: Wiley, 2007.