James Robins elected to National Academy of Sciences
Congratulations to James Robins who was among three faculty from Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health elected as members of the National Academy of Sciences (NAS).
NAS members are elected in recognition of their distinguished and continuing achievements in original research. Membership is considered one of the highest honors that a scientist can receive.
Robins, Mitchell L. and Robin LeFoley Dong Professor of Epidemiology, is an epidemiologist and biostatistician known for groundbreaking contributions to the modern field of causal inference. He has advanced methods for drawing causal inferences from complex observational studies and randomized trials, particularly those in which the treatment varies over time.
Comments Robins, “I am grateful to HSPH for letting me do as I pleased before it was in fashion Particularly: Richard Monson, Elkan Blout, Jim Ware , Dimitri Trichopoulos and Barry Bloom’”.
For more on the nomination, see the recent Harvard news feature.
