Ruth Pfeiffer
Senior Investigator
Division of Cancer Epidemiology & Genetics, Biostatistics Br
National Cancer Institute
United States of America
Biography
Dr. Pfeiffer is a tenured senior investigator at the Biostatistics Branch of the Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics (DCEG), National Cancer Institute (NCI). She received an M.S. degree in applied mathematics from the Technical University of Vienna, Austria, an M.A. degree in applied statistics and a Ph.D. in mathematical statistics both from the University of Maryland, College Park. At NCI she is an active collaborator on many research projects and mentors several fellows and junior investigators. Her research focuses on statistical methods for absolute risk prediction, laboratory methods and problems arising in genetic epidemiology. She is the recipient of a Fulbright Fellowship, an elected Member of the International Statistical Institute (2007), and an elected Fellow of the American Statistical Association (2013).
Research Interest
Mixture models and applications; Methods for high dimensional data; Absolute risk modeling
Publications
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Pfeiffer R, McShane L, Wargovich M, Burt R, Kikendall W, Lawson M, Lanza E, Schatzkin A. The effect of a lowâ€fat, high fiber, fruit and vegetable intervention on rectal mucosal proliferation. Cancer. 2003 Sep 15;98(6):1161-8.
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Pfeiffer RM, Park Y, Kreimer AR, Lacey Jr JV, Pee D, Greenlee RT, Buys SS, Hollenbeck A, Rosner B, Gail MH, Hartge P. Risk prediction for breast, endometrial, and ovarian cancer in white women aged 50 y or older: derivation and validation from population-based cohort studies. PLoS medicine. 2013 Jul 30;10(7):e1001492.
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Pfeiffer RM, Gail MH, Pee D. Inference for covariates that accounts for ascertainment and random genetic effects in family studies. Biometrika. 2001 Dec 1;88(4):933-48.
