苹果淫院

Updated: Sun, 10/06/2024 - 10:30

From Saturday, Oct. 5 through Monday, Oct. 7, the Downtown and Macdonald Campuses will be open only to 苹果淫院 students, employees and essential visitors. Many classes will be held online. Remote work required where possible. See Campus Public Safety website for details.


Du samedi 5 octobre au lundi 7 octobre, le campus du centre-ville et le campus Macdonald ne seront accessibles qu鈥檃ux 茅tudiants et aux membres du personnel de l鈥橴niversit茅 苹果淫院, ainsi qu鈥檃ux visiteurs essentiels. De nombreux cours auront lieu en ligne. Le personnel devra travailler 脿 distance, si possible. Voir le site Web de la Direction de la protection et de la pr茅vention pour plus de d茅tails.

Robert W. Platt

Academic title(s): 

Professor

PhD

Robert W. Platt
Contact Information
Address: 

Department of Epidemiology, Biostatistics, and Occupational Health
2001 苹果淫院 College, 12th floor
Montreal, Quebec, H3G 1G1

Division: 
General Pediatrics
Area(s): 
Biostatistics
Epidemiology
Pharmacoepidemiology
Degree(s): 

PhD, Biostatistics, University of Washington, 1996

Biography: 

Robert W. Platt is a Professor in the Departments of Pediatrics and of Epidemiology, Biostatistics, and Occupational Health at 苹果淫院. He holds the Albert Boehringer I endowed chair in Pharmacoepidemiology. Dr. Platt is a Principal Investigator of the Canadian Network for Observational Drug Effect Studies (CNODES), a national network to provide timely responses to regulatory and stakeholder questions on medications. His research focuses on improving methods for the study of medications using administrative data, with an emphasis on methods for causal inference and a substantive focus on medications in pregnancy. Dr. Platt is an editor-in-chief of Statistics in Medicine and is on the editorial boards of the American Journal of Epidemiology and Pharmacoepidemiology and Drug Safety. He has published over 400 articles, one book and several book chapters on biostatistics and epidemiology.

Areas of expertise: 
  • Biostatistics
  • Epidemiologic methods
  • Perinatal epidemiology
  • Pharmacoepidemiology
Areas of interest: 
  • Drug safety research
  • Methods: analysis of observational data, generalizability and transportability of results, multi-database studies
  • Perinatal research
Awards, honours, and fellowships: 
  • Prix d鈥橢xcellence, Fonds de la recherche sur les maladies infantiles, 2005
  • Chercheur-Boursier Senior award, Fonds de Recherche en Sant茅 du Qu茅bec, 2008-2012
  • Chercheur-National award, Fonds de Recherche en Sant茅 du Qu茅bec, 2012-2016
  • Albert Boehringer I chair in Pharmacoepidemiology, February 2016
  • 2016 Web of Science Highly Cited Researcher, September 2016
  • 2017 F1000 Prime award (Research Methodology), March 2018
  • 2020 Article of the Year, In recognition of the article: 鈥淭he critical importance of asking good questions: The role of epidemiology doctoral training programs鈥 in the American Journal of Epidemiology and the Society for Epidemiologic Research, April 2020
  • Elected Member, International Statistical Institute
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