Sanjay Shete

Sanjay Shete (born 1968) is an Indian-American statistician and professor in statistical genetic, genetic epidemiology, behavioral genetics and biostatistics at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center. He is Barnhart Family Distinguished Professor in Targeted Therapies and section chief of behavioral and social statistics in the division of Quantitative Sciences. He is a fellow of the American Statistical Association. Currently, he is the editor-in-chief of the Genetic Epidemiology journal.

Education 1987 – B.S., statistics, Shivaji University, Kolhapur, Maharashtra, India 1989 – M.S., statistics, Shivaji University, Kolhapur, Maharashtra, India 1990 – Master of Philosophy, statistics, Shivaji University, Kolhapur, Maharashtra, India 1993 – Research scholar in statistics, Indian Statistical Institute, Calcutta, West Bengal, India 1998 – PhD, statistics, The University of Georgia, Athens, GA

Honors and awards 2014 – Barnhart Family Distinguished Professorship in Targeted Therapies 2014 – Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science 2014 – Fellow, Royal Statistical Society 2014 – IGES Leadership Award, International Genetic Epidemiology Society 2014 – Outstanding Service to Graduate Education, UT Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences (GSBS), Houston 2012 – Fellow, American Statistical Association 2011 – Editor-in-chief, Genetic Epidemiology (journal) 2010 – Member, Program Committee of International Genetic Epidemiology Society 2010 – Nominee, Distinguished Faculty Mentor Award 2009 – Nominee, 5th Annual Robert M. Chamberlain Distinguished Mentor Award 2008–2012 – Chartered member, Cardiovascular and Sleep Epidemiology (CASE) Study Section, NHLBI, NIH 2006–2010 – Associate editor, Biometrics 2006–2009 – Member, Ethical, Legal, and Social Issues Committee of International Genetic Epidemiology Society 2006 – Elected member, International Statistical Institute 2004–2005 – President, Houston Area chapter of American Statistical Association