Michal Abrahamowicz
James McGill Professor of Biostatistics, Department of Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Occupational Health
Michal Abrahamowicz is a James McGill Professor of Biostatistics at McGill University, in Montreal, Canada. His statistical research aims at development and validation of new, flexible statistical methodology, with main focus on time-to-event (survival) analyses of prognostic and pharmaco-epidemiological studies. He has developed also new methods to control for different sources of bias in observational studies. His collaborative research focuses on pharmaco-epidemiology, arthritis, cardiovascular and cancer epidemiology. th Across the Lifespan Program, Research Institute of the MUHC
Methodological research on the development of new statistical methodology and collaborative research, in which these new methods are applied in epidemiologic and clinical studies. Main focus on flexible modelling of survival data, including changes in relative risks over time, detecting thresholds and lags in the effects of risk factors and interventions, and the impact of using ecologic variable on estimated risks. Epidemiology of Cardiovascular disease, cancer, arthritis, as well as with cohort studies of drug utilization patterns and their effects.