Phyllis A. Gimotty, PhD

Phyllis A. Gimotty, PhD

Professor of Biostatistics

Dr. Gimotty's research focuses on statistical methods and their applications in cancer translational research, prevention and control, and risk assessment. She has served as the biostatistics core director for the Wistar/Penn SPORE on Skin Cancer and collaborates with cancer research investigators nationally and internationally. Her biostatistics methodological interests include methodology for the development of predictive and prognostic models, the evaluation of biomarkers and methods for incomplete data.

Content Area Specialties

Cancer epidemiology, melanoma, translational cancer research

Methods Specialties

Categorical data, diagnostic testing, predictive modeling, survival analysis, classification trees