Andrew Vickers
Andrew Julian Vickers | |
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Born | 11 February 1967 |
Alma mater | University of Cambridge, University of Oxford |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Oncology, biostatistics |
Institutions | Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center |
Thesis | Homeopathy and clinical trials (1999) |
Andrew Julian Vickers (born 11 February 1967)[1][2] is a biostatistician and attending research methodologist at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center. Since 2013, he has also been professor of public health at Weill Cornell Medical College.[3] He is the statistical editor for the peer-reviewed journal European Urology.[4]
Education and career
Vickers received his B.A. from the University of Cambridge in 1989 and his D.Phil. from the University of Oxford in 1999.[5] He joined Memorial Sloan Kettering in 1999 as an assistant attending research methodologist, before being appointed an associate attending research methodologist there in 2006 and an attending research methodologist in 2012.[5]
Research
He is known for his research into prostate cancer screening,[6] statistical methodology for the evaluation of prediction models[7] and clinical trial methodology.[8] He is part of the team that developed the 4Kscore,[9] a test that accurately identifies a man's risk of aggressive prostate cancer. In 2011, Vickers published a study which found that PSA velocity—the change in the blood level of prostate-specific antigen (PSA)--was not a more accurate predictor of prostate cancer than comparing PSA levels to a specific threshold.[10] Vickers was the lead author of a 2012 meta-analysis of 29 acupuncture trials published in the Archives of Internal Medicine.[11] Vickers leads the "Amplio" quality assurance initiative at Memorial Sloan Kettering[12] and is Director of the "Web Survey" health informatics core facility.[13]
Personal life
Vickers is also a competitive runner.[14] He has a daughter and two sons.[15][16]
References
- ↑ "Reference Entry". Who's Who. Oxford University Press. Retrieved 1 August 2015.
- ↑ "Andrew Vickers". Library of Congress Name Authority File. Retrieved 23 April 2017.
- ↑ "News and Highlights". Weill Cornell Medical College. July 2013. Retrieved 6 June 2015.
- ↑ "Andrew Vickers". European Urology website. Retrieved 6 March 2018.
- 1 2 "Andrew J. Vickers CV" (PDF). Retrieved 5 June 2015.
- ↑ "Rise in PSA protein 'not prostate cancer sign'". BBC News. 25 February 2011. Retrieved 5 June 2015.
- ↑ Vickers, Andrew; Elkin, Elena (2006). "Decision curve analysis: a novel method for evaluating prediction models". Medical Decision Making. 26: 565–74. doi:10.1177/0272989X06295361. PMC 2577036. PMID 17099194.
- ↑ Vickers, Andrew (2014). "Clinical trials in crisis: Four simple methodologic fixes". Clinical Trials. 11: 615–21. doi:10.1177/1740774514553681. PMC 4229450.
- ↑ "4Kscore Patient Site".
- ↑ Vickers, A. J.; Till, C.; Tangen, C. M.; Lilja, H.; Thompson, I. M. (24 February 2011). "An Empirical Evaluation of Guidelines on Prostate-specific Antigen Velocity in Prostate Cancer Detection". JNCI Journal of the National Cancer Institute. 103 (6): 462–469. doi:10.1093/jnci/djr028. PMC 3057983.
- ↑ Vickers, AJ; Cronin, AM; Maschino, AC; Lewith, G; MacPherson, H; Foster, NE; Sherman, KJ; Witt, CM; Linde, K; Acupuncture Trialists', Collaboration (22 October 2012). "Acupuncture for chronic pain: individual patient data meta-analysis". Archives of Internal Medicine. 172 (19): 1444–53. doi:10.1001/archinternmed.2012.3654. PMC 3658605. PMID 22965186.
- ↑ "Should Surgeons Keep Score? – Backchannel". Medium. Retrieved 10 December 2015.
- ↑ "Andrew Vickers". Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center. Retrieved 7 March 2018.
- ↑ Aschwanden, Christie (30 October 2014). "Introducing Slate's Marathon Time Predictor". Slate. Retrieved 25 August 2015.
- ↑ Henning, Justine (2017-04-21). ""Science is why my cancer diagnosis isn't a death sentence. Today I march for science."". Vox. Retrieved 7 March 2018.
- ↑ Somers, James (2014-12-12). "Should Surgeons Keep Score?". WIRED. Retrieved 7 March 2018.
External links
- Andrew Vickers publications indexed by Google Scholar