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Alexa S. Beiser
Alma materUniversity of California
Known forBiostatistics
Scientific career
InstitutionsBoston University

Alexa S. Beiser is an American professor of biostatistics and public health researcher.

Biography[edit]

Beiser did her PhD in mathematics at Boston University, following her M.A. at the University of California, San Diego in Applied Mathematics and B.A. in Biology and Psychology from the University of California, Santa Cruz.[1][2]

She has worked at the Boston University School of Public Health since 1985, currently in the Framingham Heart Study (FHS) neurology group. Beiser co-developed the biostatistics doctoral program at Boston University.[3]

Research[edit]

She has worked on areas such as risk factors for dementia,[4] how stress affects memory,[5] and how physical activity can improve health for people with diabetes.[6] She currently leads the FHS neurology group data management team, with a focus of analysing data relating to dementia.

Selected papers[edit]

Books co-authored[edit]

References[edit]

  • ^ "Alexa Beiser | SPH". www.bu.edu. Retrieved 2022-08-14.
  • ^ "Dementia Rates Leveling Off, Despite Aging Population | SPH". www.bu.edu.
  • ^ "Stress Associated with Impaired Memory, Lower Brain Volumes | SPH". www.bu.edu.
  • ^ "Physical Activity Improves Cognitive and Vascular Health in Older People with Diabetes | SPH". www.bu.edu.
  • ^ Stangl, Dalene K. (February 2009). "Review of Introductory Applied Biostatistics". The American Statistician. 63 (1): 96–97. JSTOR 27644107.

  • Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Alexa_Beiser&oldid=1217693146"

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