UB biostatistician named to NIH grant review panel

Alan Hutson, professor and chair of the Department of Biostatistics, School of Public Health and Health Professions, has been named a grant review panelist for the National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (NCATS) at the National Institutes of Health (NIH.)

Hutson will take part in the scientific review portion of a NCATS special emphasis panel tasked with reviewing grant applications for development of Trial Innovation Centers (TICs) as part of the Clinical and Translational Science Award (CTSA) program. Hutson will begin serving on the panel this month.

The primary objective of the TICs and the integration of CTSA hubs into a network is to develop, demonstrate and disseminate innovative ways to increase the quality and efficiency of multi-site clinical research.

“To be asked to serve in a role of such high importance for the NIH is quite an honor,” says Hutson.  “I look forward contributing as a panelist during this grant review process.”

Hutson’s research interests include bioinformatics, clinical trials, computational methods and order statistics. In addition to his UB appointments, he also serves as chair of the Department of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics at Roswell Park Cancer Institute.

He received his doctoral degree in statistics from the University of Rochester.