Assistant professor
Max Rady College of Medicine
Community Health Sciences
753 McDermot Avenue
University of Manitoba
Winnipeg, MB, R3E 0T6
Robert Balshaw, PhD
Cross appointments
Does not hold any cross appointments.
Research achievements
Research summary
Robert Balshaw's interests include innovative trials design, causal inference in observational studies, methods for biomarker discovery, refinement and validation. He is becoming very curious about the Bayesian approach to scientific thinking.
Research groups
Keywords
- Biomarkers
- Biostatistics
- Causal inference
- Clinical trials
- Consulting
Biography
Robert Balshaw is an assistant professor in the department of community health sciences and a senior biostatistician in the Data Science Platform of the Georgy and Fay Yee Centre for Healthcare Innovation. He has been a consulting biostatistician for industry, government, and academia for 35 years and has been the lead statistician for dozens of clinical trials and consulted on hundreds of research projects.
Education
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Statistics, Simon Fraser University (1997)
Master of Science (MSc), Statistics, University of Manitoba (1987)
Bachelor of Science (BSc (Hons)), Statistics, University of Manitoba (1986)
Contact us
Community Health Sciences
Max Rady College of Medicine
Room S113 - 750 Bannatyne Avenue
University of Manitoba (Bannatyne campus)
Winnipeg, MB R3E 0W3 Canada
204-789-3655