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Nicholas Edward Day, CBE, FRS (born 24 September 1939) is a retired statistician and cancer epidemiologist.[1]
Day worked at the International Agency for Research on Cancer in Lyon from 1969 to 1986, where he rose to become head of the Unit of Biostatistics and Field Studies.[1] He was director of the Medical Research Council Biostatistics Unit from 1986 to 1989, and continued as honorary director until 1999.[1] From 1997 until his retirement in 2004 he was co-director of the Strangeways Research Laboratory in Cambridge.[2] He was also professor of public health at the University of Cambridge from 1989 to 1999, and professor of epidemiology from 1999 until 2004.[1]
Day was made a Commander of the Order of the British Empire in the 2001 New Year's Honours for services to statistics and epidemiology underpinning cancer biology.[3]
His hobbies include sea fishing and tree growing.[1]
Books
- 1980 (with Norman Breslow), Statistical Methods in Cancer Research: Volume 1—The Analysis of Case-Control Studies. International Agency for Research on Cancer, Lyon, France. ISBN 9789283201823.
- 1986 (with Matti Hakama & Anthony B. Miller) Screening for cancer of the uterine cervix. International Agency for Research on Cancer, Lyon, France. ISBN 9789283211761
- 1987 (with Norman Breslow), Statistical Methods in Cancer Research: Volume 2—The Design and Analysis of Cohort Studies. International Agency for Research on Cancer, Lyon, France. ISBN 9789283211822.
- 1988 (edited with Anthony B. Miller) Screening for Breast Cancer. Huber. ISBN 9780920887264.
References
- ^ a b c d e "Prof Nicholas Day, CBE, FRS". Debrett's People of Today. http://www.debretts.com/people/biographies/browse/d/15365/Nicholas%20Edward+DAY.aspx. Retrieved 12 June 2010.
- ^ "Directors of Strangeways Research Laboratory". Strangeways Research Laboratory. http://www.srl.cam.ac.uk/directors.html. Retrieved 12 June 2010.
- ^ "New Years Honours 2000: DBEs to CBEs". BBC News. 30 December 2000. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/in_depth/uk/2000/new_year_honours_2000/1092605.stm. Retrieved 12 June 2010.
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