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The 10th Annual Carol Buck Lecture: Dr. Allen Donner gave the Keynote Address

On Friday, December 5, 2014 from 1:30 pm - 3:30 pm, The Department of Epidemiology & Biostatistics hosted the annual Carol Buck Lecture and Graduate Scholarship. The lecture took place in Kresge in room K106. This open event honours Dr. Carol Buck’s affiliation with the department from 1952 to 2004. Following the lecture, the Carol Buck Graduate Scholarship in Epidemiology was presented to an outstanding graduate student in the Department of Epidemiology & Biostatistics.

Internationally renowned scholar Dr. Allen Donner holds the honors of being a Fellow of the American Statistical Association, the Canadian Academy of Health Sciences, and the Royal Society of Canada. Dr.Donner will present his seminar entitled "Current Issues in the Design & Analysis of Cluster Randomization Trials". He is Professor in the Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics and Director, Biometrics at Robarts Clinical Trials, Robarts Research Institute, Western University. His interest in cluster randomization trials has led to his participation in several perinatal epidemiology trials sponsored by the World Health Organization and trials of vaccination strategies designed to prevent typhoid and cholera in developing countries.

The Carol Buck Lecture and Carol Buck Graduate Scholarship first took place during the 2004-2005 school year to commemorate of the life and memory of Dr. Carol Buck.  

"Carol's colleagues and former students respected her amazing clarity of thought and communication," says Dr. Karen Campbell, Chair of the Department of Epidemiology & Biostatistics. "She was a gifted teacher who had a significant impact on many graduate students, medical students and colleagues."

Throughout her career, Dr. Buck’s work demonstrated a passionate commitment to advancing human health. Using rigorous methods of epidemiology and biostatistics to identify and correct the causes and determinants of ill-health, she became an international leader in the discipline.