Journal of Prostate Cancer
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Punam Pahwa

Faculty, Community Health and Epidemiology University of Saskatchewan Canada 

Biography

Dr. Pahwa is an Assistant Professor at the Community Health and Epidemiology and Canadian Centre for Health and Safety in Agriculture. She obtained her M.Sc. in Statistics from McMaster University. She worked at the Canadian Centre for Health and Safety in Agriculture as a Biostatistician from 1989-1995. She did her Ph.D. in Biostatistics from the University of Saskatchewan in the year 2000.Dr. Pahwa is a Professor of Biostatistics in the Department of Community Health and Epidemiology, and Canadian Centre for Health and Safety in Agriculture, University of Saskatchewan. There are two facets of her research: methodology and application. The methodological aspect of her research consists of integrating advanced statistical theories to analyze longitudinal complex health data. This methodological aspect is not only an indispensable component of population health research, but it also helps many health researchers who face challenges in understanding large complex data sets. The applied aspect of her research consists of evaluating health determinants that are associated with chronic conditions, with a special focus on rural occupational and environmental exposures.

Research Interest

 

• Statistical Modeling of Longitudinal Data , Complex Surveys data, and Correlated Survival Data.
• Modeling of Missing Observations in Longitudinal Studies.
• Exposures of Interest: Grain Dust, Pesticide
• Diseases of Interest: Respiratory Disease, Cancer

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