Susan R. Wilson

Susan Ruth Wilson (19 March 1948[3] – 16 March 2020)[4] was an Australian statistician, known for her research in biostatistics and statistical genetics, and for her work on the understanding of AIDS in Australia.[pub 1][pub 2][pub 3] She edited the bulletin of the Institute of Mathematical Statistics from 1993 to 1998, and was president of the International Biometric Society from 1998 to 1999.[5]

Susan R. Wilson
Alma materAustralian National University (PhD)
Scientific career
FieldsBiostatistics

Bioinformatics
Gene Expression
Applied Statistics
Population, Ecological And Evolutionary Genetics

Epidemiology[1]
InstitutionsUniversity of Sheffield
Australian National University
University of New South Wales
ThesisSome Statistical Results in Genetics[2] (1972)
Doctoral advisorP.A.P. Moran[2]

Education and career

Wilson was born in Sydney.[3] She earned her Ph.D. in 1972 from Australian National University; her dissertation, supervised by P. A. P. Moran, was Some Statistical Results in Genetics.[2] She became a lecturer at the University of Sheffield, but in 1974 returned to Australia to take a position as research fellow at the Australian National University. She became a fellow there in 1976, and a senior fellow in 1984. In 1994, she was given a professorship in Statistical Science in the Centre for Mathematics and its Applications.[3] At her death, she was a professor emeritus of bioinformation science and statistical science at Australian National University[1] and also an honorary professor in the School of Mathematics and Statistics at the University of New South Wales.[6]

Recognition

She was elected as a member of the International Statistical Institute in 1979, as a fellow of the American Statistical Association in 1991, as a fellow of the Institute of Mathematical Statistics,[5] and as an honorary life member of the International Biometric Society in 2012.[7]

Selected publications
  1. Solomon, P.J.; Wilson, S.R.; Swanson, C.E.; Cooper, D.A. (1990), "Effect of zidovudine on survival of patients with AIDS in Australia", Medical Journal of Australia, 153 (5): 254–257, doi:10.5694/j.1326-5377.1990.tb136895.x, ISSN 0025-729X, PMID 2392071, S2CID 20749782
  2. Solomon, P.J.; Wilson, S.R.; Swanson, C.E.; Cooper, D.A. (1990), "Predicting the course of AIDS in Australia", Medical Journal of Australia, 153 (7): 386–394, doi:10.5694/j.1326-5377.1990.tb125495.x, ISSN 0025-729X, PMID 2215308, S2CID 25278359
  3. Solomon, P.J.; Wilson, S.R. (1993), "(Backcalculation of HIV Infection Rates): Comment", Statistical Science, 8 (2): 112–114, doi:10.1214/ss/1177011000, JSTOR 2246146

References
  1. Sue Wilson, Emeritus Professor, Australian National University, retrieved 26 November 2017
  2. Susan R. Wilson at the Mathematics Genealogy Project
  3. "Wilson, Susan Ruth (1948 - )", Encyclopedia of Australian Science, retrieved 26 November 2017
  4. "Prof Susan Ruth Wilson", Sydney Morning Herald, 21 March 2020, retrieved 26 April 2020
  5. "Nomination Statement for Susan Wilson", Council Circular (PDF), International Biometric Society, April 2012, retrieved 26 November 2017
  6. Staff directory, University of New South Wales School of Mathematics and Statistics, retrieved 26 November 2017
  7. "Professor Sue Wilson - Award of Honorary Life Member of the International Biometric Society", News & Events, UNSW Prince of Wales Clinical School, retrieved 26 November 2017
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