Education
Ph.D., Biostatistics; M.S., Mathematics
Biography

Dr. Scott Evans is a Professor and Founding Chair of the Department of Biostatistics Bioinformatics and the Director of the George Washington Biostatistics Center.

Professor Evans interests include the design, monitoring, analyses, and reporting of and education in clinical trials and diagnostic studies. He is the author of more than 200 peer-reviewed publications and three books on clinical trials including Fundamentals for New Clinical Trialists. He is the Director of the Statistical and Data Management Center (SDMC) for the Antibacterial Resistance Leadership Group (ARLG), a collaborative clinical research network that prioritizes, designs, and executes clinical research to reduce the public health threat of antibacterial resistance.

Dr. Evans is a recipient of the Mosteller Statistician of the Year Award, the Robert Zackin Distinguished Collaborative Statistician Award for contributions to the AIDS Clinical Trials Group (ACTG), the Founders Award from the American Statistical Association (ASA), an elected member of the International Statistical Institute (ISI), and is a Fellow of the ASA, Society for Clinical Trials (SCT), and the Infectious Disease Society of America (IDSA).