Prakash Gorroochurn

  • Associate Professor in Biostatistics at CUMC
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Overview

I am an Associate Professor in the Department of Biostatistics at Columbia University. I obtained my Ph.D. in Mathematical Population Genetics from Monash University, Australia, in 1999. I am Associate Editor of The American Statistician. My main areas of research interest include mathematical population genetics, genetic epidemiology, and the history of probability and statistics.

I am also the author of the book “Classic Problems of Probability” which won the 2012 PROSE Award for Mathematics from The American Publishers Awards for Professional and Scholarly Excellence

Academic Appointments

  • Associate Professor in Biostatistics at CUMC

Credentials & Experience

Education & Training

  • BsC (Honors, First Class), 1994 Monash University
  • PhD, 1999 Monash University, Faculty of Science

Editorial Boards

Associate Editor, The American Statistician

Associate Editor, BMC Genetics

Honors & Awards

  • 2019 Article "The End of Statistical Independence: The Story of Bose-Einstein Statistics (2018)" (The Mathematical Intelligencer 40 (3): 12-17) selected as Notable Writing in ‘The Best Writings on Mathematics 2019,’ (M. Pitici, Princeton University Press)
  • 2018: Article "God Does Not Play Dice: Revisiting Einstein’s Rejection of Probability in Quantum Mechanics (2017)." (Mathematical Scientist 42: 61-73) selected as Notable Writing in 'The Best Writings on Mathematics 2018' (M. Pitici, Princeton University Press).
  • 2013: Article "Errors of Probability in Historical Context (2012)." (American Statistician 65(4): 246-254) appeared in ‘The Best Writings on Mathematics 2013’ (M. Pitici, Princeton University Press)
  • 2012: Book "Classic Problems of Probability (2012)" published by Wiley won the PROSE award for Mathematics in 2012 and translated in Japanese.
 

 

Research

Research Interests

  • Evolutionary Genetics
  • History of Probability, Statistics, and Population
  • Missing Data
  • Statistical genetics
  • Structural Equation Modeling

Selected Publications

Gorroochurn P. (2020) Who Invented the Delta Method, Really? The Mathematical Intelligencer 42(3): 46-49.

Gorroochurn P. (2019) Probability and Kinetic Theory: A Tale of Two Disciplines. The Mathematical Intelligencer 41(2): 42-56. 

Gorroochurn P (2008) Perils in the Use of Linkage Disequilibrium for Fine Gene Mapping: Simple Insights from Population Genetics. Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers & Prevention 17: 3292-329.

 

Selected Reviews, Chapters, and Editorials

Gorroochurn P. (2012) Classic Problems of Probability. Wiley, NJ. (Winner of the 2012 PROSE Award for Mathematics from The American Publishers Awards for Professional and Scholarly Excellence.)

Gorroochurn P. (2016) Classic Topics on the History of Modern Mathematical Statistics: From Laplace to More Recent Times. Wiley, NJ.

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