Biostatistics and Epidemiology
Faculty and Staff
Samprit Banerjee, PhD, MStat, joined the faculty at Cornell after completing his PhD from the University of Alabama at Birmingham. While pursuing his PhD, Dr. Banerjee worked on Bayesian model selection techniques to map QTL (Quantitative Trait Loci) for experimental organisms. He developed MCMC algorithms to jointly analyze multiple correlated traits to detect pleiotropy and pleiotropy vs. close linkage. At Cornell, Dr. Banerjee is collaborating with Dr. Mark Rubin’s laboratory to analyze gene expression data for prostate cancer. He was involved in six peer reviewed publications in various roles including lead author. Dr. Banerjee has also co-authored in writing a book chapter. He has also lectured Introduction to Biostatistics to medical residents.
