Director, Biostatistics
Research Scientist
K. Jack Ishak, PhD, is responsible for overseeing the planning and execution of statistical analyses for health economics, pharmacoepidemiology and outcomes research studies.
His methodological expertise covers survival analysis techniques involving time-dependent variables, meta-analysis models, mixed models for longitudinal and correlated data, analyses of compliance and persistence with treatment. He has worked in several disease areas including cardiovascular disease, osteoporosis, hypertension, diabetes, Alzheimer’s disease, schizophrenia, depression, hepatitis and multiple myeloma.
He has co-authored a number of methodological and substantive papers in peer-reviewed journals.
Dr. Ishak received his undergraduate degree in Statistics from Concordia University and obtained his Masters and Doctoral degrees in Biostatistics and Epidemiology from McGill University.