| 词条 | Lianne Sheppard |
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Elizabeth Anne (Lianne) Sheppard is an American statistician. She specializes in biostatistics and environmental statistics, and in particular in the effects of air quality on health. She is a Professor of Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences and a Professor of Biostatistics in the University of Washington School of Public Health.{{r|profile}} ContributionsIn 2016, Sheppard was chosen to chair a panel of the United States Environmental Protection Agency to examine in what quantities nitrogen oxides are harmful.{{r|nox}} However, in 2018 the Trump administration replaced the Sheppard and other academic experts on the panel with public health officials, at the same time disbanding a related panel on particulate pollution. Sheppard was quoted as saying that these changes would "result in poorer-quality scientific oversight".{{r|nyt}} Sheppard is also a participant in a lawsuit against new agency rules preventing scientists funded by the agency from serving on its panels, a move that caused her to step away from a three-million-dollar grant.{{r|sue}} EducationSheppard graduated from Johns Hopkins University with a bachelor's degree in psychology in 1979, and returned to Johns Hopkins for a master's degree in biostatistics in 1985. She completed her Ph.D. in biostatistics in 1992 at the University of Washington.{{r|profile}} Her dissertation, Aggregate Data Methods for Relative Risk Parameter Estimation in Diet and Disease Prevention Research, was supervised by Ross L. Prentice.{{r|mgp}} RecognitionSheppard was chosen as a Fellow of the American Statistical Association in 2006, "for contributions to observational studies and environmental occupational epidemiology; for thoughtful commentary in science-policy areas; and for commitment to bringing statistical methodology to elementary and high school education.{{r|fasa}} References1. ^{{mathgenealogy|id=147770}} [1][2][3][4][5]2. ^{{citation|url=https://www.aspph.org/washington-professor-chairs-epa-panel-to-review-nitrogen-oxides-standards/?c=1|title=Washington Professor Chairs EPA Panel to Review Nitrogen Oxides Standards|date=July 7, 2016|publisher=Association of Schools & Programs of Public Health}} 3. ^{{citation|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/11/climate/epa-disbands-pollution-science-panel.html|newspaper=The New York Times|title=E.P.A. to Disband a Key Scientific Review Panel on Air Pollution|first=Lisa|last=Friedman|date=October 11, 2018}} 4. ^{{citation|url=http://sph.washington.edu/faculty/fac_bio.asp?url_ID=Sheppard_Lianne|title=Lianne Sheppard|work=Faculty|publisher=University of Washington School of Public Health|accessdate=2018-10-29}} 5. ^{{citation|url=https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/scientists-sue-epa-scott-pruitt_us_5a68a218e4b0dc592a0e87f0|title=Scientists Sue EPA Over 'Attempt To Delegitimize Science': They argue Administrator Scott Pruitt’s purge of independent advisers was unlawful and unprecedented|newspaper=Huffington Post|first=Hayley|last=Miller|date=January 24, 2018}} }} External links
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