Richard MacLehose, PhD

Richard MacLehose, PhD, is a Professor in the Division of Epidemiology and Community Health at the University of Minnesota School of Public Health. Dr. MacLehose is an epidemiologist and biostatistician with experience designing and implementing epidemiologic studies and developing novel methods in Bayesian statistics, bias analysis, and causal inference. He has worked extensively on the theoretical basis of bias analysis approaches and developed methods for these adjustments. He is an author of the textbook, Applying Quantitative Bias Analysis to Epidemiologic Data. His methodological interests in these areas have been applied in substantive research and collaborations in aging, cardiovascular, nutritional, and occupational epidemiology. Dr. MacLehose has served as the principal methodologist and statistician on numerous observational and randomized control trials.

IREACH Programs

• Community Health and Aging in Native Groups of Elders Resource Center for Minority Aging Research
  Core Lead
• Natives Engaged in Alzheimer’s Research
  Core Lead

Projects

• Natives Engaged in Alzheimer’s Research (NEAR) Methods Core
  Core Lead
• Natives Engaged in Alzheimer’s Research (NEAR) Research Project 2 (RP2): ‘IKE Kupuna (Elder Wisdom)
  Methods Lead