Heather Allore, PhD
Professor of Medicine (Geriatrics) and of Biostatistics
Professor of Medicine (Geriatrics) and of Biostatistics; Leader, Data Management and Statistics Core, Yale Alzheimer's Disease Research Center, Internal Medicine; Co-director of the Biostatistics and Bioinformatics Core of the Yale Transdisciplinary Collaborative Center for Precision Medicine focused on Health Disparities, Yale Transdisciplinary Collaborative Center for Precision Medicine ; Associate Director of Gerontologic Biostatistical Methods, Internal Medicine: Geriatrics; Senior Biostatistician and Epidemiologist, Internal Medicine: Rheumatology; Co-Director of Biostatistical Core, Internal Medicine: Geriatrics
My research is focused on issues related to the design and analysis of trials and studies of multifactorial geriatric health conditions, especially among persons with multimorbidity. I developed a sub-discipline of biostatistics that focuses on training and methodological development in geriatrics called “Gerontologic Biostatistics.” This discipline trains researchers for conducting collaborative research on concerns of older adults and provides the basis for the development of new statistical methodologies. My research in health disparities of older adults provides methods for relative and absolute contribution of risk factors. My collaborations in rheumatology include being the statistical panelist of the 2018 NIH Pathways to Prevention workshop: Appropriate Use of Drug Therapies for Osteoporotic Fracture Prevention, statistical editorial board member of Arthritic & Rheumatology, and methods appropriate for multiply correlated biomarker data. In 2022, I became the senior biostatistician and epidemiologist consultant for the Rheumatology, Allergy & Immunology Section where I help to train fellows and junior faculty in sound study design, data collection and results analysis.