Dr. Roger Davis is a distinguished biostatistician and academic leader with extensive contributions to medical research methodology. He currently serves as Associate Professor of Medicine (Biostatistics) at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Harvard Medical School, where he directs the Biostatistics program in the Division of General Medicine. Dr. Davis earned his BA and MA in Statistics from the University of Rochester before completing his ScD in Biostatistics at Harvard University. With nearly four decades of experience in biomedical research, he has established himself as a pillar of statistical support for clinical investigators across multiple institutions.
Dr. Davis has provided essential statistical guidance for hundreds of clinical trials and health services research projects, significantly advancing the rigor and reliability of medical research findings. His development of statistical methodologies for complex clinical study designs has been instrumental in shaping best practices for biomedical investigators, with his expertise spanning survival analysis, longitudinal data analysis, and complex survey methodology. He has authored or co-authored over 350 peer-reviewed publications that have collectively advanced evidence-based medicine across numerous therapeutic areas. His eight-year tenure as Statistical Editor for Circulation and its subspecialty journals further demonstrates his profound influence on the standards of statistical reporting in high-impact medical literature.
Beyond his direct research contributions, Dr. Davis has been a dedicated educator who developed and taught the seminal course on survival analysis for clinical researchers at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health for 23 years, training generations of medical investigators in rigorous statistical methodology. As Director of the Harvard Catalyst Biostatistics Consulting Program, he leads initiatives that connect statisticians with clinical researchers across the Harvard ecosystem, fostering interdisciplinary collaborations that address pressing healthcare challenges. His ongoing work continues to bridge the gap between sophisticated statistical theory and practical clinical research applications, ensuring that medical discoveries are built on sound methodological foundations. Dr. Davis remains actively engaged in mentoring junior biostatisticians and clinical researchers, perpetuating a legacy of methodological excellence in biomedical science.
