Josée Dupuis is a Canadian biostatistician. She is a professor in the

Boston University School of Public Health The Boston University School of Public Health (BUSPH) is one of the graduate schools of Boston University. Founded in 1976, the School offers master's- and doctoral-level programs in public health. It is located in the heart of Boston University' ...

, where she chairs the department of biostatistics. Her research interests include

genome-wide association studies In genomics, a genome-wide association study (GWA study, or GWAS), is an observational study of a genome-wide set of genetic variants in different individuals to see if any variant is associated with a trait. GWA studies typically focus on assoc ...

gene–environment interaction Gene–environment interaction (or genotype–environment interaction or G×E) is when two different genotypes respond to environmental variation in different ways. A norm of reaction is a graph that shows the relationship between genes and envir ...

, and applications to

diabetes Diabetes mellitus, commonly known as diabetes, is a group of common endocrine diseases characterized by sustained high blood sugar levels. Diabetes is due to either the pancreas not producing enough of the hormone insulin, or the cells of th ...

and

cardiovascular disease Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is any disease involving the heart or blood vessels. CVDs constitute a class of diseases that includes: coronary artery diseases (e.g. angina, heart attack), heart failure, hypertensive heart disease, rheumati ...

Education and career

She did her undergraduate studies at

Concordia University Concordia University () is a Public university, public English-language research university located in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Founded in 1974 following the merger of Loyola College (Montreal), Loyola College and Sir George Williams Universit ...

. She earned her Ph.D. in 1994 at

Stanford University Leland Stanford Junior University, commonly referred to as Stanford University, is a Private university, private research university in Stanford, California, United States. It was founded in 1885 by railroad magnate Leland Stanford (the eighth ...

. Her dissertation, ''Statistical Problems Associated with Mapping Complex and Quantitative Traits from Genomic Mismatch Scanning Data'', was supervised by David Siegmund. She worked in the biotech industry and as a faculty member at

Northwestern University Northwestern University (NU) is a Private university, private research university in Evanston, Illinois, United States. Established in 1851 to serve the historic Northwest Territory, it is the oldest University charter, chartered university in ...

before joining Boston University School of Public Health.

Recognition

Dupuis became a fellow of the

American Statistical Association The American Statistical Association (ASA) is the main professional organization for statisticians and related professionals in the United States. It was founded in Boston, Massachusetts, on November 27, 1839, and is the second-oldest continuous ...

in 2013, for "outstanding contributions to the development and application of statistical methods for genetics data; for excellence of collaborative research in mapping human complex disease genes; and for significant service to the profession, particularly at the interface of statistics with genetic epidemiology and medicine", and a fellow of the

American Association for the Advancement of Science The American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) is a United States–based international nonprofit with the stated mission of promoting cooperation among scientists, defending scientific freedom, encouraging scientific responsib ...

in 2014, for "distinguished contributions to the field of statistical genetics". In 2015, she was elected president of the International Genetic Epidemiology Society for the 2016 term.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Dupuis, Josee Living people American statisticians Canadian statisticians Canadian women statisticians Biostatisticians Concordia University alumni Stanford University alumni Northwestern University faculty Boston University faculty Fellows of the American Statistical Association Fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science Year of birth missing (living people)