Ethan Alt, PhD

About

Dr. Ethan Alt is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Biostatistics and the Collaborative Studies Coordinating Center.

Dr. Alt's methodological research interests involve the development of novel Bayesian methods for clinical trials. In particular, he is interested in informative prior elicitation on the basis of historical data and/or expert opinion.

As a former Investigator and Instructor of Medicine, Dr. Alt was responsible for statistical consulting and the development of novel statistical methodologies at the Division of Pharmacoepidemiology and Pharmacoeconomics at Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School.

Dr. Alt is a native of Michigan City, Indiana. He was inducted into the Delta Omega Honor Society in 2021.

Research Interests:

Bayesian Methods, Clinical Trial Design

Key Publications

A hierarchical prior for generalized linear models based on predictions for the mean response. Alt EM, Psioda MA, Ibrahim JG (2022). Biostatistics.
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Bayesian multivariate probability of success using historical data with type I error rate control. Alt EM, Psioda MA, Ibrahim JG (2021). Biostatistics.
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The glutathione-S-transferase mu-1 null genotype increases wood smoke-induced airway inflammation. Burbank AJ, Vadlamudi A, Mills KH, Alt EM, Wells H, Zhou H, Alexis N, Hernandez ML, Peden DB (2019). The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology , 143(6), 2299-2302.
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