Sanjay Shete

Sanjay Shete (born 1968) is a professor in statistical genetic, genetic epidemiology, behavioral genetics and biostatistics at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center. He is Barnhart Family Distinguished Professor in Targeted Therapies and section chief of behavioral and social statistics in the division of Quantitative Sciences.

Shete's ability to design and undertake creative genetic epidemiological studies in collaboration with other scientists is evidenced by the range of genetic investigations of complex disorders in which he has been involved. Shete is currently director of the Biostatistics, Bioinformatics and Systems Biology program at the Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences. Shete has institutional leadership responsibilities as vice-chair of one of the Institutional Review Boards. He was a member of Ethical, Legal and Social Issues Committee and currently a member of the scientific program committee of the International Genetic Epidemiology Society. He was a chartered member of the Cardiovascular and Sleep Epidemiology Study Section for National Institute of Health. He is a fellow of the American Statistical Association. Currently, he is the editor-in-chief of the Genetic Epidemiology journal.

Education

 * 1987 – B.S., statistics, Shivaji University, Kolhapur, Maharashtra, India
 * 1989 – M.S., statistics, Shivaji University, Kolhapur, Maharashtra, India
 * 1990 – Master of Philosophy, statistics, Shivaji University, Kolhapur, Maharashtra, India
 * 1993 – Research scholar in statistics, Indian Statistical Institute, Calcutta, West Bengal, India
 * 1998 – PhD, statistics, The University of Georgia, Athens, GA

Honors and awards

 * 2014 – Barnhart Family Distinguished Professorship in Targeted Therapies
 * 2014 – Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science
 * 2014 – Fellow, Royal Statistical Society
 * 2014 – IGES Leadership Award, International Genetic Epidemiology Society
 * 2014 – Outstanding Service to Graduate Education, UT Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences (GSBS), Houston
 * 2012 – Fellow, American Statistical Association
 * 2011 – Editor-in-chief, Genetic Epidemiology (journal)
 * 2010 – Member, Program Committee of International Genetic Epidemiology Society
 * 2010 – Nominee, Distinguished Faculty Mentor Award
 * 2009 – Nominee, 5th Annual Robert M. Chamberlain Distinguished Mentor Award
 * 2008–2012 – Chartered member, Cardiovascular and Sleep Epidemiology (CASE) Study Section, NHLBI, NIH
 * 2006–2010 – Associate editor, Biometrics
 * 2006–2009 – Member, Ethical, Legal, and Social Issues Committee of International Genetic Epidemiology Society
 * 2006 – Elected member, International Statistical Institute
 * 2004–2005 – President, Houston Area chapter of American Statistical Association