Lehana Thabane, PhD
Professor/Associate Chair, Department of Health Research Methods, Evidence, and Impact (formerly the Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics)
Associate Member, Departments of Anesthesia/Pediatrics
McMaster University
Director, Biostatistics Unit, St Joseph's Healthcare--Hamilton
Senior Scientist, Population Health Research Institute, Hamilton Health SciencesEditor-In-Chief, Pilot and Feasibility Studies
Dr Lehana Thabane is a Professor of Biostatistics and Associate Chair of the Department of Health Research Methods, Evidence, and Impact; Associate member of the
Departments of Pediatrics and Anesthesia, School of Rehabilitation Sciences, in the Faculty of Health Sciences (FHS) at McMaster University (Hamilton, Ontario, Canada). He is also the Director of Biostatistics at St Joseph’s Healthcare—Hamilton (Ontario, Canada).
Hi research interests include Clinical Trials; Pragmatic Trials; Pilot and Feasibility Trials; Reporting of Trials; Systematic Review Methodology; Mentorship.
He has won several teaching and supervision awards including the CE&B
Excellence Award in Teaching for 2004-2006; the FHS Excellence in Graduate Supervision Award for 2012; and the McMaster President’s Excellence in Graduate Supervision Award for 2016. He is the clinical trials mentor for the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) and CIHR Drug Safety and Effectiveness Cross-disciplinary Training (DSECT) Program
Professional Society Membership: International Statistical Institute (elected member), American Statistical Association, International Society of Clinical Biostatistics, and the Society for Clinical Trials (SCT); Statistical Society of Canada (SSC).
Dr. Thabane has co-authored over 650 publications in peer-reviewed journals and over 700
abstracts presented at national and international meetings with over 200 invited presentations.
