James H. Ware

James H. Ware
Frederick Mosteller Professor of Biostatistics,
Department of Biostatistics
Associate Dean for Clinical and Translational Science
Dr. Ware is associate dean for clinical and translational science at the Harvard School of Public Health. Since 1990, he has been a statistical consultant to the New England Journal of Medicine. He teaches courses on longitudinal analysis, clinical trials, and analysis of categorical data at the School. He is the leader of a new course, Fundamentals of Clinical Trials, offered on the Harvard dX platform in October 2013.
During the 1980’s, Dr. Ware collaborated with Professor Nan Laird to develop statistical methods for the design and analysis of longitudinal studies, with application to studies of air pollutants. That research led to new methods for the analysis of longitudinal data, and to many publications on the health effects of particulate air pollution, nitrogen dioxide, and side stream cigarette smoke. With colleagues Nan Laird and Garrett Fitzmaurice, Dr. Ware recently completed the second edition of a book on methods for analysis of longitudinal data.
Dr. Ware also directed the statistical center for the Brain Injury Trial, a randomized trial comparing two strategies for protecting the brain during surgery to repair transposition of the great arteries in infants and the Data Coordinating Center for the Treatment of Lead Exposed Children Trial. He is currently a co-investigator in clinical trials of positive airway pressure as treatment for sleep apnea and vitamin D supplementation to prevent progression to diabetes.
Education
M.A. (Hon.), 1986, Harvard University
Ph.D., 1969, Stanford University
B.A., 1963, Yale University, Phi Beta Kappa