Dear Professor Bland,
I am shocked to hear this tragic loss. I do not find words to express my sad feelings.
If I remember correctly, in addition to other legendary like Professor Cox, I was fortunate to meet Professor Altman way back in the year 1998 attending a seminar organised in London to celebrate "50 Years of Randomized Controlled Trials".
His well known book "Practical Statistics for Medical Research" is undoubtedly an asset to everyone starting career in medical research. In spite of his known significant contribution in medical research, I could see him as a great teacher too.
We will miss him.
Our heartfelt condolences to his family.
Kind regards
Yours sincerely
Sada Nand Dwivedi,
Ph.D., FSMS
Professor, Department of Biostatistics
All India Institute of Medical Sciences
Ansari Nagar, New Delhi-110029, India
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Subject: Doug Altman
Dear friends,
I am very sad to tell you that my dear friend and collaborator Doug Altman
passed away today. We were working together to the end and exchanged
emails only on Friday.
Doug and I have been friends since 1972 and have published together 100
times, with more in draft. They will be finished. Doug is one of the most
influential medical statisticians of the past 40 years and did so much to
improve the methodological quality of medical research, thus benefiting
thousands of lives.
Doug had been treated for bowel cancer. Recently, he told me that there
were metastases, but I thought we still had time. I am bereft.
Martin
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