David B. Allison
David Bradley Allison (born 1963) is an American obesity researcher, biostatistician, and psychologist. He is the dean of the Indiana University School of Public Health-Bloomington and, in 2007, was one of the top 10 scientists in the world awarded the most NIH grants. Allison was previously Distinguished Professor, Quetelet Endowed Professor, and Director of the NIH-funded Nutrition Obesity Research Center at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB).
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| Born | 1963 New York City |
| Alma mater | Vassar College, Hofstra University |
| Awards | Lilly Scientific Achievement Award from the Obesity Society (2002), Presidential Award for Excellence in Science, Mathematics and Engineering Mentoring, Mark Bieber Award from the American College of Nutrition in 2016. |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Biostatistics |
| Institutions | Indiana University-Bloomington |
| Thesis | Toward an empirically derived typology of obese persons (1990) |
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