Abraham Silvers (born April 29, 1934) is an American mathematician and statistician who wrote extensively on research methods and approaches to clinical trials, medical studies and environmental risk assessment.
Silvers received his PhD under the supervision of Leo Sario[1] from the University of California, Los Angeles in 1964.
[1] Silvers was born in Bronx, New York on April 29, 1934.
He was elected a Fellow of the American Statistical Association (ASA) in 1988 for his contributions to clinical trial and health risk assessment methodology, and in 1993, ASA awarded him a Distinguished Medal for his work in environmental statistics.
[2] He has co-authored and published over 100 articles including: