Ross L. Prentice (born October 16, 1946)[1] is a Canadian statistician known particularly for his contributions to survival analysis and statistical methods for epidemiology.
[2] He has worked at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center in 1974 and is also a professor of biostatistics at the University of Washington School of Public Health.
He taught at the University of Waterloo before moving to the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center in 1974.
[2][4] His most cited statistical paper, published in 1989, concerns a criterion for the valid use of surrogate endpoints.
[2][3] He received the COPSS Presidents' Award in 1986[6] and the R. A. Fisher Lectureship in 2008, for which the citation read:[7] For fundamental contributions to the theory and practice of statistical science; for his influential and innovative research in the areas of survival analysis, life history processes, case-control and cohort studies; and for his influential role in the conception, design, and implementation of the Women's Health Initiative.