Professor in Residence, Epidemiology & Biostatistics, UCSF Director of the Biostatistical Consulting Unit, UCSF

Peter Bacchetti, PhD, has been at the University of California, San Francisco since 1982. His current position is Professor in Residence, Epidemiology and Biostatistics, and Director of the Biostatistical Consulting Unit. He is also a Member of the UCSF Comprehensive Cancer Center and the UCSF Liver Center.

His principal research interests include promoting good statistical practices, survival analysis methods, and statistical methods for HIV and liver disease. He has worked with Dr. Abrams on several projects involving complementary and alternative medicine, and he is a co-investigator on a current clinical trial of stress reduction based at the Osher Center.

Dr. Bacchetti’s teaching activities include participation in the Advanced Training in Clinical Research program, mentoring students in the Master of Clinical Research program, and providing informal guidance for many students, residents, fellows, and faculty members.

Dr. Bacchetti received his PhD in Biostatistics from UC Berkeley in 1987. In 1998 the American Public Health Association honored him with the Mortimer Spiegelman Award for outstanding contributions to health statistics, and in 2004 he was named a Fellow of the American Statistical Association.