Daily News | Stanley S. Schor, retired professor, biostatistics pioneer, clinical researcher, author, and veteran has died at 100
Stanley S. Schor, 100, formerly of Philadelphia, retired professor of statistics at the University of Pennsylvania and Temple University’s medical school, former executive director of clinical biostatistics and research data systems at Merck and Co., pioneer in the application of biostatistics, prolific clinical researcher, author, and veteran, died Monday, Dec. 26, of vascular dementia at his home in Highland Beach, Fla.
Candid and tireless in evaluating accepted medical practices and proposing better ways if possible, Dr. Schor focused his celebrated career on ensuring that conclusions drawn from clinical research were valid and that their real-world application was beneficial. Indeed, Dr. Schor’s examinations and evaluations of medical research and protocols, and his follow-up recommendations, significantly improved care regarding heart attacks, diabetes, cancer, and other critical health conditions.
His reports elevated the role of statisticians in approving research, refined project policies, and updated everyday medical information for women, children, veterans, and the general public. Among other activities, he revamped questions on medical tests and research reviews, and introduced new methods to ensure safety, accurate product information, and the efficient distribution of effective drugs.Dr.
A teacher at heart, Dr. Schor was known for his encouragement, generosity, and humor in the classroom. He was director of Penn’s national periodic health examination research group and earned grants from the Public Health Service and other groups to support his initiatives there. At Temple’s medical school, now the Lewis Katz School of Medicine, he donated money for stipends and tuition to promising graduate students and developed a thriving biometrics department that graduated more than 100 biostatisticians.
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