Stephen Looney
Position:
Professor Aand Biostatistician
Employer:
Univ. of Louiville, School
of Medicine
Job description:
FACULTY MEMBER IN THE DEPARTMENT
OF FAMILY AND COMMUNITY MEDICINE
Job satisfaction:
BAD: TEACHING NON-RECEPTIVE
MEDICAL STUDENTS
GOOD: MANY OPPORTUNITIES TO WORK ON DIVERSE RESEARCH PROJECTS IN THE
HEALTH SCIENCES
Employment history:
1981-91: DEPT. OF QUANTITATIVE
BUSINESS ANALYSIS; LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF BUSINESS
ADMINISTRATION
1991-PRESENT: DEPT. OF FAMILY AND COMMUNITY MEDICINE; UNIVERSITY OF
LOUISVILLE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE
Suggestions for students:
GET A STRONG BACKGROUND
IN ANALYSIS WHILE AN UNDERGRADUATE
TAKE AS MANY APPLIED COURSES AS POSSIBLE
TRY TO FIND AN APPLIED AREA (BUSINESS, FORESTRY, ETC.) THAT YOU CAN
SUB-SPECIALIZE IN WHILE AN UNDERGRADUATE
TAKE COURSES IN TECHNICAL WRITING, SPEECH, ETC. TO DEVELOP YOUR PRESENTATION
SKILLS
Advisor/Student relationship:
I DON'T KNOW ENOUGH ABOUT
IT TO COMMENT. WHEN I WAS THERE, I WAS IN THE HONORS PROGRAM AND DAVID
PENNEY WAS MY ADVISOR. HE BASICALLY LET ME TAKE WHATEVER I WANTED.
Miscellaneous comments:
I'M GLAD THAT YOU HAVE
STARTED AN "OUTREACH" PROGRAM FOR GRADUATES OF YOUR PROGRAM. FOR YEARS,
I FELT ISOLATED FROM UGA.
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Date of last update: Sept. 16, 1998
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