Stephen Looney


Position:

PROFESSOR AND BIOSTATISTICIAN

Employer:

UNIV. OF LOUISVILLE 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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