About Us

Management Team
Andrew R. Willan, PhD
Dr Willan is an academic biostatistician and clinical trial methodologist, and currently holds the positions of Senior Scientist and Scientific Director of Quantitative Methods at SickKids Research Institute, Professor of Biostatistics in the Dalla Lana School of Public Health at the University of Toronto, and Professor Emeritus in the Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics at McMaster University. His contributions to statistical methodology include publications in the areas of cost-effectiveness analysis, value of information methods, management trials, crossover trials, non-nested regression analysis and bivariate response models. He has been particularly instrumental in devising robust methods for modelling uncertainty in economic evaluation and interpreting such evidence for decision making in health technology assessment through the use of value of information methods. Previously positions held included the Head of Biometry of the Clinical Trials Program at the National Cancer Institute of Canada and the Head of Clinical Trials and Epidemiology for the Cancer Program at Sunnybrook Medical Centre in Toronto.

Nicholas Willan, BSc (Hons.)
Nick is a graduate of the Computer Science program at Queen's University. He has worked over 10 years as a senior software developer designing internet and security software.