Bonnie LaFleur

Bonnie received her PhD in Biometrics (statistical study of biological phenomena) from The University of Colorado Health Sciences Center (now part of the University of Colorado, Denver) in 1999 and was a postdoctoral fellow with the CDC at the National Center for Health Statistics, where she worked on methods of analysis for the aging and chronic diseases. Her scientific expertise is in immunobiology, oncology, and aging. Most of her methodologic work is in statistical methods for precision healthcare, specifically biomarkers.Bonnie was a tenure-track faculty in Biostatistics for 15 years, including appointments in the Department of Biostatistics at George Washington University, Vanderbilt University, and The University of Utah before joining the Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health in 2008 as an Associate Professor. While at George Washington University she was the Director of Biostatistics in the Center for Health Services Research (an early focus of quantitative science that was the predicate for Health Outcomes Research).In 2012 she joined Roche Diagnostics and was Director of Data Management and Biostatistics and a few years later was Vice President of Data Science and Companion Diagnostics Program Lead at HTG Molecular Diagnostics. During her time in industry, she developed several molecular biomarkers that led to patents and some were submitted and approved for use by the FDA. She also managed customer relations for Key Opinion Leaders and the pharmaceutical industry. She joined the UArizona community again in 2018 as a Research Professor in The BIO5 Institute and is currently the Core Director and Project Lead on several program project grants at the University of Arizona.