Making Biostatistics Relevant.

AFRICAN American women college teachers; BIOMETRY; INNER cities; ALCOHOLIC beverage industry; VIOLENCE in the community; DREXEL University

The article focuses on Loni Philip Tabb, professor of biostatistics at the Drexel University. It notes her education in mathematics and biostatistics in Drexel University and Harvard University. It also presents her views on the access to alcohol in inner city neighborhoods and its impact on violence in those communities and the influence of a residential area on the health of its residents.