Pamela G. Coxson
Pamela G. Coxson | |
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| Alma mater | University of Southern California |
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| Fields | Applied mathematics |
| Institutions | University of California, San Francisco |
| Doctoral advisor | Alan Schumitzky |
| Other academic advisors | Violet B. Haas |
Pamela Gail Coxson is an American applied mathematician specialized in disease modelling. She is retired as a specialist in the division of general and internal medicine at the University of California, San Francisco Center for Vulnerable Populations.
Life
[edit]Coxson completed a Ph.D. in mathematics from University of Southern California. Her 1979 dissertation was titled On the equivalence between open loop and closed loop control laws for linear systems. Alan Schumitzky was her doctoral advisor.[1]
In 1985, while working as a fellow at the Mary Ingraham Bunting Institute, Coxson initiated the Association for Women in Mathematics' Sonia Kovalevsky Math Day program for female high schoolers and their teachers.[2] In 1986, Coxson was a visiting assistant professor of mathematics at Ohio State University. One of her mentors was Violet B. Haas, whom she met in 1983.[3]
Coxson has worked in several areas of applied mathematics including mathematics in pharmacokinetics, catalytic cracking of oil, satellite image processing, and medical imaging.[4] Formerly working as a specialist in the division of general and internal medicine at the University of California, San Francisco Center for Vulnerable Populations,[5] she retired in 2018.[6]
References
[edit]- ^ Pamela G. Coxson at the Mathematics Genealogy Project
- ^ Morrow, Charlene; Perl, Teri (1998). Notable Women in Mathematics: A Biographical Dictionary. Greenwood Publishing Group. p. 213. ISBN 978-0-313-29131-9.
- ^ Case, Bettye Anne; Leggett, Anne M. (2016). Complexities: Women in Mathematics. Princeton University Press. p. 205. ISBN 978-0-691-17109-8.
- ^ Applying Modeling to Improve Health and Economic Policy Decisions in the Americas The Case of Noncommunicable Diseases: The Case of Noncommunicable Diseases. OECD Publishing. 2015. p. 75. ISBN 978-92-64-24360-6.
- ^ "Staff". UCSF Center for Vulnerable Populations. Retrieved 2025-04-24.
- ^ "Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics Newsletter". UCSF Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics. July 2018. Retrieved 2025-04-24.
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- American applied mathematicians
- 20th-century American mathematicians
- 20th-century American women mathematicians
- 21st-century American women mathematicians
- 21st-century American mathematicians
- American medical researchers
- American women medical researchers
- University of Southern California alumni
- UCSF School of Medicine faculty
- 20th-century American women scientists
- 21st-century American women scientists