Thomas Fleming, PhD

Thomas Fleming, PhD​

Thomas Fleming, PhD

Professor, Department of Biostatistics University of Washington School of Medicine

Thomas R. Fleming, PhD, is Professor and former Chair of the Department of Biostatistics at the University of Washington in Seattle, Member of the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center. 

Dr Fleming has authored or coauthored several books and more than 300 research articles in peer-reviewed journals, many regarding the development of state-of-the-art methods for the design, conduct and analysis of clinical trials, and many others reporting the results of landmark trials, including the 2011 publication in NEJM on prevention of transmission of HIV. This research, on which he was senior author, was recognized by Science Magazine to be the scientific “Breakthrough of the Year”. 

He has chaired or served on Data Monitoring Committees for more than 300 clinical trials. For more than 30 years he has served as a Special Government Employee for FDA, as a regular member of several FDA Advisory Committees and as an invited voting member on more than 100 occasions. Dr Fleming has received numerous awards and was elected to membership in the Institute of Medicine of the National Academies in 2012, which became the National Academy of Medicine in 2015.