Thomas Stewart

Thomas Stewart is a data scientist specializing in biostatistics, clinical trials, and clinical research education. He serves as lead statistician for two NIH-funded, multi-site clinical trials: Pass It On investigates convalescent plasma as a treatment for patients hospitalized with COVID19, and ACTIV-6 is a platform trial investigating repurposed medications like Ivermectin, Fluvoxamine, and Fluticasone for mild to moderate COVID19.

Prior to joining the University of Virginia's School of Data Science as an associate professor, Stewart was faculty at the Vanderbilt University Medical Center where he taught in the Data Science Institute, the Clinical Investigation program, and the Public Health program. At the national level, Stewart served as a founding board member for Biostats4You, a continuously curated website of educational materials sponsored by the Biostatistics, Epidemiology and Research Design Special Interest Group of the Association for Clinical and Translational Science. In 2022, he was elected to the Academy for Excellence in Education.

Stewart is a highly collaborative data scientist, including past collaborations with ACHQC, VCKD, and VICTR. He was an organizer of useR! 2022, the international conference for statistical computing and graphics with the R software.

Stewart holds a Ph.D. in Biostatistics from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and an M.S. in Statistics, a B.S. Mathematics, and B.A. Economics from Brigham Young University.