Dr. Gordon Lan
Kuang-Kuo Gordon Lan, Janssen Pharmaceutical Companies of Johnson & Johnson
Dr. Gordon Lan received his Ph.D. in Mathematical Statistics from Columbia University. Before joining Johnson & Johnson in 2005, he held positions as Mathematical Statistician at the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute/NIH, Professor of Statistics at George Washington University, Distinguished Scientist at Pfizer and Statistics Fellow at Sanofi-Aventis.
Gordon has published more than 40 research papers on statistical methods in medical research and has given more than 200 invited talks at universities and professional meetings. His most notable contribution is the development, with DeMets, the alpha spending function approach to the design and interim analysis of clinical trials. Gordon was elected Fellow of the American Statistical Association, and Fellow of the Society for Clinical Trials.