▁writers ▁Category : 2 1 st - century ▁Canadian ▁women ▁writers ▁Category : American ▁women ▁children ' s ▁writers ▁Category : American ▁women ▁novel ists <0x0A> </s> ▁N anny ▁W erm uth ▁( born ▁ 4 ▁December ▁ 1 9 4 3 ) ▁is ▁the ▁Professor ▁emer ita ▁of ▁Statistics , ▁Chal mers ▁University ▁of ▁Technology / Univers ity ▁of ▁Goth enburg . ▁Her ▁research ▁interests ▁are ▁Mult ivari ate ▁statistical ▁models ▁and ▁their ▁properties , ▁especially ▁graph ical ▁Mark ov ▁models , ▁as ▁well ▁as ▁their ▁applications ▁in ▁the ▁life ▁sciences ▁and ▁in ▁the ▁natural ▁sciences . ▁ ▁Academ ic ▁career ▁ ▁Education ▁ 1 9 6 7 ▁First ▁degree ▁in ▁Econom ics ▁( Di plom - Vol ks w irt in ), ▁University ▁of ▁Mun ich ▁ 1 9 7 2 ▁D eg ree ▁in ▁Statistics ▁( Do ctor ▁of ▁Philosoph y ), ▁Harvard ▁University ▁ 1 9 7 7 ▁D eg ree ▁in ▁Medical ▁Statistics ▁( Pro f essor ), ▁University ▁of ▁Main z ▁ ▁Professional ▁positions ▁ 1 9 7 2 – 1 9 7 8 ▁Research ▁Ass istant ▁in ▁Statistics ; ▁University ▁of ▁Dort mund , ▁University ▁of ▁Main z ▁since ▁ 1 9 7 8 ▁Professor ▁of ▁Statistics ▁and ▁of ▁Method s ▁in ▁Psych ology , ▁University ▁of ▁Main z ▁ 1 9 9 7 – 2 0 0 0 ▁Head ▁of ▁Research ▁and ▁Development , ▁Center ▁of ▁Survey ▁Research , ▁Mann heim ▁since ▁ 2 0 0 3 ▁Professor ▁of ▁Statistics , ▁Department ▁of ▁Mathemat ical