Welcome to my St. Petersburg College website. At the outset, I thank you for visiting the website and take this opportunity to introduce myself. My name is Lakshminarayan Rajaram.

My graduate education is in both theoretical and applied mathematics. My doctoral degree is in mathematics with concentration being applied statistics. I truly enjoy teaching, and hope to continue teaching for many, many years to come.

Before coming to St. Petersburg College in January 2000, I worked as a biostatistician in the Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism of the Johns Hopkins University Medical School, Clinical Research Division of a pharmaceutical company, TheraTech Inc., and the Institute of Aging at the University of South Florida.

My experience includes teaching both undergraduate and graduate courses in statistics and mathematics, mathematical modeling, and statistical evaluation of the clinical data from multi-center clinical trials.

In addition to being a Professor of Mathematics in St. Petersburg College, I am an affiliate Professor of Biostatistics in the Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics in the College of Public Health (where I teach graduate courses in Biostatistics, Clinical Database Design and Data Management, and Computer Applications for Public Health Researchers) as well as an adjunct instructor in the Department of Mathematics and Statistics where I teach graduate courses such as Multivariate Analysis, Statistical Methods I and II. Also, as a specialist in computer research, I work on designing databases and developing statistical methodologies for studies conducted in the area of Maternal and Child Health Research at the Lawton Rhea Chiles Center for Healthy Mothers and Babies, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida.

During my time off from St. Petersburg College, I travel and conduct workshops and short courses on topics such as

Clinical research which includes clinical biostatistics and the design of  the clinical databases

Research methodologies in biomedicine and medical infomatics

Computer applications for public health researchers using a statistical analysis software (SAS)

Principles of statistics and mathematics in pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics

Categorical Data Analysis, Clinical Epidemiology and Survival Analysis

As a consultant clinical biostatistician, I do collaborative research with physicians in various therapeutic areas, leading to research publications in such journals as Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism, Journal of Gynecologic Oncology, Journal of Stochastic Analysis and Applications, Journal of Neurology, Journal of Statistical Theory and Applications, and Journal of  Urology.

I am a member of

Global Advisory Board for the Journal of Emergencies, Trauma, and Shock, Synergizing Basic Science, Clinical Medicine and Global Health

Global Citizen Safety and Security Committee of International Federation for Medical and Biological Engineering (IFMBE)