About

The Methods Man is F. Perry Wilson MD MSCE, Associate Professor of Medicine and Public Health at Yale University.

For press or other inquiries: francis.p.wilson {at} yale.edu

Dr. Wilson grew up in Connecticut, before attending Harvard College where he graduated with honors in biochemistry. He then attended medical school at Columbia College of Physicians and Surgeons, before completing his internship, residency, and fellowship at the University of Pennsylvania. In 2012, he received a Masters degree in Clinical Epidemiology, which has informed his research ever since. At Yale since 2014, his goal is use patient-level data and advanced analytics to personalize medicine to each individual patient. To that end he holds multiple NIH grants and is the Director of Yale’s Clinical and Translational Research Accelerator.

Dr. Wilson is internationally recognized for his expertise in design and interpretation of medical studies and has appeared in medpagetoday.com, medscape.com, the Huffington Post and the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. His free online course, entitled "Understanding Medical Research: Your Facebook Friend Is Wrong" can be found on Coursera.org.

In addition the the above, Dr. Wilson performs expert medical review for consumersafety.org.

Education:

2001    Harvard College, BA Biochemistry

2006   Columbia College of Physicians and Surgeons, MD

2012    University of Pennsylvania, MS Clinical Epidemiology

Training:

2006  University of Pennsylvania, Resident in Internal Medicine

2009  University of Pennsylvania, Fellow in Nephrology

Board Certification:

2009 Internal Medicine

2011   Nephrology

Most Recent Scientific Manuscripts

For complete scientific bibliography, click here.