Jonathan Berkowitz

Jonathan is a lecturer in Statistics at the Sauder School of Business. Recognized as an outstanding and inspiring teacher, he is also a consulting statistician in a wide range of research areas. Puzzles are an integral part of his life as well. He is a member of the National Puzzlers’ League and is the Word Guy on CBC Radio’s North by Northwest. His expertise in both numbers and words give him unique insights into lateral thinking and full-brain decision making.

Research Interests

• Statistical consulting
• Applied statistics
• Statistical education
• Data Utilization

Selected Recent Publications

• Bacenas AAP, Ricketss CA, Berkowitz J, Caron NR, "GP Surgery: Anyone Insterested?" Canadian Journal of Rural Medicine (in press, to appear in 2014).
• MacKay FD, Anderson JE, Klein MC, Berkowitz J. et al. "The modified medical office assistant role in rural diabetes care." Canadian Journal of Rural Medicine 19(2): 49-56, 2014.
• Gambling DR, Berkowitz J., Farrell TR, Pue AF, Shay DC. " A randomized controlled comparison of epidural analgesia and combined spinal-epidural analgesia in a private practice setting: pain scores during first and second stages of labor and at delivery." Anesthesia and Analgesia 116: 636-43, 2013
• Kassam R, Collins, JB, Berkowtiz J. "Patient satisfaction with pharmaceutical care delivery in community pharmacies" Patient Preference and Adherence 6: 337-348, 2012.
• Robinson C, Kolesar S, Boyko M, Berkowitz J, et al. "Awareness of do-not-resuscitate orders: What do patients know and want?" Canadian Family Physician 58:e229-33, 2012