Guillermo Marshall Rivera was born on November 26, 1959 in Santiago de Chile, son of Enrique Marshall Silva and Filomena Rivera Cruchaga and the youngest of 7 siblings. Married to Pilar Manríquez Rojas, with 3 children, Catalina, Guillermo and Santiago and 6 grandchildren.

 

He studied at the Colegio San Ignacio de Alonso Ovalle. Later he entered to the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, where he studied a Bachelor of Mathematics and later obtained the title of Statistician. In 1990 he obtained a Doctor of Biostatistics degree from the University of Colorado. His professional career has always been related to academia, being a professor at the Catholic University from 1984 to the present and also Assistant Professor at the University of Colorado between 1990 and 1994.

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He is currently Professor of the Faculty of Mathematics and the School of Medicine at UC. From 2010 to the present, he has held the position of Pro-rector of the UC, and prior to that, that of dean of the Faculty of Mathematics between 2004-2010.  

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As a researcher, his work has been focused on the development of statistical methodology and applications in medicine and epidemiology. His research areas can be classified into:  

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• Markov regression to model the evolution of chronic diseases.

• Comparison of risk-adjusted results from clinical centers.

• Evaluation of exposure to Arsenic by consumption of water.

• Development of models for longitudinal data in order to classify the clinical evolution of patients.

 

As a result of this work, he has published more than 100 articles in international journals indexed according to Scopus and has more than 8,600 citations reported by Google Scholar .

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His main hobbies are Music , Photography and Carpentry