Faculty and Staff

Faculty

  • Rebecca Betensky

    Rebecca A Betensky

    Chair of the Department of Biostatistics
    Professor of Biostatistics
    Dr. Rebecca Betensky's research focuses on methods for the design and analysis of studies with complex sampling, including dependent truncation and censored covariates.
  • Jemar Bather

    Jemar Bather

    Assistant Professor of Biostatistics
    Dr. Bather’s research focuses on biostatistics, epidemiology, and social genomics. His work examines how psychosocial exposures can become biologically embedded through immune and genomic pathways.
  • Rumi Chunara

    Rumi Chunara

    Associate Professor of Biostatistics
    Associate Professor of Computer Science and Engineering, Tandon
    Director of Center for Health Data Science
    Dr. Chunara's research focuses on the design and development of machine learning as well as other statistical methods to address challenges related to data and goals of public health.
  • Dr. Stephanie Cook

    Stephanie Cook

    Associate Professor of Social and Behavioral Sciences
    Associate Professor of Biostatistics
    Dr. Stephanie Cook's research focuses on understanding the complex relationship between stress, health, and social determinants of health across the lifespan.
  • Alexander Dahlen

    Alex Dahlen

    Clinical Associate Professor of Biostatistics
    Dr. Alex Dahlen brings expertise in statistical science and study design to collaborate with GPH researchers and clinicians working to create innovative solutions to global public health challenges.
  • Yang Feng

    Yang Feng

    Professor of Biostatistics
    Dr. Feng's research focuses on machine learning methods with applications in public health, nonparametric and semi-parametric methods, network data analysis, and bioinformatics.
  • Goodman, Melody

    Melody Goodman

    Dean, School of Global Public Health
    Professor of Biostatistics
    Dr. Melody S. Goodman is a biostatistician and research methodologist. Her work goes beyond defining problems and focuses on developing solutions using partner-engaged research approaches.
  • Siyu Heng

    Siyu Heng

    Assistant Professor of Biostatistics
    Dr. Siyu Heng's areas of expertise are in methodology research and its applications in public health.
  • Yajun Mei

    Yajun Mei

    Professor of Biostatistics
    Thesis Director
    Dr. Yajun Mei’s research interests are statistics, machine learning, and data science, and their applications in biomedical science and public health.
  • Hai Shu

    Hai Shu

    Associate Professor of Biostatistics
    Dr. Hai Shu is an expert in high-dimensional data analysis, machine/deep learning and medical image analysis.
  • Shu (Violet) Xu

    Shu Xu

    Clinical Associate Professor of Biostatistics
    Dr. Shu Xu's work represents the statistical and applied aspects of quantitative methodology, including evaluating and developing statistical methods for longitudinal data analysis.
  • Wen Zhou

    Wen Zhou

    Associate Professor of Biostatistics
    Dr. Wen Zhou's research focuses on developing theories and methods for network data analysis, high-dimensional statistics, multiple testing problems, machine learning, and causal inference.

Faculty with a Secondary Appointment in Biostatistics

  • Linda Collins

    Linda Collins

    Professor of Social and Behavioral Sciences
    Dr. Linda Collins’ interests are in the development, dissemination, and application of the multiphase optimization strategy, a framework to optimize behavioral and social-structural interventions.
  • Joshua M. Epstein

    Joshua Epstein

    Professor of Epidemiology
    Dr. Joshua M. Epstein is a world-renowned pioneer of agent-based modeling, and has applied it to a staggering array of problems in the social, behavioral, and health sciences.
  • Erez Hatna

    Erez Hatna

    Clinical Associate Professor of Epidemiology
    Dr. Erez Hatna researches geoinformatics, spatial analysis, agent-based modeling, and urban systems and dynamics.

Visiting Faculty

  • Stanley Lemeshow

    Stanley Lemeshow

    Visiting Scholar, NYU School of Global Public Health; Professor Emeritus, The Ohio State University

       Adjunct Faculty

  • Nina Galanter, PhD (Postdoctoral Scholar, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center)
  • Yeulin Li, PhD (Attending Behavioral Scientist, Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences; Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center)
  • Antai Wang, PhD (Associate Professor, Mathematical Sciences at New Jersey Institute of Technology)
  • Benny Yakir, PhD (Professor, Department of Statistics & Data Science; Hebrew University of Jerusalem)
  • Jianan Zhu MS, (PhD Candidate, Biostatistics, NYU School of Global Public Health)

STAFF

  • Patricio Almeida, MBA

    Patricio Almeida, MBA

    Program Administrator
    212-992-3719
  • Vardia Duterville, MA

    Vardia Duterville, MA

    Program Administrator 
    212-992-6081
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