Melody Goodman

Summary

Melody S. Goodman is an American biostatistician whose interests include social determinants of health, health literacy, and stakeholder engagement in health research.[1] Goodman has spoken publicly about racial disparities in access to healthcare,[2][3] and is an advocate for public outreach and engagement on health issues.[4][5] She is an associate professor of biostatistics and associate dean for research in the New York University School of Global Public Health.[1]

Education and career edit

Goodman majored in economics and applied mathematics & statistics as an undergraduate at Stony Brook University,[1] graduating in 1999.[6] She went to Harvard University for graduate study in biostatistics,[1] earning a master's degree in 2003 and completing her Ph.D. in 2006.[6] Her dissertation, Statistical Methods for Community-Based Cancer Interventions and Health Disparities Research, was supervised by Yi Li.[7] She is African-American, but had no African-American professors throughout her education, and her later publications have included work on the diversity of students and faculty in public health.[8]

As well as at NYU, she has taught biostatistics at Stony Brook University,[9] where she was an assistant professor of preventive medicine,[6] and Washington University in St. Louis,[9] where she was an assistant professor in the Division of Public Health Sciences.[10]

Books edit

Goodman is the author of the book Biostatistics for Clinical and Public Health Research (Routledge, 2018).[11] With Vetta Sanders Thompson, she is co-editor of Public Health Research Methods for Partnerships and Practice (Routledge, 2018).

Recognition edit

Goodman was named a Fellow of the American Statistical Association in 2021.[12]

References edit

  1. ^ a b c d "Melody Goodman", Faculty, NYU School of Global Public Health, retrieved 2021-07-09
  2. ^ Williams, Joseph P. (March 25, 2020), "Rumor, Disparity and Distrust: Why Black Americans Face an Uphill Battle Against COVID-19", U.S. News & World Report
  3. ^ Cerullo, Megan (August 25, 2020), "Moderna vaccine trial lacks Black, Latinx and Indigenous participants", CBS News
  4. ^ Major, Derek (July 19, 2020), "Who Should Get Priority Access To COVID-19 Vaccine?", Black Enterprise
  5. ^ Olson, David; Clark, Matt (June 9, 2021), "LI's Black, Latino communities make COVID-19 vaccination gains", Newsday
  6. ^ a b c "Melody Goodman", Program in Public Health, Stony Brook Medicine, retrieved 2021-07-09
  7. ^ Melody Goodman at the Mathematics Genealogy Project
  8. ^ Weissman, Sara (December 11, 2019), "Diversity at public health schools improves at a crawl, report finds", Diverse Issues in Public Education
  9. ^ a b Author biography from Biostatistics for Clinical and Public Health Research, p. xiii
  10. ^ Melody Goodman named to HHS Regional Health Equity Council, Washington University in St. Louis Division of Public Health Sciences, November 10, 2011, retrieved 2021-07-09
  11. ^ Mahmood, Nuha (June 2019), "Review of Biostatistics for Clinical and Public Health Research", Biometrics, 75 (2): 712, doi:10.1111/biom.13081, hdl:2027.42/151284, S2CID 202155175
  12. ^ ASA Fellows list, American Statistical Association, retrieved 2021-07-04

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