Faculty
Jason T. Machan, PhD. Dr. Machan is a Ph.D. experimental psychologist, with a career as a biostatistician (since1999) directing the Lifespan BERD Core (formerly the Lifespan Biostatistics Core) since 2004 as well as an externship with the University of Rhode Island since 2011. Dr. Machan additionally holds appointments in the Departments of Orthopaedics and Surgery at Brown University and Psychology at the University of Rhode Island. He aims to remove some of the smoke-and-mirrors associated with statistics and biostatistics and improve the handshake between statistical inference and the medical and biological sciences. (VIVO) (Google Scholar) (ResearchGate)
Grayson L. Baird, PhD, PSTAT®. Dr. Baird is an Assistant Professor in Diagnostic Imaging (Research) at Brown University and serves as the department’s statistician for research and quality. In addition to providing design and statistical oversight, Dr. Baird is the director of the Radiology Human Factors Lab. Dr. Baird is a research scientist with the Lifespan BERD Core at Rhode Island Hospital. (VIVO) (Google Scholar) (ResearchGate)
Janine Molino, PhD (VIVO) (Google Scholar)
Sarah B. Andrea, PhD, MPH. Dr. Andrea in an epidemiologist who provides support in study conceptualization, design, analyses, and dissemination. She is enthusiastic about mentorship, collaboration, and supporting students, staff, trainees, and faculty in researching the topic area that moves their heart. As a social epidemiologist, she is especially interested in contributing to research examining strategies to address health inequities rooted in racism, sexism, and classism. The overarching subject of her personal ongoing research is the health effects of precarious employment — that is, work that is poorly paid, insecure, and unprotected — and policies to mitigate them. Dr. Andrea additionally holds an appointment as Community-Based faculty with the OHSU-PSU School of Public health as well as a position with the VA Portland Health Care System. (CV) (ResearchGate) (Google Scholar)
Staff
Meaghan M. Mallette, MPA
Ray Tanzer, PhD. Dr. Tanzer provides support in study conceptualization, design, analyses, and dissemination. He additionally brings a background in neuroscience and health psychology, with particular applications in physiological relationships between subjective happiness and stress response pathways. He is excited to support investigators across a wide array of topics and has particular research interests in neuroscience, genetic/epigenetic research, questionnaire research, subjective well-being, social determinants of health, measurement theory, and Bayesian methods.
Phinnara Has, MS. Phin provides support in study conceptualization, design, analyses, and dissemination. He additionally brings a background in infectious diseases, OB/Gyn, and maternal-fetal medicine with particular interests in clinical epidemiology, applied biostatistics, and evidenced-based medicine. He is excited to support investigators in their research endeavors and finds all phases of research from development of a research question to publication especially fulfilling.
Uttam Bhetuwal, ScM
Maria Pereira-Silva
Part-Time
Joseph L. Fava, PhD
Biostatistics Externship with University of Rhode Island Department of Psychology
2009 – 2011 Magdalena Harrington, PhD
2011- 2012 Marimer Santiago
2012 – 2013 Grayson L Baird, PhD (see above…never let him go)
2013 – 2014 Si Yang
2014 – 2016 Dorothy Skierkowski, PhD
2016 – Valerie Ryan
2019 – 2021 Ray Tanzer, PhD
2021 – Present Orianna Carvalho, MA
Biostatistics Graduate Research Assistantship with Brown University
2021- Present Chun Park, ScM