Melody Goodman
American biostatistician
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 a professor of biostatistics and Interim Dean of the New York University School of Global Public Health.[6]
Education and career
Goodman majored in economics and applied mathematics & statistics as an undergraduate at Stony Brook University,[1] graduating in 1999.[7] 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.[7] Her dissertation, Statistical Methods for Community-Based Cancer Interventions and Health Disparities Research, was supervised by Yi Li.[8] 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.[9]
As well as at NYU, she has taught biostatistics at Stony Brook University,[10] where she was an assistant professor of preventive medicine,[7] and Washington University in St. Louis,[10] where she was an assistant professor in the Division of Public Health Sciences.[11]
On March 29, 2024, Goodman was named Interim Dean of the NYU School of Global Public Health after Debra Furr-Holden stepped down from the deanship.[12]
Books
Goodman is the author of the book Biostatistics for Clinical and Public Health Research (Routledge, 2018).[13] With Vetta Sanders Thompson, she is co-editor of Public Health Research Methods for Partnerships and Practice (Routledge, 2018).
Recognition
Goodman was named a Fellow of the American Statistical Association in 2021.[14]
References
- ^ a b c "Melody Goodman", Faculty, NYU School of Global Public Health, retrieved 2021-07-09
- ^ 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
- ^ Cerullo, Megan (August 25, 2020), "Moderna vaccine trial lacks Black, Latinx and Indigenous participants", CBS News
- ^ Major, Derek (July 19, 2020), "Who Should Get Priority Access To COVID-19 Vaccine?", Black Enterprise
- ^ Olson, David; Clark, Matt (June 9, 2021), "LI's Black, Latino communities make COVID-19 vaccination gains", Newsday
- ^ "Melody Goodman | NYU School of Global Public Health". publichealth.nyu.edu. Retrieved 2024-04-03.
- ^ a b c "Melody Goodman", Program in Public Health, Stony Brook Medicine, retrieved 2021-07-09
- ^ Melody Goodman at the Mathematics Genealogy Project
- ^ Weissman, Sara (December 11, 2019), "Diversity at public health schools improves at a crawl, report finds", Diverse Issues in Public Education
- ^ a b Author biography from Biostatistics for Clinical and Public Health Research, p. xiii
- ^ 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
- ^ Communications, NYU Web. "Debra Furr-Holden Stepping Down, and the Appointment of Melody Goodman as Interim Dean". www.nyu.edu. Retrieved 2024-04-01.
- ^ 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
- ^ ASA Fellows list, American Statistical Association, retrieved 2021-07-04
External links
- Melody Goodman publications indexed by Google Scholar
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