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Get to know the people and the range of data science research that make up DSI in this collection of profiles.

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Faculty

Interim Director

Brenda Rubenstein

Director of the Data Science Institute, Vernon K. Krieble Professor of Chemistry, Professor of Physics

Brenda_Rubenstein@brown.edu

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Ahsan Ashraf

Assistant Professor of the Practice of Data Science, Masters Program Director of Industry Engagement

ahsan_ashraf@brown.edu

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Karianne Bergen

Assistant Professor of Data Science and Earth, Environmental, and Planetary Sciences, Director of Postdoctoral Engagement

karianne_bergen@brown.edu

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Linda Clark

Associate Teaching Professor, Data Science, Academic Director of the DSI Online Master's Program

linda_clark@brown.edu

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Roberta De Vito

Assistant Professor of Biostatistics and Data Science

Roberta_DeVito@brown.edu

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Diana Freed

Assistant Professor of Computer Science and Data Science

diana_freed@brown.edu

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Sorin Istrail

James A. and Julie N. Brown Professor of Computational and Mathematical Sciences, Professor of Computer Science

sorin_istrail@brown.edu

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Shekhar Pradhan

Lecturer in Data Science

shekhar_pradhan@brown.edu

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Sohini Ramachandran

Founding Director, Data Science Institute, Hermon C. Bumpus Professor of Biology and Data Science , Professor of Computer Science

sramachandran@brown.edu

401-863-9701

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Ritambhara Singh

Associate Professor of Computer Science and Data Science

ritambhara@brown.edu

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Singh Lab
Suresh Venkatasubramanian

Director of the Center for Technological Responsibility, Reimagination, and Redesign, Professor of Data Science and Computer Science

suresh_venkatasubramanian@brown.edu

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Andras Zsom

Assistant Professor of the Practice of Data Science, Director of Graduate Studies

andras_zsom@brown.edu

Lecturers

Reuben Fischer-Baum

Adjunct Lecturer, Data Science Institute, Senior Data Editor, Yahoo News

reuben_fischer-baum@brown.edu

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Additional Leadership Team Members

Stephen Bach

DSI Campus Advisory Board Co-Chair, Assistant Professor of Computer Science

SBach@cs.brown.edu

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Holly Case

Deputy Director of the Data Science Institute, Professor of History

holly_case@brown.edu

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Emilia Huerta-Sánchez

Director of the Center for Computational Molecular Biology, Associate Professor Ecology, Evolution, and Organismal Biology, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

emilia_huerta-sanchez@brown.edu

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Margot Jackson

DSI Campus Advisory Board Co-Chair, Professor of Sociology

Margot_Jackson@brown.edu

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Postdocs

Eysa Lee

Postdoctoral Researcher, Data Science Institute

eysa_lee@brown.edu
Mia Miyagi

Postdoctoral Researcher, Center for Computational Molecular Biology, Data Science Institute

miriam_miyagi@brown.edu
Xavier Roca Rada

Postdoctoral Research Associate in Data Science, Center for Computational Molecular Biology, Data Science Institute

xavier_roca_rada@brown.edu
Tiziano Rotesi

Postdoctoral Research Associate, Data Science Institute and Population Studies and Training Center

tiziano_rotesi@brown.edu
Hilarie Sit

Postdoctoral Researcher, Data Science Institute

hilarie_sit@brown.edu
Nasim Sonboli

Postdoctoral Researcher, Center for Technological Responsibility, Data Science Institute

nasim_sonboli@brown.edu
Omri Suissa

Visiting Scientist in the Conversational AI Lab, Data Science Institute

omri_suissa@brown.edu
Dafne Zorzetto

Postdoctoral Research Associate in Data Science, Data Science Institute

dafne_zorzetto@brown.edu

Staff

Ruth Crane

Assistant Director of Administration & Finance

ruth_crane@brown.edu
Maria Cardone

Academic Programs Manager

maria_cardone@brown.edu
Sabrina Boyk

Administrative Coordinator

sabrina_boyk@brown.edu
Kat Semenova

Financial Specialist

kat_semenova@brown.edu
Katheryn Vega

Administrative Assistant

katheryn_vega@brown.edu
Aspen Stuart-Cunningham

Communications and Events Coordinator

aspen_stuart-cunningham@brown.edu
Meredith Mendola

CNTR Program Manager

meredith_mendola@brown.edu

Student Interns

Mia Anderson

Events & Communications Student Intern

mia_anderson@brown.edu
Tenasica Barnwell

Events & Communications Student Intern

tenasica_barnwell@brown.edu
Calvin Kirk

DSI Student Worker
Thomas Leonard

DSI Student Worker
Jadyn Ligoo

DSI Student Worker
Eurie Seo

DSI Student Worker
Alanna Zhang

DSI Student Worker

Campus Advisory Board

Stephen Bach

DSI Campus Advisory Board Co-Chair, Assistant Professor of Computer Science

SBach@cs.brown.edu

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Lorin Crawford

Associate Professor of Biostatistics

Lorin_Crawford@brown.edu

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Ani Eloyan

Associate Professor of Biostatistics, Vice Chair of Biostatistics

Ani_Eloyan@brown.edu

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Pedro Felzenswalb

Professor of Engineering

Pedro_Felzenszwalb@brown.edu
Omar Galarraga

Director, International Health Institute, Professor, Health Services Policy & Practice

Omar_Galarraga@brown.edu

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Matthew Harrison

Associate Professor of Applied Mathematics

Matthew_Harrison@brown.edu

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Jeff Huang

Associate Professor of Computer Science, Associate Chair of Computer Science

Jeff@cs.brown.edu

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Margot Jackson

DSI Campus Advisory Board Co-Chair, Professor of Sociology

Margot_Jackson@brown.edu

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Stephanie Jones

Professor of Neuroscience

Stephanie_Jones@brown.edu

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James Kellner

Graduate Program Co-Director for the Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Graduate Program, Associate Professor of Ecology, Evolution, and Organismal Biology and Environment and Society

James_R_Kellner@brown.edu

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Caroline Klivans

Professor of Applied Mathematics

Caroline_Klivans@brown.edu

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Savvas Koushiappas

Professor of Physics

Savvas_Koushiappas@brown.edu

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Brandon Marshall

Chair of Epidemiology, Professor of Epidemiology

Brandon_Marshall@brown.edu

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Alice Paul

Assistant Professor of Biostatistics

Alice_Paul@brown.edu

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Ellie Pavlick

Manning Assistant Professor of Computer Science, Assistant Professor of Linguistics

Ellie_Pavlick@brown.edu

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Thomas Serre

Thomas J. Watson, Sr. Professor of Science, Professor of Computer Science

Thomas_Serre@brown.edu

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Parker VanValkenburgh

Associate Professor of Anthropology

Parker_VanValkenburgh@brown.edu

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Guixing Wei

Senior Research Scientist, Spatial Structures in the Social Sciences

Guixing_Wei@brown.edu

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Rachel Wetts

Acacia Assistant Professor of Environment and Society

Rachel_Wetts@brown.edu

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Zhijin Wu

Director of the Doctoral Program in Biostatistics, Professor of Biostatistics

Zhijin_Wu@brown.edu

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David Yokum

Director, the Policy Lab

David_Yokum@brown.edu

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Affiliated Faculty

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Adeel Abbasi

Assistant Professor of Medicine

adeel_abbasi@brown.edu
Christelle Alvarez

Assistant Professor of Egyptology

christelle_alvarez@brown.edu
Stephen Bach

DSI Campus Advisory Board Co-Chair, Assistant Professor of Computer Science

SBach@cs.brown.edu
Rachel Baker

John and Elizabeth Irving Family Assistant Professor of Climate & Health

rachel_e_baker@brown.edu
Gaetano Barone

Assistant Professor of Physics (Research)

gaetano_barone@brown.edu
Miguel Bessa

Associate Professor of Engineering

miguel_bessa@brown.edu
Alyssa Bilinski

Peterson Family Assistant Professor of Health Policy, Assistant Professor of Health Services, Policy and Practice and Biostatistics

alyssa_bilinski@brown.edu
Sam Birch

Assistant Professor of Earth, Environmental, and Planetary Sciences

samuel_p_birch@brown.edu
Malik Boykin

Assistant Professor CLPS (Cognitive, Linguistic, and Psychological Sciences)

C_Boykin@brown.edu
Adam Braff

Adjunct Lecturer, School of Engineering, Adjunct Professor, Data and Analytics Advisor, School of Professional Studies

adam_braff@brown.edu
Dawn Brancati

Senior Lecturer in International and Public Affairs

dawn_brancati@brown.edu
Holly Case

Deputy Director of the Data Science Institute, Professor of History

holly_case@brown.edu
Ugur Cetintemel

Khosrowshahi University Professor of Computer Science

Ugur_Cetintemel@brown.edu
Xan Chacko

Lecturer in Science, Technology, and Society

xan_chacko@brown.edu
Elizabeth Chen

Interim Director of the Center for Biomedical Informatics, Associate Professor of Medical Science, Associate Professor of Health Services, Policy and Practice

Liz_Chen@brown.edu
Yu Cheng

Assistant Professor of Computer Science

yu_cheng@brown.edu
Christopher Cleveland

Assistant Professor of Education and Education Policy, Education Department and Annenberg Institute

christopher_cleveland1@brown.edu
Kim Cobb

Director of the Institute at Brown for Environment and Society, Professor of Environment and Society and Earth, Environmental, and Planetary Sciences

kim_cobb@brown.edu
Lorin Crawford

Associate Professor of Biostatistics

Lorin_Crawford@brown.edu
Carina Curto

Professor of Applied Mathematics , Pablo J. Salame Goldman Sachs Professor of Computational Neuroscience

carina_curto@brown.edu
Emanuele Di Lorenzo

Professor of Earth, Environmental, and Planetary Sciences

emanuele_di_lorenzo@brown.edu
Ja-Nae Duane

Academic Director, PRIME, Lecturer, School of Engineering

ja-nae_duane@brown.edu
John Eason

Watson Family University Associate Professor of Sociology and International and Public Affairs

john_eason@brown.edu
Ani Eloyan

Associate Professor of Biostatistics, Vice Chair of Biostatistics

Ani_Eloyan@brown.edu
Pedro Felzenswalb

Professor of Engineering

Pedro_Felzenszwalb@brown.edu
Kathi Fisler

Research Professor of Computer Science

kathryn_fisler@brown.edu
Michael Frank

Edgar L. Marston Professor of Psychology, Professor of Brain Science

Michael_Frank@brown.edu
Mara Freilich

Assistant Professor of Applied Mathematics and Earth, Environmental, and Planetary Sciences

mara_freilich@brown.edu
Stéphanie Gaillard

French Lecturer and Director of the DELF Testing Center at Brown

stephanie_gaillard@brown.edu
Omar Galarraga

Director, International Health Institute, Professor, Health Services Policy & Practice

Omar_Galarraga@brown.edu
Kim Gallon

Associate Professor of Africana Studies

kim_gallon@brown.edu
Latha Ganti

Adjunct Professor of Medical Science

latha_ganti@brown.edu
Constantine Gatsonis

Henry Ledyard Goddard University Professor of Statistical Sciences, Director of the Center for Statistical Sciences

Constantine_Gatsonis@brown.edu
Stuart Geman

James Manning Professor of Applied Mathematics

Stuart_Geman@brown.edu
Fangli Geng

Assistant Professor in the Department of Health Services, Policy & Practice at the Brown University School of Public Health

fangli_geng@brown.edu
William Goedel

Assistant Professor of Epidemiology, Director of the Doctoral Program in Epidemiology

william_goedel@brown.edu
Javier Gómez-Serrano

Associate Professor, Mathematics

javier_gomez_serrano@brown.edu
Beverly Gonzalez

ADJUNCT ASSISTANT PROFESSOR OF BIOSTATISTICS

beverly_gonzalez@brown.edu
Loukas Gouskos

Assistant Professor of Physics

loukas_gouskos@brown.edu
Amy Greenwald

Professor of Computer Science

Amy@brown.edu
Diana Grigsby-Toussaint

Associate Professor, School of Public Health

diana_grigsby-toussaint@brown.edu
Roee Gutman

Associate Professor of Biostatistics

Roee_Gutman@brown.edu
Matthew Harrison

Associate Professor of Applied Mathematics

Matthew_Harrison@brown.edu
Brendan Hassett

Director of the Institute for Computational and Experimental Research in Mathematics, Professor of Mathematics

Brendan_Hassett@brown.edu
Jeffrey Hoffstein

Chair of Mathematics, Professor of Mathematics

Jeffrey_Hoffstein@brown.edu
Joseph Hogan

Carole and Lawrence Sirovich Professor of Public Health, Professor of Biostatistics, Chair and Professor of Biostatistics

Joseph_Hogan@brown.edu
Jeff Huang

Associate Professor of Computer Science, Associate Chair of Computer Science

Jeff@cs.brown.edu
Rebecca Hubbard

Carl Kawaja and Wendy Holcombe Professor of Public Health, Professor of Biostatistics and Data Science

rebecca_hubbard@brown.edu
Daniel Ibarra

Manning Assistant Professor of Earth, Environmental, and Planetary Sciences and Environment and Society

daniel_ibarra@brown.edu
Sorin Istrail

James A. and Julie N. Brown Professor of Computational and Mathematical Sciences, Professor of Computer Science

sorin_istrail@brown.edu
Margot Jackson

DSI Campus Advisory Board Co-Chair, Professor of Sociology

Margot_Jackson@brown.edu
Stephanie Jones

Professor of Neuroscience

Stephanie_Jones@brown.edu
Jeremy Kahn

Professor of Mathematics

Jeremy_Kahn@brown.edu
Seny Kamara

Associate Professor of Computer Science

Seny_Kamara@brown.edu
Brendan Keith

Assistant Professor of Applied Mathematics

brendan_keith@brown.edu
James Kellner

Graduate Program Co-Director for the Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Graduate Program, Associate Professor of Ecology, Evolution, and Organismal Biology and Environment and Society

James_R_Kellner@brown.edu
Aditya Khanna

Assistant Professor of Behavioral and Social Sciences

aditya_khanna@brown.edu
Philip Klein

Professor of Computer Science

Klein@brown.edu
Caroline Klivans

Professor of Applied Mathematics

Caroline_Klivans@brown.edu
Savvas Koushiappas

Professor of Physics

Savvas_Koushiappas@brown.edu
Gajendra Kumar

Assistant Professor of Molecular Biology, Cell Biology and Biochemistry (Research)

gajendra_kumar@brown.edu
David Laidlaw

Professor of Computer Science

David_Laidlaw@brown.edu
Charles Lawrence

Professor of Applied Mathematics (Research), Professor Emeritus of Applied Mathematics

Charles_Lawrence@brown.edu
Matt LeBlanc

Assistant Professor of Physics (Research)

matt_leblanc@brown.edu
Jinying Li

Assistant Professor of Modern Culture and Media

jinying_li@brown.edu
Michael Littman

Professor of Computer Science

Michael_Littman@brown.edu
Tao Liu

Director of Biostatistics, Associate Professor of Biostatistics

TLiu@brown.edu
Anna Lysyanskaya

James A. and Julie N. Brown Professor of Computer Science

alysyans@cs.brown.edu
Ying Ma

Assistant Professor of Biostatistics, Core Faculty at the Center for Computational Molecular Biology

ying_ma@brown.edu
Sendurai Mani

Deans Endowed Professor of Translational Oncology , Professor of Medicine

sendurai_mani@brown.edu
Brandon Marshall

Chair of Epidemiology, Professor of Epidemiology

Brandon_Marshall@brown.edu
Ananda Martin-Caughey

Assistant Professor of Sociology

ananda_martin-caughey@brown.edu
Govind Menon

Professor of Applied Mathematics

Govind_Menon@brown.edu
David Meyers

Assistant Professor of Health Services, Policy, and Practice, Associate Director the Center for Advancing Health Policy Through Research

david_meyers@brown.edu
Peihan Miao

Assistant Professor at Department of Computer Science

peihan_miao@brown.edu
Elizabeth Miller

Assistant Professor of Philosophy

elizabeth_miller@brown.edu
Kristina Monteiro

Director, Academic Assessment & Evaluation for the Program in Biology, Lecturer, Biology

kristina_monteiro@brown.edu
Shanti Morell-Hart

Associate Professor of Anthropology

shanti_morell-hart@brown.edu
Anarina Murillo

Assistant Professor of Biostatistics

anarina_murillo@brown.edu
Kevin Mwenda

Director of Spatial Structures in the Social Sciences, Associate Professor of Population Studies (Research)

Kevin_Mwenda@brown.edu
Arman Organisian

Assistant Professor of Biostatistics

Arman_Organisian@brown.edu
Alice Paul

Assistant Professor of Biostatistics

Alice_Paul@brown.edu
Ellie Pavlick

Manning Assistant Professor of Computer Science, Assistant Professor of Linguistics

Ellie_Pavlick@brown.edu
Robert Pelcovits

Professor of Physics

Pelcovits@brown.edu
Jill Pipher

Elisha Benjamin Andrews Professor of Mathematics, Vice President for Research

JPipher@math.brown.edu
Jonathan Pober

Assistant Professor of Physics

Jonathan_Pober@brown.edu
Zhenchao Qian

Professor of Sociology

zhenchao_qian@brown.edu
Erlyn Rachelle Macarayan

Adjunct Assistant Professor of Health Services, Policy and Practice

erlyn_rachelle_macarayan@brown.edu
David Rand

Chair of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Professor of Biology, Stephen T. Olney Professor of Natural History

David_Rand@brown.edu
Emily Rauscher

Professor of Sociology, Director of Graduate Studies

emily_rauscher@brown.edu
Sherief Reda

Professor of Engineering and Computer Science

sherief_reda@brown.edu
Jason Ritt

Scientific Director of Quantitative Neuroscience, Carney Institute, Associate Professor of Brain Science (Research)

jason_ritt@brown.edu
Jennifer Roloff

Assistant Professor of Physics

jennifer_roloff@brown.edu
Christopher Rose

Professor of Engineering, Director of STEMJazz Programs

Christopher_Rose@brown.edu
Seda Salap-Ayca

Assistant Professor of Practice @ DEEPS and IBES

seda_salap_ayca@brown.edu
Björn Sandstede

Alumni-Alumnae University Professor of Applied Mathematics

bjorn_sandstede@brown.edu
Neil Sarkar

Associate Professor of Medical Science, Associate Professor of Health Services, Policy, and Practice

Neil_Sarkar@brown.edu
Christopher Schmid

Professor of Biostatistics

Christopher_Schmid@brown.edu
Thomas Serre

Thomas J. Watson, Sr. Professor of Science, Professor of Computer Science

Thomas_Serre@brown.edu
Thomas Sgouros

Research Associate in Computer Science and Fellow at the Policy Lab

thomas_sgouros@brown.edu
Yair Shenfeld

Assistant Professor of Applied Mathematics

yair_shenfeld@brown.edu
Susan Short

Robert E. Turner Distinguished Professor of Population Studies, Director of the Population Studies and Training Center

Susan_Short@brown.edu
Liqi Shu

Instructor of Brown Neurology

liqi_shu@brown.edu
Yashaswini Singh

Assistant Professor of Health Services, Policy and Practice

yashaswini_singh@brown.edu
Laura Stark

Visiting Faculty, Science, Technology, and Society and Department of History, Brown University, Associate Professor at the Center for Medicine, Health, and Society & Associate Professor of History, Vanderbilt University
Roberto Tamassia

James A. and Julie N. Brown Professor of Computer Science, Chair of Computer Science

Roberto_Tamassia@brown.edu
Dhananjay Tiwary

Senior Fellow, School of Public Health, Advisor/ Scientist G, Department of Biotechnology, Ministry of Science & Technology, Government of India

dhananjay_tiwary@brown.edu
James Tompkin

John E. Savage Assistant Professor of Computer Science

James_Tompkin@brown.edu
Thomas Trikalinos

Professor of Health Services, Policy and Practice, Director of Center for Evidence Synthesis in Health

Thomas_Trikalinos@brown.edu
Jamie Trost

Lecturer of Statistics in Cognitive and Psychological Sciences

jamie_trost@brown.edu
Daniel Turner

Assistant Director, Community-Engaged Data and Evaluation Collaborative, Adjunct Lecturer, Institute at Brown for Environment and Society

daniel_turner@brown.edu
Matthew Turner

Professor of Economics

matthew_turner@brown.edu
Eli Upfal

Rush C. Hawkins University Professor of Computer Science

eli_upfal@brown.edu
Parker VanValkenburgh

Associate Professor of Anthropology

Parker_VanValkenburgh@brown.edu
Nikos Vasilakis

Assistant Professor of Computer Science

nikos_vasilakis@brown.edu
Jeremy Warner

Professor of Medicine and Professor of Biostatistics

jeremy_warner@brown.edu
Guixing Wei

Senior Research Scientist, Spatial Structures in the Social Sciences

Guixing_Wei@brown.edu
Guixing Wei

Senior Research Scientist, Population Studies and Training Center
Rachel Wetts

Acacia Assistant Professor of Environment and Society

Rachel_Wetts@brown.edu
Tara White

Assistant Professor (Research) of Behavioral and Social Science

tara_white@brown.edu
Oliver Wisco

Director of Cutaneous Oncology; Director of the LCI Center for Performance Measurement; Associate Professor of Dermatology, Clinician Educator

oliver_wisco@brown.edu
Ian Wong

Associate Professor of Engineering

ian_wong@brown.edu
Zhijin Wu

Director of the Doctoral Program in Biostatistics, Professor of Biostatistics

Zhijin_Wu@brown.edu
David Yokum

Director, the Policy Lab

David_Yokum@brown.edu
Han Zhang

Assistant Professor of Sociology and International and Public Affairs

han_zhang4@brown.edu
Rashid Zia

Dean of the College, Professor of Engineering, Professor of Physics

Rashid_Zia@brown.edu
Corwin Zigler

Professor of Biostatistics

corwin_zigler@brown.edu

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