Statistics and probability: Faculty Experts: For Journalists

Dr. Mohamed Abazeed

Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, The Graduate School

Associate Professor of Radiation Oncology

Field: Artificial Intelligence, Cancer and Oncology, Complex Systems, Data Science, Genetics, Radiology

Focus Areas: Artificial Intelligence, Cancer Treatment, Genetic Medicine and Health, Machine Learning and Automation, Medical Imaging, Precision Medicine, Statistics and probability

Sirus Bouchat

Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences

Assistant Professor of Political Science

Field: Political Science and Foreign Affairs

Focus Areas: Authoritarian Politics, Comparative Politics, Data Science, Machine Learning and Automation, Political Economies, Statistics and probability

David Cella

Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences

Ralph Seal Paffenbarger Professor

Field: Cancer and Oncology, Medical Social Sciences, Psychology

Focus Areas: Cancer Survivorship, Healthcare Policy, Health Equity and Disparities, Statistics and probability

Julia Gaudio

McCormick School of Engineering, The Graduate School

Assistant Professor

Field: Data Science, Industrial Engineering

Focus Areas: Data Science, Network Science, Statistics and probability

Julie N Hook

Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine

Research Associate Professor

Field: Business Strategy, Management and Organizations, Psychology

Focus Areas: Innovation, Marketing Strategy, Medical Device Development, Product Management and Development, Psychiatric Disorders, Psychological Counseling, Statistics and probability, Telemedicine

Diego Klabjan

McCormick School of Engineering

Professor of Industrial Engineering and Management Sciences

Field: Data Science

Focus Areas: Artificial Intelligence, Data Science, Machine Learning and Automation, Statistics and probability

Hani Mahmassani

McCormick School of Engineering

William A. Patterson Distinguished Chair in Transportation

Field: Civil and Environmental Engineering, Complex Systems, Data Science

Focus Areas: Logistics and supply chains, Statistics and probability, Transportation

Thomas Miller

Northwestern University School of Professional Studies

Faculty director of the master's in data science program

Field: Data Science

Focus Areas: Data Bias, Data Science, Political Campaigns, Predictive Analytics, Statistics and probability

Barry L. Nelson

McCormick School of Engineering

Walter P. Murphy Professor Emeritus of Industrial Engineering and Management Sciences

Field: Data Science, Industrial Engineering

Focus Areas: Data Science, Risk Management, Statistics and probability

Derek D. Rucker

Kellogg School of Management

Sandy & Morton Goldman Professor of Entrepreneurial Studies in Marketing

Field: Innovation and Entrepreneurship, Marketing

Focus Areas: Consumer Behavior, Influence and Persuasion, Social Psychology, Statistics and probability

Madison Shea Smith

Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine

Assistant professor of medical social sciences

Field: Computational Social Science, Data Science, Medical Social Sciences, Psychology

Focus Areas: Addiction and Substance Use, Behavior Change, Clinical Research, Data Science, Discrimination, Domestic Violence, Eating Disorders, Family Dynamics, Gender Diversity and Equality, Gender Identity, Health Equity and Disparities, HIV/AIDS, Inequality, Intersectionality, LGBTQ Health, Mental Health, Personality and Identity Construction, Psychological Counseling, Relationships, Reproductive Health, Research Methods, Sexual Assault, Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Social Networks, Statistics and probability

Leah J. Welty

Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine

Professor, Department of Preventive Medicine - Biostatistics

Field: Data Science, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences

Focus Areas: Adolescent Health and Psychology, Data Bias, Data Science, Data Visualization, Health Equity and Disparities, Juvenile Justice and Delinquency, Statistics and probability

Hui Zhang

Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine

Professor of Preventive Medicine

Field: Data Science, Preventive Medicine

Focus Areas: Data Science, Dementia and Alzheimer's Disease, Neuroscience, Statistics and probability