Melody Goodman

Short description: 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 an associate professor of biostatistics and associate dean for research in the New York University School of Global Public Health.[1]

## Contents

* 1 Education and career
* 2 Books
* 3 Recognition
* 4 References
* 5 External links

## Education and career

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

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

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

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 "Melody Goodman", Faculty (NYU School of Global Public Health), https://publichealth.nyu.edu/faculty/melody-goodman, 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, https://www.usnews.com/news/healthiest-communities/articles/2020-03-25/why-black-americans-face-an-uphill-battle-against-the-coronavirus
3. ↑ Cerullo, Megan (August 25, 2020), "Moderna vaccine trial lacks Black, Latinx and Indigenous participants", CBS News, https://www.cbsnews.com/news/covid-vaccine-moderna-trial-lacking-black-latino-asian-native-volunteers/
4. ↑ Major, Derek (July 19, 2020), "Who Should Get Priority Access To COVID-19 Vaccine?", Black Enterprise, https://www.blackenterprise.com/who-should-get-priority-access-to-covid-19-vaccine/
5. ↑ Olson, David; Clark, Matt (June 9, 2021), "LI's Black, Latino communities make COVID-19 vaccination gains", Newsday, https://www.newsday.com/news/health/coronavirus/vaccination-rates-minorities-1.50272070
6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 "Melody Goodman", Program in Public Health (Stony Brook Medicine), https://publichealth.stonybrookmedicine.edu/faculty/MelodyGoodman, 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, https://diverseeducation.com/article/162073/
9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 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, https://publichealthsciences.wustl.edu/melody-goodman-named-to-hhs-regional-health-equity-council/, 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
12. ↑ ASA Fellows list, American Statistical Association, https://www.amstat.org/ASA/Your-Career/Awards/ASA-Fellows-list.aspx, retrieved 2021-07-04

## External links

* Melody Goodman publications indexed by Google Scholar

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