Melody Goodman

Short description: American biostatistician

Melody Goodman

Alma mater| Stony Brook University
Harvard University
Known for| Dean of the NYU School of Global Public Health
Scientific career
Fields| Biostatistics
Institutions| Stony Brook University
Washington University in St. Louis
New York University
Thesis| Statistical Methods for Community-Based Cancer Interventions and Health Disparities Research (2006)
Doctoral advisor| Yi Li

Melody S. Goodman is an American biostatistician and higher education executive whose work focuses on social determinants of health, health literacy, and stakeholder engagement in health research.[1][2][3] Goodman has spoken publicly about racial disparities in access to healthcare,[4][5] and is an advocate for public outreach and engagement on health issues.[6][7] She is a professor of biostatistics and Dean of the New York University School of Global Public Health as of 2025.[8]

## 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.[9] 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.[9] Her dissertation, Statistical Methods for Community-Based Cancer Interventions and Health Disparities Research, was supervised by Yi Li.[10] 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.[11]

Goodman taught biostatistics at Stony Brook University,[12] where she was an assistant professor of preventive medicine,[9] Washington University School of Medicine,[12] where she was an assistant professor in the Division of Public Health Sciences, and New York University.[13] Goodman has been a member of the NYU Global Public Health faculty since 2017.[14][3]

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.[14]

## Books

Goodman is the author of the book Biostatistics for Clinical and Public Health Research (Routledge, 2018).[15] 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.[16]

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Melody Goodman", Faculty (NYU School of Global Public Health), https://publichealth.nyu.edu/faculty/melody-goodman, retrieved 2021-07-09
2. ↑ "Melody Goodman, PhD, MS | PCORI" (in en). 2021-09-24. https://www.pcori.org/people/melody-goodman-phd-ms.
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Varker, Abby (2024-03-25). "Alumna Melody S. Goodman interviewd in Boston University’s Public Health Post" (in en-us). https://www.hsph.harvard.edu/biostatistics/2024/03/alumna-melody-s-goodman-interviewd-in-boston-universitys-public-health-post/.
4. ↑ 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
5. ↑ 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/
6. ↑ 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/
7. ↑ 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
8. ↑ "Melody Goodman | NYU School of Global Public Health" (in en). https://publichealth.nyu.edu/faculty/melody-goodman.
9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 "Melody Goodman", Program in Public Health (Stony Brook Medicine), https://publichealth.stonybrookmedicine.edu/faculty/MelodyGoodman, retrieved 2021-07-09
10. ↑ Melody Goodman at the Mathematics Genealogy Project
11. ↑ 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/
12. ↑ 12.0 12.1 Author biography from Biostatistics for Clinical and Public Health Research, p. xiii
13. ↑ 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
14. ↑ 14.0 14.1 Communications, NYU Web. "Debra Furr-Holden Stepping Down, and the Appointment of Melody Goodman as Interim Dean" (in en). http://www.nyu.edu/content/nyu/en/about/leadership-university-administration/office-of-the-president/comms/debra-furr-holden-stepping-down-appointment-melody-goodman-as-interim-dean.
15. ↑ Mahmood, Nuha (June 2019), "Review of Biostatistics for Clinical and Public Health Research", Biometrics 75 (2): 712, doi:10.1111/biom.13081
16. ↑ 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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