Biography:Melody Goodman

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Short description: American biostatistician
Melody Goodman
Alma materStony Brook University
Harvard University
Known forDean of the NYU School of Global Public Health
Scientific career
FieldsBiostatistics
InstitutionsStony Brook University
Washington University in St. Louis
New York University
ThesisStatistical Methods for Community-Based Cancer Interventions and Health Disparities Research (2006)
Doctoral advisorYi 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]

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 



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