Faculty and Staff

Faculty and staff within the UND School of Medicine & Health Sciences Biostats Core.

Director 

• Mandi-Leigh Peterson, Ph.D. and the Office of Data Analysis & Technical Assistance (DATA)

Office of DATA Staff

• Daniel Palmer, M.S., Biostatistician, Office of DATA
• Sonja Bauman, M.S., Research Analyst, Office of DATA
• Karen Bernhardt, Ph.D., Research Analyst, Office of DATA
• Shane Knutson, M.S. Research Analyst, Office of DATA
• Kristen Leighton, Ph.D. Research Analyst, Office of DATA

Faculty

• Cristina Oancea, Ph.D., M.S., Associate Professor, Department of Population Health  
• Joel Steele, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Department of Indigenous Health
• Marilyn Klug, Ph.D., Professor, Department of Population Health  
• Mark Williamson, Ph.D., Research Assistant Professor, Department of Population Health
• Andrew Williams, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Population Health  
• Corey B. Smith, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Pathology
• Gary Schwartz, Ph.D., M.P.H., Ph.D., Professor, Department of Population Health
• Clint Hosford, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Population Health
• Abe Sahmoun, Ph.D., Professor, Department of Internal Medicine
• James Beal, Ph.D., Professor, Department of Family and Community Medicine
• Junguk Hur, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Department of Biomedical Science

Biostats Core researchers will be assigned projects based on faculty/staff availability and content expertise.

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Authorship and acknowledgment

It is expected that the Biostats Core staff will be strongly considered for authorship on any collaborative products completed with the assistance of core faculty and/or staff.