Dr. Bramah Mukherjee, an award-winning statistician, has been named the inaugural senior associate dean for public health data science and data equity at the Yale School of Public Health. This is an important new leadership position that reflects the school's focus on data science as a key pillar of its future. of public health. She will join YSPH on August 1, 2024.
Mukherjee currently holds a number of prestigious academic positions at the University of Michigan School of Public Health, including the John D. Kalbfleisch Distinguished Professor, Siobhan D. Harlow Professor of Public Health, and Chair of the Department of Biostatistics. She is also a professor of epidemiology and global public health. Additionally, Mukherjee serves as Associate Director of Quantitative Data Science at the University of Michigan Rogel Cancer Center, and last year she was appointed Assistant Vice President for Research, and she has three She designed the infrastructure for comprehensive research data analysis services for all campuses.
YSPH Dean Megan L. Ranney, MD, MPH, said Mukherjee's appointment is consistent with the school's strategic goal of advancing public health data science, which is an important part of YSPH's leadership in public health transformation. He said there was.
“This new role represents our commitment to both rigor and equity in data science as the foundation for the future of public health,” Ranney said in a school-wide announcement April 8. “Dr. Mukherjee’s arrival will enable us to collaborate across the public health field and university to achieve a shared vision of forward-looking, results-oriented public health.”
At YSPH, Mr. Mukherjee also holds the Anna M.R. Lauder Endowed Professorship in Biostatistics and Professor of Chronic Disease Epidemiology. She will be a member of the Yale Cancer Center Director's Cabinet. In addition, she will hold a secondary position in the Statistics and Data Science Department, affiliated with the Macmillan Center and the Institute for the Fundamentals of Data Science.
This new role represents our commitment to both rigor and equity in data science as the foundation for the future of public health.
Dean Megan L. Ranney
As Senior Associate Dean, Dr. Mukherjee works with Dean Ranney, the school's senior leadership team, and the broader university community to develop and deliver strategic plans for public health data science and data equity. Masu. This enables face-to-face, transformative and impactful research. Rapidly changing methods, technology, and societal changes. In doing so, she will lead the development of the school's public health data resources to support her science and data equity research ventures. She will also work to improve YSPH's data science and data equity education programs, with the goal of strengthening the pipeline of diverse scholars in the field. Additionally, on behalf of YSPH's commitment to global public health, she will support and create international collaborations that strengthen the global practice, education, and science of public health data science and data equity.
She also plans to continue her own research and teaching.
Mukherjee said he felt a “strong intellectual resonance” with the Yale community when he visited YSPH in August 2023 as the inaugural speaker for the Dean's Public Health Leaders Lecture Series.
“I am inspired by Dean Ranney's innovative vision for YSPH and academic public health more broadly,” Mukherjee said. “Data is the quintessential quantum of research, but we often forget to ask the fundamental question: Who is participating in my research? Is everyone involved in data resources and data products?” We believe that everyone should have an equal opportunity to benefit from the…
“Data equity, both in terms of quantity and quality, is a key pillar of health equity, climate equity and, more broadly, social equity,” Mukherjee continued. “I am deeply honored to serve in this first leadership position that emphasizes the importance of data to improve the human condition. We are grateful for the opportunity to advance our collaborative exploration of data science in an unbiased and unbiased manner.”
Professor Mukherjee said the decision to leave the University of Michigan, where he worked for 18 years, was “very difficult.” She thanked her UM students, friends, and colleagues for “shaping my vision for public health data science.”
Mukherjee joins YSPH’s strong team of data scientists. Faculty in the Department of Biostatistics are considered international leaders in their field and are widely recognized for their pioneering research. YSPH's highly regarded Public Health Modeling Unit spans multiple departments within the school and is particularly relevant during the COVID-19 pandemic, which has had a profound and direct impact on the state of Connecticut and internationally. It is highly regarded for providing policymakers with timely, data-driven insights to guide emergency response. YSPH's core data science centers, including the Yale Center for Analytical Sciences, Center for Implementation and Prevention Science Methods, and Center for Perinatal, Pediatric, and Environmental Epidemiology, bring together researchers and scholars to develop innovative statistical tools and methods. We are promoting. used to address today's most pressing public health and biomedical challenges.
Biostatistics Department Chair Stephen (Shuange) Ma said that Mukherjee's leadership and research capabilities will take YSPH data science efforts to a new level.
“Mr. Brammer is an outstanding researcher and a true leader in this field,” Mr. Marr said. “She has made significant methodological contributions to the fundamentals of biostatistics and equally important public health practice. We are excited to have her join us.”
Mukherjee's methodological research interests include statistical methods for the analysis of electronic medical records, the study of gene-environment interactions, shrinkage estimation, data integration, and analysis of multiple contaminants. Her joint contributions focus on cancer, cardiovascular disease, COVID-19, exposure science, environmental epidemiology, and reproductive health. She is a co-author of over 380 publications in the statistical, biostatistics, medical, and public health fields and has served as principal investigator on multiple NSF and NIH grants. She is the founding director of the University of Michigan's Undergraduate Big Data Institute and has led the program for the past nine years.
Mr. Mukherjee is widely recognized for his innovation and leadership in data science. She is a Fellow of the American Statistical Association and the American Association for the Advancement of Science. She was elected to the National Academy of Medicine in 2022. She is the recipient of the Gertrude M. Cox Award, the L. Adrian Cupples Award, the Janet L. Norwood Award, and the Outstanding Statistics for the Improvement of Society for scholarship, service, and teaching at the University of Michigan and other universities. the Carl E. Peace Award for outstanding contributions to the field of statistics, the Jerome Sachs Award for outstanding interdisciplinary research in the field of statistics, and most recently the 2024 Marvin Zelen Leadership Award. She has also received the Outstanding Statistics Alumni Award, Outstanding Women Scholar Award, and Outstanding School of Science Alumni Award from her alma mater, Purdue University.
During her distinguished academic career at the University of Michigan, Ms. Mukherjee has received many prestigious institutional awards, including the Graduate School of Public Health Teaching Excellence Award, the Rackham Distinguished Faculty Achievement Award, and the Sarah Goddard Power Award for Improving the Workplace for Women. was awarded. A coveted and prestigious university professorship. Mukherjee and her team played an active role in modeling the trajectory of the SARS-CoV-2 virus in India during the COVID-19 pandemic. She has been featured in many major media outlets such as BBC, Der Spiegel, Forbes, NPR, New York Times, Reuters, Wall Street Journal, Times of India and many more.
