Education:

Ph.D.,  Biostatistics (major), Theoretical Statistics (minor), Social Determinants of Health Disparities (minor), Harvard University (2006)

S.M., Biostatistics Harvard School of Public Health  (2003)

B.S., Applied Mathematics-Statistics, Economics (double major), Stony Brook University (1999)

Academic Interests:

Statistical methods to analyze data from community-based interventions and health disparities research

Community based participatory research theory, practice and implementation

Forging community-campus partnerships

Examination of risk factors that contribute to racial & ethnic health disparities

Contact:

melody.goodman@stonybrook.edu

CPHHPR Website:

The Center for Public Health and Health Policy Research

Selected Publications:

Melody Goodman. Comparison of Small-Area Analysis Techniques for Estimating Prevalence by Race. Preventing Chronic Disease 2010; 7(2)

Taira BR, Meng H, Goodman M, Singer AJ. Does time of admission influence outcomes in burn patients? Burns: Journal of the International Society of Burn Injury 2009; 35(8):1092-1096.

Fowler-Brown, A., Bennett, G., Goodman, M., Wee, C., Corbie-Smith, G., James, S. Psychosocial Stress and 13-year Body Mass Index Change in Blacks: The Pitt County Study. Obesity 2009; 17(11): 2106–2109.

Carolyn Gallagher and Melody Goodman. Hepatitis B triple series vaccine and developmental disability in US children aged 1-9 years. Toxicology & Environmental Chemistry 2008 Sep; 90(5):997-1008.

Melody Goodman, Yi Li, Gary Bennett, Anne Stoddard, and Karen Emmons, An Evaluation of Multiple Behavioral Risk Factors for Cancer in a Working Class, Multi-Ethnic Population. Journal of Data Science 2006 July 4:291-306.

Bennett, G.G., Wolin, K.Y., Goodman, M., Samplin-Salgado, Carter, P., M., Dutton, S., Hill, R., Emmons, K.M. Attitudes regarding overweight, exercise, and health among Blacks. Cancer Causes and Control. 2006 Feb; 17:95-101.