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Melissa Smith

Melissa Smith
Melissa
Smith
Senior Lecturer
PhD
Department of Statistics and Data Science

Melissa Smith is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Statistics and Data Science. She joined the faculty in January 2013. She received an A.B. in Mathematics from Dartmouth College. She completed a PhD in Biostatistics at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1996. Her previous positions were at the Indiana University School of Medicine in the Department of Biostatistics, the Marion County Health Department (Indianapolis) and the Cornell Statistical Consulting Unit (CSCU). She works in applied statistics on problems in medicine, public health and health policy.

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Tuesday 3 to 4 p.m.
Wednesday 11 a.m. to noon
Thursday 4 to 5 p.m.

Other times by appointment. Email me to make arrangements.

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607-255-4411
ms429@cornell.edu
295 Ives Hall

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  • Introductory Statistics for Biology
  • Categorical Data Analysis
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