Institute for Quantitative Social Science at Harvard University

Sharon-Lise Normand

Professor of Health Care Policy (Biostatistics), Research Workshop in Applied Statistics

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Sharon-Lise Normand, Ph.D., is Professor of Health Care Policy (Biostatistics) in the Department of Health Care Policy at Harvard Medical School and Professor in the Department of Biostatistics at the Harvard School of Public Health. Her research focuses on the development of statistical methods for health services and outcomes research, primarily using Bayesian approaches to problem solving, including methods for causal inference, provider profiling, item response theory analyses, meta-analyses, and evaluation of medical devices in randomized and non-randomized settings. She serves on several task forces for the American Heart Association and the American College of Cardiology, is a member of the FDA Circulatory System Devices Advisory Panel, the Massachusetts Cardiac Care Quality Advisory Commission, and is Director of Mass-DAC, a data coordinating center that monitors the quality of cardiac surgeries and coronary interventions in Massachusetts' acute care hospitals. Dr. Normand earned her Ph.D. in Biostatistics from the University of Toronto, and holds a Masters of Science as well as a Bachelor of Science degree in Statistics. She is a Fellow of the American Statistical Association as well as a Fellow of the American College of Cardiology.