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We are interested in motivated individuals with backgrounds in epidemiology, applied math, statistics, public health, or related fields who are excited about dementia research or metascience. We are not hiring at this time.


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We develop quantitative methods to study Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias and to evaluate and strengthen the credibility of biomedical research.


Drug Efficacy & Safety · Dementia Epidemiology · Research Credibility

Computational Epidemiology Lab

Sarah F. Ackley, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor of Epidemiology

We welcome inquiries from prospective graduate students, postdoctoral researchers, and undergraduate students interested in Alzheimer’s disease and dementia research, biomarker and surrogate endpoint evaluation, research credibility and metascience, or quantitative methods in epidemiology. Please reach out with your CV and a brief description of your research interests.


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