Melissa Begg
Melissa D. Begg is the dean of the Columbia School of Social Work, in Columbia University, and a professor of social work and of biostatistics at Columbia. Her research expertise concerns the biostatistics of population health, including the use of correlated data from family studies.[1]
Education and career
[edit]Begg is originally from Queens, New York. She majored in mathematics at Fairfield University,[1][2] and has a Ph.D. in biostatistics from the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health,[1] completed in 1989.[3]
She has worked as a faculty member at Columbia University since 1989,[1] for many years as part of the Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health.[2][4] From 2006 to 2018, she co-directed Columbia's Irving Institute for Clinical and Translational Research.[2] She became Vice Provost for Academic Programs in 2014,[1] and dean of the Columbia School of Social Work in 2019.[1][2]
Recognition
[edit]Begg was elected as a Fellow of the American Statistical Association in 2012.[5] Also in 2012, she became the inaugural recipient of the Lagakos Distinguished Alumni Award of the Harvard School of Public Health’s Department of Biostatistics.[3]
She was the 2013 recipient of the Association of Schools and Programs of Public Health / Pfizer Award for Teaching Excellence.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e f "Melissa D. Begg", Directory, Columbia School of Social Work, retrieved 2025-06-13
- ^ a b c d "Melissa Begg Named Dean of School of Social Work", Columbia Magazine, Fall 2019, retrieved 2025-06-13
- ^ a b "Columbia professor to receive inaugural Lagakos Distinguished Alumni Award", Harvard Gazette, Harvard University, May 16, 2012, retrieved 2025-06-13
- ^ a b Melissa Begg Wins ASPPH/Pfizer Teaching Award, Columbia Mailman School of Public Health, October 18, 2013, retrieved 2025-06-13
- ^ ASA Fellows, American Statistical Association, retrieved 2025-06-13
External links
[edit]- Melissa Begg publications indexed by Google Scholar