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A conversation with Elizabeth A. Stuart

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Elizabeth A. Stuart is a Professor in the Departments of Mental Health, Biostatistics, and Health Policy and Management at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, and Associate Dean for Education at the school. She is a renowned expert in the area of causal inference, including propensity score methods for observational data and the generalizability of randomized trial results, and is also a Fellow of the American Statistical Association. Prior to her appointment to the faculty at Johns Hopkins, Professor Stuart received her Ph.D. in statistics from Harvard University and a bachelor’s degree in mathematics from Smith College. In 2015, Professor Stuart was recognized at the International Conference on Health Policy Statistics with the Mid-Career Award from the Health Policy Statistics Section of the American Statistical Association.

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The interviewer thanks Sarah Chambers of the Department of Health Care Policy at Harvard Medical School for transcription assistance.

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Rose, S. A conversation with Elizabeth A. Stuart. Health Serv Outcomes Res Method 16, 177–186 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10742-016-0158-4

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