{"id":541,"date":"2010-09-20T05:00:00","date_gmt":"2010-09-20T09:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/sph\/biostatistics\/summer-institutesub-pages\/faculty\/"},"modified":"2026-04-30T14:41:56","modified_gmt":"2026-04-30T18:41:56","slug":"faculty","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/departments\/biostatistics\/summer-institute-for-training-in-biostatistics\/faculty\/","title":{"rendered":"SIBS Faculty"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/profile\/jacqueline-hicks\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Jacqueline Hicks, PhD<\/a><\/strong><br \/>\n<em>Clinical Associate Professor of Biostatistics<br \/>\nCo-Director, MPH Certificate in Epidemiology and Biostatistics<br \/>\n<\/em><em>Lecturer, Department of Computer Science<\/em><br \/>\nMajor fields of interest include statistical genetics and statistical education. Dr. Hicks is a Co-Investigator in the Black Women\u2019s Health Study.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/profile\/helen-jenkins\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Helen Jenkins, PhD<\/a><\/strong><br \/>\n<em>Associate Professor of Biostatistics<\/em><br \/>\nMajor fields of study include infectious disease, particularly pediatric tuberculosis. Helen Jenkins was selected as a Rafik Hariri Institute Junior Faculty Fellow beginning in Fall 2017.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/profile\/howard-cabral\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Howard Cabral, PhD<br \/>\n<\/a><\/strong><em>Professor of Biostatistics<\/em><em><br \/>\n<\/em><em>Director of the Biostatistics, Epidemiology, and Research Design Program of the Boston University Clinical and Translational Science Institute<br \/>\n<\/em>Major fields of study include\u00a0analysis of longitudinal data, analysis of ordinal data, clinical trials, statistical computing, effects of missing data on estimation, and ethics in statistical practice.\u00a0Dr. Cabral has published extensively on pediatric neurodevelopment and physical growth, and in the effects of behavioral interventions in AIDS and substance abuse.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/profile\/megan-healey\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Megan Healey, PhD<\/a><\/strong><br \/>\n<em>Clinical Associate Professor of Epidemiology<\/em><br \/>\n<em>Director of the BUSPH MPH Degree Program<\/em><br \/>\nMajor fields of study include molecular epidemiology, epigenetics and breast cancer, and population-based studies.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/profile\/prasad-patil\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Prasad Patil, PhD<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\n<em>Assistant Professor of Biostatistics<\/em><br \/>\nMajor fields of study include personalized medicine, genomics, prediction, data visualization, and study reproducibility\/replicability.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/profile\/gina-peloso\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Gina Peloso, PhD<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/profile\/joseph-massaro\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><br \/>\n<\/a><\/strong><em>Associate Professor of Biostatistics<\/em><br \/>\n<span>Major fields of study include the statistical genetics of complex cardiovascular traits, particularly plasma lipid levels.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><span>Gina is an active member in the Cohorts for Heart and Aging Research in Genomic Epidemiology (CHARGE) consortium, the Global Lipids Genetic Consortium (GLGC), and TOPMed Program.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Questions and concerns about the BU SIBS Program?<\/strong> Please contact us at <a href=\"mailto:sibs@bu.edu\">sibs@bu.edu<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jacqueline Hicks, PhD Clinical Associate Professor of Biostatistics Co-Director, MPH Certificate in Epidemiology and Biostatistics Lecturer, Department of Computer Science Major fields of interest include statistical genetics and statistical education. Dr. Hicks is a Co-Investigator in the Black Women\u2019s Health Study. 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