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Katherine Freeman, Dr.P.H., leader of the BCC and Professor of Biomedical Sciences at the Charles E. Schmidt College of Medicine at FAU, received her doctorate in biostatistics from the Columbia School of Public Health. She is an expert in the design and statistical analysis of multicenter randomized clinical trials (RCT) and observational studies. She is proficient in hierarchical modeling, survival analysis including multi-event methods, and systematic reviews and meta-analysis. She has also written or coauthored several successful NIH and foundation supported research grant applications for which she has been the Principal or Co-Investigator. She has coauthored 130 peer-reviewed articles many of which were published in such high impact journals as the NEJM, JAMA, the Lancet, PLOS, BMC and Pediatrics. Dr. Freeman received an unprecedented mentoring award from the Clinical Research Training Program at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine. She has mentored faculty and medical and dental residents, as well as taught research methodology to attorneys, bioengineers and behavioral scientists. Dr. Freeman was a member of an IRB for 14 years, and has Chaired or been a member of many NIH and industry sponsored Data and Safety Monitoring Boards (DSMB). She has also been a reviewer for NIH and PCORI. Her substantive interests encompass public health and health disparities.