Joseph Zoller, PhD, is a Lecturer in the Department of Biostatistics at the Fielding School of Public Health. He earned his doctoral degree in Biostatistics from the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), where he conducted research under the guidance of Dr. Steve Horvath and Dr. Christina Ramirez. His research is centered on the development of statistical tools for measuring biological aging in humans and animal models, with a specific focus on DNA methylation-based biomarkers of aging, known as epigenetic clocks.
Education
- PhD, Biostatistics, University of California, Los Angeles, CA, United States
- MS, Mathematical Sciences, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA, United States
- BS, Mathematical Sciences, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA, United States
Falco J. Bargagli Stoffi, Ph.D., is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Biostatistics at the Fielding School of Public Health. Previously, he was a researcher at Harvard University. His research interests are primarily in methodological and applied (bio)statistics with a focus on applications of causal inference and machine learning in public health and medicine.
Education
- Postdoctoral Fellowship, Biostatistics, Harvard University (Cambridge, USA)
- (Joint) Ph.D., Data Science & Economics, IMT School for Advanced Studies (Lucca, Italy) and KU Leuven (Leuven, Belgium)
- M.Sc., Statistics, University of Florence (Florence, Italy)
- B.Sc., Sociology and Social Policies, University of Florence (Florence, Italy)
UCLA Fielding School of Public Health faculty members have been named among the world’s most influential researchers in the sciences and social sciences.
The Highly Cited Researchers list, compiled annually by analytics firm Clarivate, identifies scholars whose work has been cited most often in papers published by other researchers in their fields over the past decade. Those chosen for the 2023 list have authored studies that rank in the top 1% in the number of scholarly citations worldwide.
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Today, the WORLD Policy Analysis Center (WORLD) at UCLA, launched “Equality within Our Lifetimes,” the most comprehensive analysis to date of laws and policies related to gender equality in all 193 U.N. member states. While the U.S. performs well in some areas, it has become even more of an outlier when it comes to care.
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Dr. Steven P. Wallace, the late professor of community health sciences at the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health, has been honored by the Journal of Aging and Health with a special edition as a tribute to his work as a leader in the field of minority aging research.