Melissa Begg

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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]

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Education and career

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

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

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Melissa D. Begg", Directory, Columbia School of Social Work, retrieved 2025-06-13
  2. 1 2 3 4 "Melissa Begg Named Dean of School of Social Work", Columbia Magazine, Fall 2019, retrieved 2025-06-13
  3. 1 2 "Columbia professor to receive inaugural Lagakos Distinguished Alumni Award", Harvard Gazette, Harvard University, May 16, 2012, retrieved 2025-06-13
  4. 1 2 Melissa Begg Wins ASPPH/Pfizer Teaching Award, Columbia Mailman School of Public Health, October 18, 2013, retrieved 2025-06-13
  5. ASA Fellows, American Statistical Association, retrieved 2025-06-13