Stanford University
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Douglas Rivers
Professor of Political Science and Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution
BioDouglas Rivers is a senior fellow at the Hoover Institution and a professor of political science at Stanford University. He is the president and CEO of YouGov/Polimetrix.
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Norman Rizk
Berthold and Belle N. Guggenhime Professor, Emeritus
Current Research and Scholarly InterestsI am interested in the prevention and control of critical care-related illnesses and complications, including ventilator-associated pneumonia, spread of nosocomial infections, and prognosis of multiple organ system failure in intensive care units. Infections and complications of therapy in immunocompromised hosts, including effects of chemotherapy and hematopoetic stem cell transplants is another interest.
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Jorge Roa
Software Developer Associate, Health Policy
BioJorge Roa is a software developer and data scientist in the Department of Health Policy at Stanford University. Prior to joining Stanford, Jorge completed a research fellowship in the Department of Statistics at the University of Munich. He holds an M.Sc. in Data Science for Public Policy from the Hertie School in Berlin, Germany. Jorge earned a B.A. in Public Policy from the Center for Research and Teaching in Economics (CIDE) in Aguascalientes, Mexico. His work has focused on gastric and colorectal cancer research, helping apply Bayesian methods and decision-analytic models, as well as creating and optimizing algorithms. He also has experience in developing and implementing open-source R packages. Jorge is part of the colorectal cancer group within the Cancer Intervention and Surveillance Modeling Network (CISNET). His research centers on employing data science tools and decision-analytic models to make informed decisions based on data and evidence to improve people’s lives.
