David Benkeser
Associate Professor
Atlanta, Georgia, United States
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Top SchoolDavid Benkeser is an Associate Professor of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics at Emory University with a decade of experience at the intersection of machine learning and causal inference, focused on vaccine development and prevention science. He progressed from PhD work and research roles at the University of Washington and a postdoc at UC Berkeley to faculty positions at Emory, blending rigorous methodological research with applied public health problems. David develops and translates advanced statistical learning methods to answer causal questions in clinical and epidemiological studies, often bridging theory and practice in trial design and analysis. Based in Atlanta, he brings deep academic training in biostatistics and a track record of mentoring and collaborative applied research that informs real-world vaccine evaluation.
10 years of coding experience
13 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Biostatistics, Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Biostatistics at University of WashingtonMaster’s Degree, Public Health (Biostatistics), Master’s Degree, Public Health (Biostatistics) at University of Georgia
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (64)
candidate10
survival-analysis10
statistical-inference10
r-package9
superlearner9
renv9
causal-inference9
ensemble-learning9
hypothesis-tests9
knitr8
stochastic8
sampling8
survival8
journal7
statistics7
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
benkeser/nlpred
Feb 2019 - Feb 2020
Contributions:35 commits, 29 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year
benkeser/SuperLearner
Dec 2017 - Aug 2024
Current version of the SuperLearner R package
Contributions:6 pushes in 6 years 8 months
r-packagesuperlearnerrstats
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