Statistical analysis (WUM - 2nd year Research Methodology)

David Spade, PhD

David Spade is in his second year as an Assistant Professor of Statistics at the University of Missouri—Kansas City. He earned his B.S. in Mathematics in 2006 from West Liberty University, his M.S. in Statistics from The Ohio State University in 2010, and his Ph.D. in Statistics from The Ohio State University in 2013. He has instructed a variety of statistics courses, ranging from the introductory level to graduate courses. He does research in the areas of Bayesian Statistics, Evolutionary Biology and Statistics Education.

Raywat Deonandan, PhD

Dr. Raywat Deonandan is an Assistant Professor of Health Sciences at the University of Ottawa, an epidemiologist, a global health researcher, and best-selling novelist. His research interests include the epidemiological trends in global burdens of disease, the social and moral dimensions of risk perception, and other global health related topics. Furthermore, Dr. Deonandan is an award-winning journalist with features in the Toronto Star, the Huffington Post and other publications. Presently, he sits on the Board of Directors of the Canadian Society of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, and is the founder and Executive Editor of the Interdisciplinary Journal of Health Sciences.
Dr. Deonandan is keenly interested in spreading knowledge about epidemiology globally, be it through social media or via innovative teaching methods.