An interview with BMC Public Health Section Editor, Dr Shankar Viswanathan - BMC Series blog

An interview with BMC Public Health Section Editor, Dr Shankar Viswanathan - BMC Series blog

Natalie Pafitis

Editor at BMC

Natalie joined BioMed Central in October 2007 after having completed an MSc in Environmental Health at the Cyprus International Institute in Association with the Harvard School of Public Health. She is the training co-ordinator for the BMC series editorial team and the Editor of BMC Public Health and BMC International Health and Human Rights.

An interview with BMC Public Health Section Editor, Dr Shankar Viswanathan

We are delighted to introduce Dr Shankar Viswanathan, Section Editor of the Biostatistics and Methods section of BMC Public Health, who explains the important role biostatistics play in public health and informs us of the types of submissions he encourages to his section.

Natalie Pafitis 5 Dec 2019

Please tell us about yourself and your research interests

I am a trained biostatistician with experience over two-decades in both methodological and public health research. My research interest includes developing new statistical methods to analyze further questions arising from medicine or public health. Specifically, I focus on survival analysis, longitudinal data analysis and missing data, and some design issues for my methods. The applied (epidemiological or public health) research interest is quite varied. Currently, I am working on studies related to the field of chronic disease epidemiology, injury epidemiology, and global public health.