Francesca Dominici

Dr. Francesca Dominici is a Professor of Biostatistics, Senior Associate Dean for Research, and Associate Dean of Information Technology at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. Dr. Dominici's research focuses on the development of statistical methods for the analysis of large and complex data. She leads several interdisciplinary groups with the goal of addressing important questions in health policy, comparative effectiveness research, environmental health science, and climate change.

In her role as Senior Associate Dean for Research, Dr. Dominici oversees the School's Office of Research Strategy and Development (ORSD) and leads ORSD's flagship faculty grant-writing short course. In addition to her own extensive research program, Dr. Dominici has provided scientific leadership in the submission of numerous proposals designed to advance the University's scientific innovation.

In her role as Associate Dean of Information Technology, Dr. Dominici has positioned the Chan School at the forefront of the Big Data revolution. Dr. Dominici worked closely with the Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS) to allow Chan School faculty, researchers, staff, and students to access the FAS Research Computing environment (Odyssey). Odyssey is Harvard's largest supercomputer, spanning 9,641 square feet dedicated to compute. Access to Odyssey has transformed the research computing landscape at the Chan School, allowing faculty to pursue Big Data driven research that is pushing the frontiers of science.

Dr. Dominici was recently recognized in Reuter's 2015 list of the most highly cited researchers, ranking in the top 1% of scientists cited in her field.

Dr. Dominici is the current chair of the Committee for the Advancement of Women Faculty at the Chan School, illustrating her career-long commitment to promoting diversity in academia.