Eric J. Daza, DrPH, MPS

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I help people appreciate data, science, and each other.

Resume and CV

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Summary and Objective

Expert mid-level health data scientist and biostatistician who has worked on real world evidence, patient-reported outcomes, sensors, medical devices, market research, digital endpoints, health IT, and clinical trials in academia and industry. Skilled in designing and conducting statistical analyses in digital health, healthcare, population health, startups, and oncology. Strong record of thought leadership, public speaking, media appearances, publishing, mentoring, inclusive leadership, and leading teams. Seeking SME, technical, and strategic leadership roles.

Leadership

Patent: Methods and Systems for Generating Personalized Treatments Via Causal Inference. Inventors: Eric J. Daza. Patent application US-20240047042-A1, Aug 4, 2023 (filed), Feb 8, 2024 (published).
Innovation: The Power of Biostatistics: Eric J. Daza Holds the Key to Evolving the Healthcare Industry. This is Statistics, American Statistical Association, 2023.
Technical: Causal analysis of self-tracked time series data using a counterfactual framework for N-of-1 trials. Methods of Information in Medicine, Feb 2018. (LaTeX version here)
RWE: Creating Evidence from Real World Patient Digital Data. Guest editor. Frontiers Media SA, Apr 2021.
Inclusion: How A ‘Secret Asian Man’ Embraced Anti-Racism. LAist, 2020.

News and Media

Fortune: 10 innovators shaping the future of health: Leader: Eric J. Daza, creator of Stats-of-1. 2022.
Forbes: 16 Healthcare Innovators That You Should Know: Eric J. Daza. 2022.
Musical Theater: A Statistical New World. American Statistical Association, 2011.

Science Communication

Once Upon a Time Series. biostatistics.ca, 2024.
Statistics Is My Dance. The FilAm, 2022.
Ditch “Statistical Significance” — But Keep Statistical Evidence. Towards Data Science, 2021.
Instagram Weeklong Takeover. Pinoy Scientists, 2020.

Scientific Publications

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Turner S, Chen C, Acosta R, Daza EJ, Floden L, Langford J, Simmatis L, Terluin B, Fromy P. Methods for analytical validation of novel digital clinical measures: A simulation study. medRxiv. 2024:2024-11.
Daza EJ, Matias I, Schneider L. Model-Twin Randomization (MoTR) for Estimating One’s Own Recurring Individual Treatment Effect. Statistics in Medicine. 2024 Oct 1, under review.
Mezlini A, Shapiro A, Daza EJ, Caddigan E, Ramirez E, Althoff T, Foschini L. Estimating the burden of influenza-like illness on daily activity at the population scale using commercial wearable sensors. JAMA Network Open. 2022 May 2;5(5):e2211958-.
Daza EJ. Causal analysis of self-tracked time series data using a counterfactual framework for N-of-1 trials. Methods of Information in Medicine. 2018 May;57(S 01):e10-21. (LaTeX version here)
Nguyen ML, Hu J, Hastings KG, Daza EJ, Cullen MR, Orloff LA, Palaniappan LP. Thyroid cancer mortality is higher in Filipinos in the United States: an analysis using national mortality records from 2003 through 2012. Cancer. 2017 Dec 15;123(24):4860-7.
Keil AP, Daza EJ, Engel SM, Buckley JP, Edwards JK. A Bayesian approach to the g-formula. Statistical methods in medical research. 2018 Oct;27(10):3183-204.

Education

Postdoctoral Fellowship Health Promotion, Behavior Change Stanford University
Dr.P.H. (Doctor of Public Health) Biostatistics UNC Chapel Hill
M.P.S. (Master of Professional Studies) Applied Statistics Cornell University
B.A. (Bachelor of Arts) Neurobiology & Behavior, Cognitive Studies Cornell University