# Faculty Sponsors [### Alberto Abadie ](/people/alberto-abadie) [alberto\_abadie@harvard.edu](mailto:alberto_abadie@harvard.edu)Professor of Public Policy, Harvard Kennedy School Alberto Abadie is Professor of Public Policy. His main research areas are econometrics, labor economics, and public finance. In his research, Alberto Abadie has developed econometric methods to evaluate the effects of public programs. In addition, as a... ![alberto_abadie.jpg](/sites/g/files/omnuum1231/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/applied.stats.workshop-gov3009/files/alberto_abadie.jpg?itok=x5HbdG1I) [### Matthew Blackwell ](/people/matthew-blackwell) Assistant Professor of Government, Harvard University Matthew Blackwell is an Assistant Professor of Government at Harvard University and an affiliate of the Institute for Quantitative Social Science. He studies political methodology, with a focus on dynamic causal inference, missing data, panel data, and... ![matthew_blackwell.png](/sites/g/files/omnuum1231/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/applied.stats.workshop-gov3009/files/matthew_blackwell.png?itok=ii0_QhQf) [### Finale Doshi-Velez ](/people/finale-doshi-velez)Assistant Professor in Computer Science, School of Engineering and Applied Sciences Finale Doshi-Velez is excited about methods to turn data into actionable knowledge. Her core research in machine learning, computational statistics, and data science is inspired by---and often applied to---the objective of accelerating scientific progress... ![finale_doshi-velez.jpg](/sites/g/files/omnuum1231/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/applied.stats.workshop-gov3009/files/finale_doshi-velez.jpg?itok=4sAdMlBV) [### Kosuke Imai ](/people/kosuke-imai) Professor of Government and of Statistics, Harvard University Prof. Imai is interested in political methodology and more generally applied statistics for social science research. He works on the development and applications of statistical methods for causal inference for experimental and observational studies. Other... ![kosuke-imai_01.png](/sites/g/files/omnuum1231/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/applied.stats.workshop-gov3009/files/kosuke-imai_01.png?itok=H3r5XZJJ) [### Gary King ](/people/gary-king)Director of IQSS Gary King is the Albert J. Weatherhead III University Professor at Harvard University -- one of 22 with the title of University Professor, Harvard's most distinguished faculty position. He is based in the Department of Government (in the Faculty of Arts... ![gary_king.jpeg](/sites/g/files/omnuum1231/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/applied.stats.workshop-gov3009/files/gary_king.jpeg?itok=O4MzKWzn) [### James Robins ](/people/james-robins) Mitchell L. & Robin LaFoley Dong Professor of Epidemiology, Harvard School of Public Health The principal focus of Dr. Robins' research has been the development of analytic methods appropriate for drawing causal inferences from complex observational and randomized studies with time-varying exposures or treatments. The new methods are to a large... ![james_robins.jpg](/sites/g/files/omnuum1231/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/applied.stats.workshop-gov3009/files/james_robins.jpg?itok=DUzu2V8e) [### Tyler VanderWeele ](/people/tyler-vanderweele) Associate Professor Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Harvard School of Public Health Tyler VanderWeele works on developing theory and methods for drawing causal inferences in the social and biomedical sciences. His current research focuses on methods for mediation, interaction and spillover effects as well applications to perinatal... ![tyler_vanderweele.jpg](/sites/g/files/omnuum1231/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/applied.stats.workshop-gov3009/files/tyler_vanderweele.jpg?itok=9O592F64) [### Christopher Winship ](/people/christopher-winship) Diker-Tishman Professor of Sociology, Department of Sociology Diker-Tishman Professor of Sociology, was born in Topeka, Kansas and grew up in New Britain, Connecticut. He did his undergraduate work in sociology and mathematics at Dartmouth College and his graduate work in this department, receiving his degree in... ![christopher_winship.jpg](/sites/g/files/omnuum1231/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/applied.stats.workshop-gov3009/files/christopher_winship.jpg?itok=uoS8VxPp) [### Xiang Zhou ](/people/xiang-zhou) [xiang\_zhou@fas.harvard.edu](mailto:xiang_zhou@fas.harvard.edu)Associate Professor of Sociology, Harvard University Xiang Zhou is an associate professor in the Department of Sociology at Harvard University. He is also a faculty affiliate at the Weatherhead Center for International Affairs, Harvard Institute for Quantitative Social Science, Harvard Center for Population... ![Xiang Zhou](/sites/g/files/omnuum1231/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/applied.stats.workshop-gov3009/files/img-xiang_zhou.jpg?itok=BUc5S51c)