Melanie Bell, PhD, MS is Professor in the Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics at the Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health; Head of the Biostatistics and Design core, Center for Health Disparities Research; and member of the Statistics Graduate Inter-Disciplinary Program. Her research focus is statistical methods for handling missing data in randomized trials, and the design and analysis of studies using patient reported outcomes. Dr. Bell earned her PhD in Biostatistics from the University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, MS in Mathematics from Northern Arizona University, and an AB in Mathematics from Occidental College.