Katrina A. B. Goddard
Katrina A. Blouke Goddard is an American genetic epidemiologist and biostatistician specializing in public health genomics and the translation of genomic applications into clinical practice. Goddard is the director of the division of cancer control and population sciences (DCCPS) at the National Cancer Institute (NCI). She was previously the distinguished investigator and director of translational and applied genomics at the Kaiser Permanente Center for Health Research and a faculty member at Case Western Reserve University. Education Goddard was born to Morley and Kay Blouke. She completed a B.S. in molecular biology at the University of Wisconsin–Madison in 1990. Goddard graduated with honors and was a member of Alpha Chi Sigma. She earned a M.S. (1995) and a Ph.D. (1999) in biostatistics at the University of Washington School of Public Health. Goddard's dissertation was titled Study Design Issues in the Analysis of Complex Genetic Traits. Her doctoral advisor was . Career Goddard is a genetic epidemiologist who focuses on public health genomics and the translation of genomic applications into clinical practice. From 1999 to 2007, Goddard was part of the faculty in the department of epidemiology and biostatistics at Case Western Reserve University. Goddard was a mid-career fellow at the Centers