NYU/Columbia Postdoctoral Training Program

Four fellows joined researchers for two years each at the Promotion of Research Involving Innovative Statistical Methodology (PRIISM) Center at New York University Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development and the Applied Statistics Center at Columbia University. Fellows had the opportunity to focus on methods to address missing data, tools to address computational limitations for multilevel models, and strategies to address failures in random assignment. In addition to hands-on, practical research experience, fellows accessed a wide selection of statistics classes and seminar series to build their knowledge base. They developed communication skills to work across fields and communicate advanced statistical ideas to researchers with less formal experience. In addition, fellows received mentoring in career development topics such as preparing high-quality education research grant proposals, teaching, ethics, writing, and applying for jobs.