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Robert A McDougal, PhD

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Assistant Professor of Biostatistics
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Co-Training Director, Health Informatics MS

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Assistant Professor of Biostatistics

Co-Training Director, Health Informatics MS

Biography

Robert A. McDougal, Ph.D. is an Assistant Professor in the Health Informatics Division of the Department of Biostatistics. He is affiliated with the Computational Biology and Bioinformatics graduate program, the Yale Center for Medical Informatics, and the Center for Biomedical Data Science. His research focuses on developing methods for aggregating, computationally representing, analyzing, and modeling experimental data, with emphasis on understanding brain function and dysfunction.

Dr. McDougal is currently a PI on an NIH grant seeking to build efficient methods for simulating the interaction of intracellular and network dynamics in the brain. Recent collaborations include a project to detect trends in the use of animal models and interventions in the Alzheimer's literature, and a project to use computational modeling to interpret magnetoencephalography (MEG) data. As member of the NeuroML Scientific Board, he supports the development of future standards for sharing computational neuroscience models.

Dr. McDougal earned his Ph.D. in Mathematics from The Ohio State University in 2011. He did postdoctoral training at Yale in computer science, neurobiology, and medical informatics; during the later, he earned an MS in Computational Biology and Bioinformatics from Yale. From 2016 until joining the Department of Biostatistics in 2019, he was an Associate Research Scientist at Yale University in the Department of Neuroscience.

Appointments

Education & Training

Postdoctoral Fellow
Yale University (2016)
MS
Yale University, Computational Biology and Bioinformatics (2015)
Postdoctoral Associate
Yale University (2013)
Postdoctoral Associate
Yale University (2012)
PhD
Ohio State University, Mathematics (2011)
MS
The Ohio State University, Mathematics (2006)
BS
University of Maryland Baltimore County, Mathematics

Research

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Medical Subject Headings (MeSH)

Biostatistics; Computational Biology; Computer Simulation; Informatics; Neurosciences

Research at a Glance

Yale Co-Authors

Frequent collaborators of Robert A McDougal's published research.

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2024

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2022

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  • 300 George Street

    Academic Office

    Ste 501, Rm 529C

    New Haven, CT 06511