Dr. Steven G. Heeringa is Research Scientist and Director of the Statistical Design Group and Summer Institute in Survey Research Techniques at the Survey Research Center, Institute for Social Research at University of Michigan. He is co-PI for the NCDMH Michigan site, representing the statistical design and survey operations capabilities that the UM ISR team will bring to the Center and its projects.
Dr. Heeringa has a Ph.D. in Biostatistics from the University of Michigan. He is an Adjunct Associate Professor in Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Research Scientist and Director of the Statistical Design Group and Summer Institute in Survey Research Techniques at the Survey Research Center, Institute for Social Research at University of Michigan. Dr. Heeringa is a Research Scientist in the Survey Methodology Program, the Director of the Statistical and Research Design Group in the Survey Research Center, and the Director of the Summer Institute in Survey Research Techniques at the Institute for Social Research.
He has over 30 years of statistical sampling experience directing the development of the SRC National Sample design, as well as sample designs for SRC's major longitudinal and cross-sectional survey programs. During this period he has been actively involved in research and publication on sample design methods and procedures such as weighting, variance estimation, and the imputation of missing data that are required in the analysis of sample survey data.
He has been a teacher of survey sampling methods to U.S. and international students and has served as a sample design consultant to a wide variety of international research programs based in countries such as Russia, the Ukraine, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, India, Nepal, China, Egypt, Iran, the United Arab Emirates and Chile.
Dr. Heeringa is Chair, EPA FIFRA Science Advisory Panel.