Debra D'Angelo is the assistant director of biostatistics services in the Weill Cornell Medicine (WCM) Division of Biostatistics. She holds a Master of Science in biostatistics from the Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health, a graduate degree in statistics from University College London and a bachelor's degree in music and psychology from The State University of New York (SUNY) Potsdam and Crane School of Music. Before joining WCM, Debra was a biostatistician at the Risk Management Department of the Hospitals Insurance Company (HIC) in New York, NY, where she provided statistical consulting and data management support for research projects and patient safety initiatives. Prior to that, she worked as a biostatistician in the Department of Biostatistics at the Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health, performing statistical analyses for a large, international research consortium focused on autism spectrum disorders.
Debra is responsible for the recruitment and supervision of new biostatistician/programmer analyst staff for the Meyer Cancer Center, assisting with exploring and facilitating new biostatistical collaborations and contracts with WCM divisions, departments, and centers, and assisting with administratively directing/managing the Biostatistics, Epidemiology and Research Design [BERD] Core of the Clinical & Translational Science Center (CTSC). She has collaborations with the Department of Radiology and the Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes & Metabolism, and she supervises and helps recruit staff for the Division in general. Debra is also Debby actively involved with teaching in the PHS education programs.