Ofer Harel, PhD

Ofer Harel, Ph.D. is Assistant Professor in the Department of Statistics at the University of Connecticut. Dr. Harel received his doctorate in statistics in 2003 from the Pennsylvania State University where he developed his methodological expertise in the areas of missing data techniques, diagnostic tests, longitudinal studies, Bayesian methods, sampling techniques, mixture models, and latent class analysis. Dr. Harel received post-doctoral training at the University of Washington, Department of Biostatistics, where he worked for the HSR&D Center of Excellence VA Puget Sound Healthcare System and the National Alzheimer’s Coordinating Center. He has been involved with a diverse set of health research projects related to Alzheimer’s disease, diabetes, and alcohol and drug abuse prevention.