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Ana Paula Werneck Capuano is a Professor in the Biological Sciences Division at the University of Chicago, specializing in Neurology. With a transformative career focused on Biostatistics, she has been an influential figure in methodological development across various disciplines. Her research centers on creating resilience metrics and developing proposed models for ordinal, discrete, and nonlinear longitudinal data, significantly advancing the field with the R package NLIVE. Dr. Capuano collaborates with scientists worldwide, addressing critical health questions and enhancing our understanding of healthy aging through behavioral, genetic, and environmental factors. She is currently the director of the Biostatistics Core for the SuperAging Initiative at the HAAC Center and a leader at Rush ADRC DMS Core. Beyond her research contributions, Dr. Capuano is actively involved in professional organizations, holding positions such as the educational chair for the American Statistics Association's SDSA, and has played a key role in committees like the NACC Steering Committee and the Design Data Analytics at PIA ISTAART. She is the founder of ARISE (Aging Research – Innovations Statistical Exploration), aimed at spotlighting promising students and early-career researchers at the intersection of data science and aging.
Department of Philosophy