Meredith Ray, PhD, MPH, is an Associate Professor of Biostatistics in the Division of Epidemiology, Biostatistics, and Environmental Health. Dr. Ray received her doctoral degree at the University of South Carolina, Arnold School of Public Health in 2014 and her MPH at the University of Georgia, College of Public Health in 2009. Her mythological research interests are in Bayesian methods, fMRI brain imaging analysis, bioinformatics (epigenetics) and semi-parametric modeling. Her primary research focus for applied statistics is in the field of non-small cell lung cancer.