#  About 

 



**Sharon-Lise Normand, Ph.D.**, is S. James Adelstein Professor of Health Care Policy (Biostatistics) in the Department of Health Care Policy at Harvard Medical School and Professor in the Department of Biostatistics at Harvard School of Public Health. Her research focuses on the development of statistical methods for health services and outcomes research, including the evaluation of medical devices, causal inference, provider profiling, evidence synthesis, item response theory, and latent variables analyses. Her application areas include cardiovascular disease, severe mental illness, medical device safety and effectiveness, and medical technology diffusion.



 

 

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##  Research Team 

 



  [### Haley Abing

 ](/people/haley-abing) <abing@hcp.med.harvard.edu>Senior Program Manager, Harvard Medical School

 

 

 

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   [### Ben Buzzee

 ](/people/ben-buzzee) <Buzzee@hcp.med.harvard.edu>Data Analyst, Harvard Medical School

 

 

 

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   [### Yige Li

 ](/people/yige-li) [Yige\_Li@hcp.med.harvard.edu](mailto:Yige_Li@hcp.med.harvard.edu)Research Fellow in Health Care Policy, Harvard Medical School

 

 

 

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   [### Katya Zelevinsky

 ](/people/katya-zelevinsky) <zelevins@hcp.med.harvard.edu>Biostatistician, Harvard Medical School

 

 

 

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