Meet the Experts

W. Dana Flanders is a professor in the Department of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics and in the Department of Epidemiology with Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University. Dr. Flanders is a member of the Cancer Prevention and Control Research Program at Winship Cancer Institute.

Cathy Lally is an epidemiologist with more than 30 years of experience in multiple areas of epidemiology including Behavioral Health, Oncology, Hematology, Pharmacoepidemiology, and Environmental and Occupational Health. Experience involves rigorous and creative analytic methods to estimate prevalence of rare diseases, comprehensive literature review and synthesis, writing study protocols and analysis plans, establishment of data use agreements, development of macro programs to analyze large claims data from commercial claims, Medicaid, and CMS Medicare, thorough database study reports, and creation of interactive graphic displays of the data for use by the client.

Anne Dilley is an epidemiologist with over 30 years of experience in both government and pharmaceutical industry settings. Her expertise spans standard and novel epidemiological methodology, pharmacoepidemiology, design and conduct of insurance claims and electronic medical record database studies, registry design and implementation, and designing and implementating focused safety studies to meet post-authorization regulatory requirements.

Michael Goodman is a Professor at the Department of Epidemiology, Emory University Rollins School of Public Health and part of the senior leadership for ERM. He is an epidemiologist and a licensed physician with formal training and practice experience in Pediatrics and Preventive Medicine. Dr. Goodman has over 20 years of experience in planning and conducting population-based and clinical studies of various types and designs. In addition to conducting original studies, he has extensive expertise in performing systematic reviews and meta-analyses.