Jay S. Kaufman, Ph.D., is a Professor in the Department of Epidemiology, Biostatistics, and Occupational Health, McGill University. Dr. Kaufman's research focuses on social determinants of health and health disparities, and estimating the causal effects of population interventions.
J. Michael Oakes, Ph.D., is a Professor in the Division of Epidemiology and Community Health, University of Minnesota, and Director of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation's Interdisciplinary Leaders Program. His research and teaching interests include social epidemiology, quantitative methodology, and research ethics, and he has received the school's highest awards for teaching as well as advising and mentoring.