Dr. Julia Soulakova, Ph.D., joined the Statistical Research and Applications Branch (SRAB) in June 2008 as a summer CRTA fellow. Dr. Soulakova earned her doctorate in statistics from the University of Pittsburgh in 2006 and bachelor's degree in applied mathematics from Moscow State University. During her fellowship, she is working with Bill Davis, Ph.D., and Anne Hartman, M.S., M.A., on the analysis of the Tobacco Use Supplement to the Current Population Survey (TUS-CPS) and the National Health Interview Survey (NHIS). At the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Dr. Soulakova is an adjunct faculty consultant for the Survey, Statistics, and Psychometric Core Research Facility and an Assistant Professor of Statistics, and is involved in evaluating behavioral medicine longitudinal studies and developing statistical methodology to analyze combination drug efficacy studies. Previously, as a graduate student at the Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, she participated in the design and data analysis of NIH-funded longitudinal research studies of obesity, smoking cessation, and drug trials. In her spare time, Dr. Soulakova enjoys being with her husband, their 12year-old daughter, and 2-year-old son.

Dr. Julia Soulakova’s research interests include multiple drug testing, survey methods, and survival analysis.