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NORC at the University Chicago

Susan Paddock

Executive Vice President & Chief Scientist
Research Science
Susan works to advance NORC’s capabilities in artificial intelligence, data science, statistics, and research methodology.

Susan is generally responsible for NORC’s methods of design and analysis. As a member of NORC’s Executive Council, Susan also works to advance NORC’s corporate research and development enterprise. She leads a division of statisticians, data scientists, methodologists, and artificial intelligence (AI) experts who advance NORC’s capabilities through cross-functional collaboration, efficient statistical operations, fit-for-purpose methodological research and development, and targeted business development.

Susan is an executive sponsor of several initiatives to advance NORC’s capabilities in AI, data science, research quality assurance, data and human subjects protection, quantitative evaluation methods, and sampling. She served as an executive statistical advisor to several projects, including the General Social Survey, Survey of Doctoral Recipients, AP VoteCast, and health care evaluations.

Susan is a leader in statistical methods innovation and application to topics of societal and policy importance, including evaluation of behavioral health interventions; health services research; health care quality; Medicare payment policy; public opinion research; public policy; Veterans’ health care; and performance measurement and rating of entities including health care providers and colleges. She has conducted and published statistical research on several topics, including statistical data integration, Bayesian methods, causal inference, longitudinal and multilevel analysis methods, missing data, and study design for qualitative and quantitative research. Susan has over 120 peer-reviewed publications and has served on several journal editorial boards and on committees for the American Statistical Association (ASA) and the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine.

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Expertise

Education

PhD

Duke University

MS

Duke University

BS

University of Minnesota

Appointments & Affiliations

Vice President (Elected) | 2024-2026

American Statistical Association

Editor

Harvard Data Science Review

Honors & Awards

Article of the Year | 2020

Medical Care Research & Review

One of the Ten Most-Read Articles | 2015

Health Affairs

Fellow | 2013

American Statistical Association

Mid-career Award | 2013

Health Policy Statistics Section, American Statistical Association

Publications

Research Library & Findings