Alison A. Motsinger-Reif

Alison A. Motsinger-Reif, Ph.D., is the Chief of the Biostatistics & Computational Biology Branch and a Principal Investigator at the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS), part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). Her work focuses on advancing biostatistical and computational methods for environmental health research, including applications in genomics, toxicology, and precision medicine. She leads a team dedicated to developing innovative tools for analyzing complex biological and environmental datasets.

Her research interests include statistical genetics, machine learning in biomedical applications, and integrative omics approaches. She collaborates with scientists across NIEHS to address challenges in exposure science, disease risk modeling, and translational research. Dr. Motsinger-Reif’s group also contributes to the development of software and computational pipelines for high-throughput data analysis, emphasizing reproducibility and open science.

As a leader in her field, she oversees initiatives that bridge computational biology with environmental health, aiming to translate data-driven insights into actionable public health strategies. Her team’s work supports NIEHS’s mission to understand how environmental factors interact with human biology to impact health and disease.