Katherine Masyn

Katherine Masyn is Professor of Epidemiology and Biostatistics in the School of Public Health at Georgia State University. Her research advances statistical methods for social and health sciences.

Research Interests: Develops latent variable models for survival analysis, longitudinal processes, and population heterogeneity. Applications include prevention science and developmental psychology.

Publications: Contributed to methodological frameworks like latent transition growth mixture models and differential item functioning. Work published in Structural Equation Modeling, Prevention Science, and Social Development.

Collaborations: Partners with NIH-funded projects, providing statistical expertise on child development, mental health, and behavioral interventions.

Teaching: Instructs on political ecology, quantitative psychology, and evolutionary anthropology.