About
I am an Assistant Professor in the Department of Epidemiology & Biostatistics, College of Integrated Health Sciences (CIHS), at the University at Albany, State University of New York. My work sits at the intersection of social epidemiology, applied demography, and data science: I use large national surveys and reproducible computing to understand how alcohol, place, and social conditions shape health across the life course.
Before joining UAlbany in 2023, I was a T32 postdoctoral fellow at the Pennsylvania State University Prevention Research Center, and earned my PhD in Applied Demography at the University of Texas at San Antonio.
Research interests
Alcohol epidemiology
Social determinants of health
Machine learning
Longitudinal & survival data
Chronic health outcomes
Reproducible research
Appointments
Assistant Professor — Epidemiology & Biostatistics, CIHS, University at Albany (SUNY)2023–present
Postdoctoral Fellow — Prevention Research Center, Pennsylvania State University2021–2023
Research Fellow — Institute for Demographic & Socioeconomic Research, UT San Antonio2021
Education
PhD, Applied Demography — University of Texas at San Antonio
MA, Sociology — McMaster University
MSS, Sociology — University of Dhaka
BSS (Honors), Sociology — University of Dhaka
Places & collaborations
Where I've studied, worked, and collaborated.
Studied
Worked
Collaborated
Co-authors
Albany NY · University Park PA · San Antonio TX · Hamilton ON · Dhaka BD · New York NY · Brooklyn NY · Ann Arbor MI · Ithaca NY · Las Vegas NV · Bilbao ES · Barcelona ES
Contact
Department of Epidemiology & Biostatistics · Pine Bush 255, 1400 Washington Ave., Albany, NY 12222 · mmasum@albany.edu · Faculty profile