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Kaitlyn Cook

Assistant Professor of Statistical & Data Sciences

Contact

413-585-5591
McConnell 209

Biography

Kaitlyn Cook is a biostatistician working to develop robust statistical methods for infectious disease treatment and prevention trials. Her research draws on ideas from the missing data literature, clustered and longitudinal data analysis, survival analysis and computational statistics. She has also collaborated with investigators on projects related to COVID-19 treatment and prevention, pediatric sleep medicine, pregnancy outcome prediction, cancer diagnosing, and statistical genetics.

Office Hours

Fall 2025
Mondays 4–5 p.m., 
Thursdays 12:15–1:15 p.m., 
Fridays 10:30–11:30 a.m., 
and by appointment

Education

Ph.D., A.M., Harvard University
B.A., Carleton College


Selected Works in Smith ScholarWorks