Patrick William Koval

Ph.D. Student in Biostatistics, Boston University

Junior Biostatistician, VA Boston Healthcare System

Summary

Patrick William Koval is a second-year Ph.D. student in Biostatistics at Boston University. He has research experience in the examination of the public health effects of economic and environmental policy, which he gained while attaining his undergraduate degree in Mathematics and Economics at College of the Holy Cross. His research interests include the use of econometric methods and time series to study contributors to psychiatric disorders and suicide, particularly environmental and economic conditions.


Higher Education

  • Ph.D. in Biostatistics, Boston University, 2022–Present
  • B.A. in Economics and Mathematics, Boston University, 2015–2019

Research Experience

  • Junior Biostatistician, VA Boston Healthcare System, 2022–Present
  • AmeriCorps VISTA Member, OPEN-MSU, 2020–2022
  • Research Assistant, Department of Economics and Accounting, College of the Holy Cross, Summers 2017 and 2019
  • Weiss Independent Summer Research Fellow, College of the Holy Cross, Summer 2018