Janet Watts

Overview

Janet Watts, PhD, is a Senior Statistical Associate for Clinical Research with 13 years of experience conducting scientific studies on social, environmental, and public health research, including design, implementation, and evaluation. Her areas of research include infectious disease epidemiology and advanced statistical methods, including multilevel modeling and structural equation modeling.

Prior to joining Westat, she worked as a statistician for Becton Dickinson & Co., focusing on antimicrobial resistance and hospital-onset infections. She also taught social statistics courses at West Virginia University and ran the West Virginia Comprehensive Cancer Control Program Evaluation.

Education

• PhD, Sociology, Florida State University
• MS, Sociology, Florida State University
• BS (summa cum laude), Sociology, Southern Oregon University