Scott Cody
Senior Vice President & Sector Lead, Human Services
Contact
ScottCody@westat.comOverview
Scott Cody, MPP, is Senior Vice President and Sector Lead, Human Services. He provides leadership in strategic planning and implementation, as well as oversight of Westat’s Education Studies Practice and Social Policy and Economics Research Practice. A nationally recognized expert in evidence-based decision-making, Cody is known for his innovative approaches to program evaluation and improvement and his ability to translate complex evidence into clear, actionable intelligence. His methodological expertise includes experimental and nonexperimental evaluation design, machine learning, microsimulation, rapid process improvement, and systematic reviews.
Cody has led major studies for the U.S. Departments of Agriculture and Education and has worked with the U.S. Department of Labor, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of Planning, Research, and Evaluation, the Congressional Research Service, and the U.S. Department of Energy.
Education
- MPP, Public Policy, Johns Hopkins University
- BA, Economics, College of Wooster
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Genomic and evolutionary classification of lung cancer in never smokers
53,
Nature Genetics
January 2021
T. Zhang, P. Joubert, N. Ansari-Pour, W. Zhao, P.H. Hoang, R. Lokanga, A.L. Moye, et al.
DOILink for: Genomic and evolutionary classification of lung cancer in never smokers -
Effect of incentive amount on US adolescents’ participation in an accelerometer data collection component of a national survey
33,
Field Methods
January 2021
A.Y. Oh, A. Caporaso, Terisa Davis, L.A. Dwyer, L.C. Nebeling, B. Liu, E. Hennessy
DOILink for: Effect of incentive amount on US adolescents’ participation in an accelerometer data collection component of a national survey -
The longitudinal epidemiologic assessment of diabetes risk (LEADR): Unique 1.4 M patient electronic health record cohort
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Healthcare
January 2020
H.A. Fishbein, R.J. Birch, Sunitha Mathew, H.L. Sawyer, G. Pulver, J. Poling, D. Kaelber, et al.
DOILink for: The longitudinal epidemiologic assessment of diabetes risk (LEADR): Unique 1.4 M patient electronic health record cohort