Daniel Bowen

Daniel Bowen

Ph.D. Student

Daniel Bowen, MPH, currently serves as the Senior Advisor for Data Science within the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s National Center for Injury Prevention and Control (NCIPC). Prior to his current role, Daniel was an epidemiologist within NCIPC’s Division of Violence Prevention’s Research and Evaluation Branch.

At the CDC, Daniel focuses on research areas including youth violence, suicide, and overdose prevention. He employs innovative approaches such as leveraging novel data sources, machine learning, and natural language processing methods to complement traditional injury surveillance systems and advance violence and injury prevention research. Daniel is particularly interested in applying data science methods to analyze large quantities of qualitative data.

Daniel received his Master of Public Health with a focus in Epidemiology from Emory’s Rollins School of Public Health. He is currently pursuing his Ph.D. in Public Health with a concentration in Epidemiology part-time from Georgia State University’s School of Public Health under the guidance of Dr. Alexander Kirpich.

During his Ph.D., Daniel aims to expand his skills in time-series modeling and other statistical methods, deepen his understanding of infectious disease, and explore intersections between infectious disease and injury within communities. Daniel aspires to leverage his Ph.D. to become a prominent public health leader within the CDC.