Experience

Dr. Stroup’s work with Data for Solutions, Inc. has impacted standards for air pollution regulation in the United States and health policy internationally. She has taught training courses recently in Egypt, Tunisia, Morocco, Romania, and Suriname.

Before establishing Data for Solutions, Inc., Dr. Stroup served the Public Health Service at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) for 20 years. During this time, she led the CDC’s work in health promotion and became the first permanent director of the Coordinating Center for Health Promotion bringing together the research and programs in chronic disease, health promotion, birth defects, and genomics. In her early work at CDC, Dr. Stroup received numerous scientific awards for bringing cutting-edge statistical methods to practice in public health and epidemiology.

Dr. Stroup is a Fellow of the American Statistical Society, an elected member of the American Epidemiology Society, and an honorary member of the Epidemic Intelligence Service (the first woman ever so honored). She holds a masters’ degree in Community Medicine from the University of Cambridge in England and a masters’ and doctorate in mathematical statistics from Princeton University . She serves as adjunct faculty in the Rollins School of Public Health at Emory University .

Dr. Stroup has advised numerous health agencies both in the United States and Internationally (see credentials). Recently, she has provided research assistance to the American Cancer Society, the Electric Power Research Institute, and numerous academic institutions.

Dr. Stroup’s research spans areas of statistical methods for surveillance, meta-analysis, chronic disease epidemiology, and social determinants of health. She has authored more than 130 peer-reviewed publications and several books; she is the recipient of the statistical science award from the American Public Health Association and has been a member of the Senior Biomedical Research Service.