Dr. Jeff Leek serves as the Chief Data Officer, Vice President, and J Orin Edson Foundation Chair of Biostatistics in Public Health Sciences at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center. Previously, he was a professor of Biostatistics and Oncology at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and co-director of the Johns Hopkins Data Science Lab. He earned his PhD in Biostatistics from the University of Washington and is known for his significant contributions to genomic data analysis and statistical methods for personalized medicine. His research has advanced our understanding of molecular mechanisms related to brain development, stem cell self-renewal, and immune responses to trauma, with findings published in top scientific journals such as Nature and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. Dr. Leek developed a highly acclaimed Data Analysis course for Biostatistics students at Johns Hopkins, which has consistently received teaching excellence awards. He is also recognized for his efforts in creating educational initiatives that leverage data science for public health and economic development, including massive open online courses that have engaged millions worldwide.

Dr. Roger D. Peng is a Professor of Biostatistics at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and serves as a Co-Editor of the Simply Statistics blog. He earned his PhD in Statistics from the University of California, Los Angeles, and is recognized for his research in air pollution, health risk assessment, and statistical methods for environmental data. In 2016, he received the Mortimer Spiegelman Award from the American Public Health Association, honoring his significant contributions to health statistics. Dr. Peng developed the Statistical Programming course at Johns Hopkins to equip students with essential computational tools for data analysis. Additionally, he is a national leader in promoting reproducible research practices and serves as the Reproducible Research editor for the journal Biostatistics. His interdisciplinary research has been published in prestigious journals, including the Journal of the American Medical Association and the Journal of the Royal Statistical Society. He has authored over a dozen software packages that implement statistical methods for environmental studies and reproducible research, and he regularly conducts workshops and tutorials on statistical computing and data analysis.

Dr. Brian Caffo is a professor in the Department of Biostatistics at the Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health, having earned his PhD from the Department of Statistics at the University of Florida in 2001. His expertise spans computational statistics and neuroinformatics, and he played a key role in establishing the SMART working group. His exceptional contributions to science and education have been recognized with prestigious honors, including the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE), as well as the Bloomberg School of Public Health's Golden Apple and AMTRA teaching awards, highlighting his excellence in both research and education.