Alison Motsinger-Reif
{{Short description|American statistical geneticist}}
{{Infobox scientist
| name = Alison Motsinger-Reif
| image = Alison Motsinger-Reif (2019).jpg
| caption = Motsinger-Reif in 2019
| fields = Biostatistics, human genetics
| workplaces = North Carolina State University
National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences
| alma_mater = Vanderbilt University
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Alison Anne Motsinger-Reif is an American biostatistician and human geneticist specialized in association analyses, big data, and genomic analyses. In December 2018, she became the chief of the biostatistics and computational biology branch at the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences. Montsinger-Reif was previously a professor of statistics at the North Carolina State University.
Life
Motsinger-Reif was a lab technician in the department of physiology and pharmacology at Wake Forest University from 1997 to 2000. Her advisor was James E. Smith. She worked as a research assistant with Derya Unutmaz at Vanderbilt University from 2000 to 2003. She earned a B.S. in Biological Sciences (2002), M.S. in Applied Statistics (2006) and Ph.D. in Human Genetics (2007) at Vanderbilt University studying with Marylyn Ritchie.{{Cite web |title=Principal Investigators |url=https://irp.nih.gov/pi/alison-motsinger-reif |access-date=2022-09-27 |website=NIH Intramural Research Program |language=en}}{{PD-notice}}
She held varying faculty roles at North Carolina State University from 2007 to 2018 including professor of statistics and biostatistics core director. On December 10, 2018, she joined National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) as chief of the Biostatistics & Computational Biology Branch.{{Cite web |title=Motsinger-Reif takes biostats and computational biology lead (Environmental Factor, January 2019) |url=https://factor.niehs.nih.gov/2019/1/awards-recognition/motsinger-reif/index.htm |access-date=2022-09-27 |website=National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences |language=en}}{{PD-notice}} Her group focuses on the development and application of modern statistical approaches for understanding the etiology of common, complex diseases.{{Cite web |title=Alison Motsinger-Reif, Ph.D. - Biostatistics & Computational Biology Branch |url=https://www.niehs.nih.gov/research/atniehs/labs/bb/staff/motsinger-reif/index.cfm |access-date=2022-09-27 |website=National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences |language=en}}{{PD-notice}} Her lab also applies statistical approaches to evolution where she develops tree models and algorithms to detect discovery rates.{{Cite web |title=Alison Motsinger-Reif, Ph.D. |url=https://www.niehs.nih.gov/research/atniehs/labs/bb/staff/motsinger-reif |access-date=2025-02-15 |website=National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences |language=en}} She conducts association analyses looking at large-scale genetics and genomics data to find genetic factors that predict complex disease, and responses to drugs and environmental chemicals.
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