Given today’s data-driven world, Justin Markowski, M.P.H. ’17, says quantitative analysis has become an essential tool in health care, policy, government, business and many other areas. In 2019, Forbes magazine predicted that 150 trillion gigabytes of real-time data will need analysis by 2025. Markowski found the perfect pairing for his interest in quantitative analysis and improving health outcomes for vulnerable populations when he enrolled in the Health Policy and Management Ph.D. program at the Yale School of Public Health. Now in his third year of the program, Markowski says he is eager to apply his skills in statistical analysis to frame research, gain insights, and help identify potential solutions to today’s pressing health issues – particularly those impacting traditionally underserved and minoritized communities. “I knew pretty early on that these were the sort of questions I wanted to grapple with,” Markowski said. “And I was looking for the right place to build the toolk...