Andrew J. Cooper is a statistical analyst/programmer in the Division of General Internal Medicine & Geriatrics at Northwestern University. He has more than 15 years of experience inpublic health and health services research, filling a variety of roles in data management, data architecture, application development and statistical analysis. While he has worked on a range of research studies and topics, much of his experience is in diabetes and cardiovascular health. He completed a Master of Public Health in Epidemiology at the University of Illinois at Chicago and is currently working on a Master of Science in predictive analytics. Andrew is a statistician on the MASALA study.