Biography

I am an Assistant Professor of Biostatistics at the Division of Biostatistics at the Department of Population Health, NYU Grossman School of Medicine. I am also a Research Advisor at Google DeepMind, working with Ramin Zabih. I served as a Visiting Researcher at Google from 2022 to 2025.

Previously, I was an Assistant Research Professor of Biostatistics at the Biostatistics Center and the Department of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics at the George Washington University School of Public Health, and a postdoctoral associate at the Cornell TRIPODS Center for Data Science and Cornell Tech mentored by Dr. Nathan Kallus and Prof. Thorsten Joachims.

My research focuses on the development and applications of causal, statistical, AI and data science methods for optimal decision making using real-world and experimental data.

Current PhDs:

• Axel Martin (co-advised with Ivan Diaz)
• Antonio D’Alessandro (co-advised with Samrachana Adhikari)
• Xinyi “Emily” Zhang (co-advised with Ivan Diaz)

NYU:

• EHSCGA 2341 - Statistical Learning; PhD-level class; Fall 2022

• EHSCGA 2342 - Statistical Inference II; PhD-level class; Spring 2023-2026

• EHSCGA 2337 - Modern Methods for Causal Inference; PhD-level class; Fall 2023, Fall 2025

External to NYU:

• 06/2025 — Causal Inference in Epidemiology, week-long course, Course Director, Summer School on Modern Methods in Biostatistics and Epidemiology
• 03/2024 — Applied Causal Inference for Real-World Observational Studies, 1-day course, Course Director, Harvard Catalyst
• 06/2023 — Causal Inference in Epidemiology, week-long course, Course Director, Summer School on Modern Methods in Biostatistics and Epidemiology
• 03/2023 — Applied Causal Inference for Real-World Observational Studies, half-day course, Course Director, ENAR

• santam13@nyu.edu
• 180 Madison Avenue, 2nd Floor, 2-51, New York, NY 10016

When I’m not immersed in biostatistics, I enjoy reading contemporary history and science fiction. I’m a Liverpool FC supporter. To stay active, I run regularly. Music is another passion of mine, I love both listening and creating, especially electronic and film music. Over the past few years, I’ve launched several electronic music projects using Ableton Live.

And last but not least, I spend as much time as possible playing with, cuddling, and spoiling my fluffy dog, Mister Pom Princess ``PK” Cake.