Sam Pimentel

Assistant Professor


Website
https://www.stat.berkeley.edu/~spi

Office / Location
429 Evans Hall

Email
spi@berkeley.edu


Research Expertise and Interests
causal inference,?health services & policy analysis,?biostatistics,?discrete optimization

Research Description
https://vcresearch.berkeley.edu/faculty/sam-pimentel

Sam Pimentel is an assistant professor in the Department of Statistics.? His research centers on methodology for causal inference in observational studies. He develops new ways to form matched comparison groups in large observational datasets using approaches from discrete optimization. These tools allow transparent and interpretable inferences about the effects of interventions, and provide opportunities to study the impact of potential unobserved confounding variables. He is also interested in applying these methods in health services research, public policy, and the social sciences.
Research Areas
Applications in Biology and Medicine
Causal Inference and Graphical Models
Applications in the Social Sciences