Brief Biography:
Michael Spittel, Ph.D., joined OBSSR in 2011 and is the point of contact for the National Institutes of Health (NIH)–National Death Index agreement, a co-lead for the OBSSR Training in Advanced Data and Analytics program, and a co-coordinator of the OBSSR Ontology program. Previously, Michael served as a program officer in the Demographic and Behavior Sciences Branch at the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development. In this capacity, he managed and led a scientific portfolio of research grants, program projects, institutional training grants, small business innovation research/small business technology transfer research projects, fellowships, contracts, and various career awards. Michael also served as the program scientist/officer for the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent to Adult Health, the Data Sharing for Demographic Research initiative, and the Community Child Health Network. He also co-managed the DBSB pre- and postdoctoral training program. Before joining NIH, Michael was an associate service fellow in the Mortality Statistics Branch at the National Center for Health Statistics. He received his master’s and doctoral degrees in sociology from the University of Wisconsin–Madison.
