Farren Briggs PhD, ScM

Farren Briggs, Ph.D., is an Associate Professor in the Division of Epidemiology within the Department of Public Health Sciences. He is a hybrid quantitative and population health scientist working at the intersection of epidemiology, biostatistics, and genetic/molecular epidemiology. His independent and collaborative research in multiple sclerosis spans the entire disease course: from metabolomic profiling and biomarker discovery to modelling symptom patterns and characterizing drivers of quality of life. He is actively expanding his research to Parkinson’s disease and neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorder, and eventually to other complex demyelinating disorders. He is also a team scientist, serving as the lead epidemiologist and biostatistician on several observational and clinical trials for a variety of neuropsychiatric disorders, including epilepsy, schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, and major depressive disorder.