EDUCATION
2011 Ph.D. Environmental Health (Epidemiology/Biostatistics), University of Cincinnati Dissertation: Assessing the Risk of Irritable Bowel Syndrome One Year Post-Acute Gastroenteritis
1993 M.A. Applied Statistics, University of Pittsburgh
1991 B.A. Mathematics, University of Dayton
Previous Work
Prior to joining OSU, Dr. Kowalcyk was a senior food safety and public health scientist at RTI International and a research assistant professor in the Department of Food, Bioprocessing and Nutrition Science at North Carolina State University. Dr. Kowalcyk has served on several national committees, including two National Academy of Sciences committees and her current appointments to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s Science Board and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Board of Scientific Counselors FSMA Surveillance Working Group. She also serves on the Board of Directors for the Center for Foodborne Illness Research & Prevention, a national 501 (c)(3) non-profit organization she co-founded in 2006 to work at the interface of science and policy to improve the food safety system. In addition to her extensive experience in food safety, Dr. Kowalcyk has over 10 years of experience as a biostatistician conducting clinical research and providing support to Data Safety Monitoring Boards in the pharmaceutical industry.