An influential American labor economist whose work is used to demonstrate the importance of careful statistical inference in overturning conventional wisdom.

An MIT professor and Nobel laureate, recognized for using randomized controlled trials to provide clear evidence for anti-poverty interventions.

A British epidemiologist whose Whitehall studies serve as a foundational case for using multivariate regression to explore social determinants of health.

A critic of conventional financial risk models, known for highlighting the limitations of models in predicting highly improbable, high-impact events.

A UCLA economist whose research exemplifies using natural experiments to isolate causal effects, particularly in the relationship between education and mortality rates.

A physician-scientist who highlights issues such as publication bias and false positives, advocating for greater transparency and rigor in scientific research.