Lorena Baccaglini, PhD, DDS, MS, is an associate professor in the Department of Epidemiology at the College of Public Health, University of Nebraska Medical Center (UNMC), where she teaches epidemiologic methods and biostatistics. She is an active investigator on National Institutes of Health (NIH), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and corporate-funded clinical research studies and hospital-wide clinical effectiveness redesign. Baccaglini has collaborated with the pharmaceutical industry, lawyers, and insurance companies on design, implementation, and analysis of research studies. Additionally, she serves as regular chair of NIH study sections for review of research grant applications.