Senior Epidemiologist
Optum Epidemiology
Dr. Seals joined Optum in 2019. He received his Master of Science in Biostatistics and Doctor of Science in Epidemiology from the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. His doctoral research focused on the incidence and etiology of neurodegenerative disease, with an emphasis on occupational and environmental risk factors. Prior to joining Optum, he was an NIH post-doctoral research fellow at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health in neurostatistics. He has published numerous peer-reviewed articles in top journals including Epidemiology, The American Journal of Epidemiology, Environmental Health Perspectives, and Neurology.