Veronica J. Berrocal MSc, PhD

Veronica J. Berrocal is an Associate Professor of Biostatistics. She received her Ph.D. in Statistics from the University of Washington in 2007, working on developing spatial statistical models for probabilistic weather forecasting. Following her graduation, Veronica was a National Research Council (NRC) Postdoctoral Associate at the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) developing new approaches to spatially model and predict air pollution.

In 2009, she joined the Department of Statistical Sciences at Duke University as a Postdoctoral fellow, and started collaborating with researchers at the Children's Environmental Health Initiative (CEHI) to develop statistical methods to characterize and relate maternal personal exposure and birth outcomes. In 2010, she was a Postdoctoral Associate at the Statistical and Applied Mathematical Sciences Institute (SAMSI).