Robert Bozick, Ph.D.

About Me

I am a Senior Research Scientist and Demographer at the RAND Corporation where I apply the tools of statistics, demography, and survey research to produce non-partisan, objective analyses for policy makers and practitioners. In doing so, I have managed cross-functional teams of all sizes to produce high quality research for an array of public and private sector clients including the National Institutes of Health, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the U.S. Department of Defense, the U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Department of Justice, the National Science Foundation, the New York City Mayor’s Office, the California Department of Finance, the California State Treasurer's Office, and the Gates Foundation. Nearly all of my research makes use of surveys and administrative data sources, with statistical applications that include advanced predictive modeling, estimation of causal effects, survival analysis, and demographic techniques. I have published over 70 peer-reviewed scientific articles and reports, and I have been cited over 6,100 times. Additionally, my research has been featured in over 100 news outlets, including The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal, and NBC News. I am currently serving on the editorial board of Population Research and Policy Review. Previously, I was a Research Scientist at RTI International and a Senior Fellow at Rice University's Kinder Institute for Urban Research. I hold a Ph.D. from Johns Hopkins University, a M.A. from the University of Maryland, and a B.A. from Ohio University.

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My Current Research Portfolio

My research portfolio is currently anchored by three projects. First, I am the Director of RAND Survey Panels, which operates seven probability-based internet panels whose members complete surveys on issues critical to policymakers and public officials. I am the Principal Investigator of the two newest panels in our collection: the RAND American Youth Panel and the RAND-NORC Veterans Insight Panel. Funded by the Gates Foundation, the RAND American Youth Panel is a longitudinal panel that tracks a nationally representative sample of approximately 2,000 youth between the ages of 12 and 21 to understand their educational, occupational, and developmental trajectories across their transition from adolescence to adulthood. The Veterans Insight Panel includes a nationally representative sample of over 2,000 veterans. Conducted in collaboration with NORC at the University of Chicago, this panel is designed to understand the experiences, opinions, and well-being of U.S. veterans from all eras and branches.

Second, for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, I am leading the development of the World Trade Center Youth Research Cohort. This project is a team science, community-based collaboration that will retrospectively construct a cohort of individuals who were children living in lower Manhattan and Brooklyn at the time of the terrorist attacks on the twin towers. This cohort will serve as the central scientific hub to comprehensively study the long-term effects of exposure to the attacks on the health and wellbeing of children directly affected by 9/11.  

Third, for the Heinz Endowments, I am leading the Longitudinal Study of Young Adults in Southwestern Pennsylvania. Slated to start in fall of 2026, this five-year longitudinal study will follow a scientifically-selected cohort of 1,500 Pittsburgh-area residents between the ages of 18 and 24 to understand their school-to-work transitions.