Natasha Stout

Natasha Stout is thrilled to have joined the NCI to work on expanding the use of decision modeling methods to promote health and reduce the burden of cancer. She is the new overall Project Scientist for the Cancer Intervention and Surveillance Modeling Network (CISNET), responsible for the coordination and direction of the consortium.

Natasha's research interests are in the development and application of decision analytic models to address pressing questions across the cancer prevention and control spectrum. Before joining NCI, Natasha was based at the Harvard Medical School and Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Institute in Boston, Massachusetts, where she was Associate Professor of Population Medicine. She was a longtime CISNET grantee as well as a member of the NCI-sponsored Breast Cancer Surveillance Consortium. With CISNET and BCSC colleagues, she conducted numerous comparative modeling analyses of breast cancer screening programs that have influenced U.S. screening guidelines.

She received her BA in Mathematics from Oberlin College, and her MSIE in Operations Research and Decision Science and PhD in Population Health Sciences both from the University of Wisconsin, Madison. Prior to graduate school, Natasha worked at Epic Systems, a firm that develops healthcare information software. She is a Past President of the Society for Medical Decision Making.