Data Science Expert Witnesses

Alaska

Statistics - Epidemiology, Election analysis, Damages estimation, Infectious disease (COVID-19), Business interruption, Medical malpractice, Disparate impact, Statistical analysis and modeling, Analysis of complex data, Data science, Artificial Intelligence, Machine learning, Visualizations

Dr. Aleksandr Aravkin is a statistical expert witness and tenured faculty member at the University of Washington, where he serves as Associate Professor of Applied Mathematics and Director of Mathematical Sciences at the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME). He brings more than 15 years of hands-on experience building, validating, and explaining complex statistical models—expertise he applies to high-stakes litigation across civil and criminal matters. Dr. Aravkin has worked with state Attorneys General of Washington, Colorado, Oregon, and Kansas and with top law firms including Perkins Coie, Pillsbury, and Ballard Spahr. He has been deposed seven times and is known for delivering clear, defensible, and practical testimony. His litigation work spans election analysis, COVID-19 business-interruption claims, medical malpractice, damages estimation, general statistical analysis, and custom data analyses tailored to case-specific questions, including translating physical ...

Oakland , California

HIPAA - Healthcare Futurist, HIPAA, data, Consultant, EHR, Pharma, Health Systems, HIEs, HIMSS, Data Expert, Data Science, Data Analytics, Functional Medicine, AHIMA

Omar Shaker, MD, MBA is a physician turned clinical data visualization expert, with 3 years of patient care at Tufts and abroad, and a 10-year track record of EHR, decision making, and interoperability consulting. People-focused with exceptional ability to lead emotionally. Extensive clinical data analytics practice working with a wide variety of clinical datasets from payers, health systems, pharma, and HIEs. Successful track record in delivering health data products based on data generated from user research and using design thinking methods. Named one of HIMSS Future 50, and published author and presenter on FHIR at HL7 Roundtables, and AHIMA on clinical data integrity and burnout. Active advisor and angel investor in early-stage digital health startups. Published author and confident speaker, with extensive healthcare network. Omar has 10+ years of experience in consulting US Payers and Providers to improve healthcare using data science and data visualization. Over his career, ...

Los Angeles, California

Artificial Intelligence, Software Engineering - data analysis, data science, source code analysis, patent infringement, natural language processing, class action certification, GIS and geospatial data, artificial intelligence, systems controls, data privacy, model analysis, LLM, Python, Java, neural networks, trade secrets, deepfake detection, computer vision, machine learning, SQL

Joe Sremack is a forensic technology expert with more than two decades of experience in complex data, software, and artificial intelligence analysis for high-stakes legal matters. As a Partner at Resolution Economics, he has served as consultant and testifying expert in over 500 engagements across state and federal courts, international arbitrations, and regulatory proceedings in numerous countries. Mr. Sremack is the author of AI Forensics: Investigation and Analysis of Artificial Intelligence Systems (Chapman & Hall, March 2026) and Big Data Forensics (Packt Publishing, 2015). He is a frequent speaker on AI forensics, source code analysis, and data analytics at legal and industry conferences. His technical expertise spans artificial intelligence system examination (including large language models, generative AI, and machine learning pipelines), deepfake and synthetic media authentication, proprietary source code analysis, advanced data analytics, and IT infrastructure assessment...

Baltimore, Maryland

Epidemiology, Statistics - Quality of Medical Care, Hospital Quality, Data Science, Surveys, Public Health

Dr. Dougherty holds a PhD in epidemiology and a masters of public health from Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, the nation's preeminent public health institution. He has served in leadership capacities in government, commercial and academic settings, providing deep expertise in empirical study design and statistical methods. For several year years, Dr. Dougherty served as principal investigator for the U.S. News and World Report hospital rankings program, and is a nationally recognized expert in measuring quality of medical care. Dr. Dougherty has expertise in statistical methods and study design for numerous health conditions, including cancer, diabetes, opioid use disorder and others. Prior to his academic career, Dr. Dougherty served as a reporter, editor and data analyst for leading news publications, including the Miami Herald and law.com. He has years of experience covering legal affairs and observing courtroom proceedings, including civil and criminal trials....

Boston, Massachusetts

Epidemiology, Internal Medicine - public health, health policy, health economics, causal inference, econometrics, pulmonology, critical care, data analysis, insurance claims, health services, statistics, research, intensive care, hospital, causation, data science, outcomes, artificial intelligence

Dr. Christopher M. Worsham uses epidemiologic and econometric methods to perform large database research on causal associations, physician behavior, resource utilization, and health care policy as a faculty member of Harvard Medical School. He is also a practicing pulmonary and critical care physician at Massachusetts General Hospital and applies evidence-based medicine in his provision of health services and evaluation of scientific questions in health care settings. Dr. Worsham has particular research interest in the intensive care unit, for which he has received a career development grant award from the Agency for Healthcare Research in Quality. His research has been published in peer-reviewed journals including The New England Journal of Medicine, The BMJ, and JAMA Internal Medicine. An advocate of public education about medicine, health, statistics, epidemiology, and biomedical sciences, Dr. Worsham coauthored the book "Random Acts of Medicine" and has written for popular publi...

Charlottesville, Virginia

Medical Genetics, Forensic Science - Data science, Statistics, Genomics, Sequencing, DNA, Forensics, Research, AI, Synthetic biology, Biology, Biotechnology, Biosecurity, Biodefense, Public health, Infectious disease

Dr. Stephen D. Turner is an Associate Professor of Data Science and Dean of Research at the University of Virginia School of Data Science. Dr. Turner is an experienced genetics scientist, data science educator, and expert in bioinformatics, genomics, forensic science, and biotechnology. He holds a Ph.D. in Genetics, M.S. in Applied Statistics and has over 20 years of experience with DNA sequencing, bioinformatics, computational biology, genome editing, synthetic biology, forensic science, identity intelligence, human biomedical research, microbial genetics, public health, infectious disease genetics, and population-scale genomic data. He has served in academic, industry, and startup leadership roles. Dr. Turner is the author of over 100 peer-reviewed scientific publications and has taught graduate-level courses in data science, statistics, and computational biology. Dr. Turner has experience presenting complex scientific findings to both technical and non-technical audiences and is...

Shoreline, Washington

Statistics - Epidemiology, Election analysis, Damages estimation, Infectious disease (COVID-19), Business interruption, Medical malpractice, Disparate impact, Statistical analysis and modeling, Analysis of complex data, Data science, Artificial Intelligence, Machine learning, Visualizations

Dr. Aleksandr Aravkin is a statistical expert witness and tenured faculty member at the University of Washington, where he serves as Associate Professor of Applied Mathematics and Director of Mathematical Sciences at the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME). He brings more than 15 years of hands-on experience building, validating, and explaining complex statistical models—expertise he applies to high-stakes litigation across civil and criminal matters. Dr. Aravkin has worked with state Attorneys General of Washington, Colorado, Oregon, and Kansas and with top law firms including Perkins Coie, Pillsbury, and Ballard Spahr. He has been deposed seven times and is known for delivering clear, defensible, and practical testimony. His litigation work spans election analysis, COVID-19 business-interruption claims, medical malpractice, damages estimation, general statistical analysis, and custom data analyses tailored to case-specific questions, including translating physical ...