Daniel E. Adkins, Ph.D., is Professor of Sociology & Criminology, Chair of the Graduate Program in Statistics, and Adjunct Professor of Psychatry at the University of Utah. He is an interdisciplinary quantitative methodologist working primarily on topics in behavioral health and psychiatric genetics. Adkins completed his Ph.D. at the University of North Carolina in 2009 with highest honors, including the Howard W. Odum Award for Excellence. He subsequently completed a postdoctoral fellowship in statistical genetics, and worked as an NIH-funded Assistant Professor, at Virginia Commonwealth University prior to moving to the University of Utah in 2016. His research primarily focuses on integrating quantitative methods from the behavioral sciences (e.g., structural equation models, advanced econometrics) and genomics (e.g., GWAS, EWAS, polygenic scoring) to advance understanding of health. He has published over 90 peer-reviewed articles in academic journals across disciplines, including Nature Genetics, Nature Neuroscience, Nucleic Acids Research, Lancet Psychiatry, JAMA Psychiatry, American Journal of Psychiatry, Demography, Social Forces, Sociological Theory, and Sociological Methods and Research.