Join us for Translational Science 2025 from April 14–17 and experience inspiring keynotes that highlight invaluable contributions and insights.
Felicity T. Enders, PhD, MPH
Thursday, April 17 | 8:00 AM - 10:00 AM
Dr. Felicity Enders is a Professor of Biostatistics at Mayo Clinic. She is a consulting statistician with over 180 publications, an H-index >60, and an I-100 of 25. Dr. Enders’ personal research focuses on educating researchers. For about 15 years, this took the form of statistics education, in which she leveraged her award-winning expertise as a statistics educator to develop a national statistics education research team. While this team is ongoing, her research interests have evolved to health equity and workforce diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility. Both are aligned with her joint leadership for education and diversity.
Dr. Enders is the Associate Director of the Mayo Clinic Center for Clinical and Translational Science (funded by NCATS), where she serves as Program Director for Mayo’s PhD program in Clinical and Translational Science (funded by NCATS). In the diversity space, Dr. Enders is the Director of the Mayo Clinic Office for Research Equity, Inclusion, and Diversity and the Deputy Director for People and Culture in the Mayo Clinic Comprehensive Cancer Center. She is the lead statistician for the Center for Chronic Disease Reduction and Equity Promotion Across Minnesota (C2DREAM, funded by NIMHD) and Program Director for the Minnesota Learning Health System K12 program (MN-LHS, funded by AHRQ).
Dr. Enders’ expertise has been recognized nationally with multiple awards, including the 2021 Distinguished Achievement Award from the Section on the Teaching of Statistics in the Health Sciences in the American Statistical Association, the 2023 Publication Award from the Journal of Clinical and Translational Science for her initial paper on the hidden curriculum in research, and the 2024 Lifetime Achievement Award from the Justice, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion group in the Association for Clinical and Translational Science. She is a member of the Advisory Committee for the Encoding Equity Alliance through the Council of Medical Specialty Societies, an elected fellow in the American Statistical Association, and a member of the board of directors for the Association for Clinical and Translational Science. In 2025, Dr. Enders was named as President-elect for the Association for Clinical and Translational Science.