Sally C. Morton, PhD
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Sally C. Morton, PhD serves as executive vice president of Knowledge Enterprise at Arizona State University (ASU) and is responsible for the university’s research and economic development ecosystem. She advances research priorities, oversees the university’s institutes and initiatives, and leads expansion of economic development, international development, corporate engagement and strategic partnerships, intellectual property and technology transfer, and scientific workforce development at scale. Dr. Morton is responsible for the university’s $906M research expenditures and leads over 2,700 employees. Previously, she was dean of the College of Science at Virginia Tech; chair of Biostatistics at the University of Pittsburgh; vice president for statistics and epidemiology at RTI International; and head of the RAND Corporation Statistics Group. Dr. Morton is a professor in the College of Health Solutions and the School of Mathematical and Statistical Sciences and is internationally recognized in the use of statistics and data science to help patients and healthcare providers make better decisions. She received a PhD in statistics from Stanford University.