EMMES employs a full-time staff of over 200 people. Half of our employees hold advanced degrees. One-third of that group have the highest degree awarded in their fields, typically a Ph.D. or M.D. The balance holds M.P.H., M.S., or M.S.N. degrees. The largest number of advanced degrees are in the areas of statistics, epidemiology, and in the biomedical and health related fields of cell and molecular biology, physiology, biophysics, genetics, cell and developmental biology, pharmacology, microbiology, nutrition, and psychology. Almost all of our employees hold at least a B.S. or B.A. degree in the natural or physical sciences, engineering, computer science, or business administration. Our staff includes individuals who are multi-lingual in German, Russian, Farsi, French, Greek, Spanish, Portuguese, Italian and several dialects of Chinese and Indian languages.

Our interdisciplinary project teams are formed by the selection of appropriate members from our professional staff, including: