Carl F. Falk is an Associate Professor of Quantitative Methods and Modeling at McGill University.  His research focuses on the development, computer programming, and evaluation of innovative statistical methods and latent variable models with applications across the social, behavioral, and health sciences. This work spans multiple modeling frameworks and topics, including detecting and modeling aberrant responding in survey research, appropriate ways of handling missing and non-normal data, statistical mediation analysis with latent variable models, and techniques for model selection and evaluating model complexity. Carl has over 50 publications in peer-reviewed journals, including methodological publications at outlets such as Psychological Methods, Multivariate Behavioral Research, Structural Equation Modeling, Psychometrika, and Behavior Research Methods. Recent collaborative papers include those in journals such as Quality of Life Research, Psychological Assessment, Journal of Psychopathology and Clinical Science, Pain, and Psychological Medicine. Carl is co-author on three papers that have won research awards from the Quantitative Methods Section of the Canadian Psychological Association. He is also PI or co-investigator/co-applicant on grants from NSERC, SSHRC, CIHR, and FRQNT.