School of Public Health Faculty
Jean Abraham Ph.D.
Associate Professor
School of Public HealthDivision of Health Policy & Management
Biography
Jean Abraham received her Ph.D. in public policy analysis and management from Carnegie Mellon University. Dr. Abraham’s research areas include health economics and policy. She is particularly interested in employer and employee decision-making with respect to health insurance, employer wellness program evaluation, and competition in provider and insurance markets. For the 2008-2009 academic year, she served as the senior economist on health issues with the President’s Council of Economic Advisers in Washington, D.C.
- Ph.D., Public Policy Analysis and Management, Carnegie Mellon University, 2001
- B.A., Economics and Political Science (Summa Cum Laude), University of Arizona, 1995
Professional Experience:
- Senior Economist, Council of Economic Advisers, Executive Office of the President, Washington, D.C., 2008-2009
- Member of the American Economic Association, International Health Economics Association, Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management, and Academy Health
Honors:
- Leonard M. Schuman Award for Excellence in Teaching, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, 2011
- Delta Omega, Honorary Society in Public Health, 2010
- The Class of 1981 Faculty Award for Excellence in Teaching, Master of Healthcare Administration Program, Division of Health Policy and Management, University of Minnesota, 2003 and 2008
- Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management Ph.D. Dissertation Award, Honorable Mention, 2001
- H. John Heinz III School of Public Policy and Management Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award, 1998
- University of Arizona Outstanding Senior, Department of Economics, 1995
- Phi Beta Kappa, 1994
- Regent’s Scholar, University of Arizona, 1991-1995
Research Interests:
Access and cost of employer-based health insurance for workers and families, behavioral effects of employee wellness programs, consumer use of quality information in health care decision-making, and hospital competition.
Selected Publications:
- Abraham, J., R. Feldman, J. Nyman, and N. Barleen. “The Effect of Regular Exercise on the Medical Expenditures of Employees: An Evaluation of the UPlan Fitness Rewards Program.” 2012, Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, 54(3): 280-285.
- Karaca-Mandic, P., J. Abraham, and C. Phelps, “A Burden or Merely a Load: New Empirical Estimates of Health Insurance Loading Fees by Group Size.” 2011, International Journal of Health Care Finance and Economics, 11(3): 181-207.
- Abraham, J., R. Feldman, J. Nyman, and N. Barleen. “What Factors Influence Participation in an Exercise-Focused, Employer-Based Wellness Program?” 2011, Inquiry, 48(3): 221-241.
- Sick, B. and J. Abraham. “Seek and Ye Shall Find: Consumer Search for Objective Health Care Cost and Quality Information.” 2011, American Journal of Medical Quality, 26(6): 433-440.
- Abraham, J., B. Sick, J. Anderson, A. Berg, C. Dehmer, and A. Tufano. “Selecting a Provider: What Factors Influence Patients’ Decision-Making?” March/April 2011, Journal of Healthcare Management, 56(2): 99-114.
- Sommers, Anna, J. Abraham, L. Spicer, A. Mikow, M. Spaulding-Bynon. “Small Group Employer Participation in New Mexico’s State Coverage Insurance Program: Lessons for Federal Reform,” February 2011, Health Services Research, 46(1, Part 2): 268-284.
- Abraham, J. and P. Karaca-Mandic. “Regulating the Ratio: Understanding the Potential Impact of Medical Loss Ratio Requirements on U.S. Health Insurance Markets,” 2011, American Journal of Managed Care, 17(3): 211-218.
- Hofer, A., J. Abraham, I. Moscovice. “Coverage Expansion under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and Demand for Primary Care,” 2011, The Milbank Quarterly, 89(1): 69-89.
- Abraham, J. and R. Feldman, “What Will Happen if Employers Stop Providing Health Insurance?: A Simulation of Workers’ Insurance Status Using the Medical Expenditure Panel Survey.” June 2010, National Tax Journal, 63(2): 191-214.
- Abraham, J., T. DeLeire, A.B. Royalty, “Moral Hazard Matters: Measuring Relative Rates of Underinsurance Using Threshold Measures,” June 2010, Health Services Research, 45(3): 806-824.
- Abraham, J. and R. Feldman, “Taking Up or Turning Down: New Estimates of Worker Demand for Employer-Sponsored Insurance.” 2010, Inquiry, 47: 17-32.
- Abraham, J., T. DeLeire, A.B. Royalty, “Access to Health Insurance at Small Establishments: What Can We Learn from Analyzing Other Fringe Benefits?” Fall 2009, Inquiry, 46(3): 253-273.
- Abraham, J. M. Gaynor, and W.B. Vogt. “Entry and Competition in Local Hospital Markets,” Journal of Industrial Economics, June 2007, 55(2): 265-288.
- Abraham, J. William B. Vogt, and Martin Gaynor. “How Do Households Choose their Employer-Based Health Insurance?” Inquiry, Winter 2006/2007,43(4): 319-332.
- Abraham, J., Roger Feldman, Caroline Carlin, and Jon Christianson. “The Effect of Quality Information on Consumer Health Plan Switching: Evidence from the Buyers Health Care Action Group,” in Journal of Health Economics, 2006,25(4): 762-781.
- Royalty, A.B. and J. Abraham. “Health Insurance and Labor Market Outcomes: Joint Decision-Making Within Households.” Journal of Public Economics, 2006, 90 (8-9): 1561-1577.
- Abraham, J. and A. Royalty. “Does Having Two Earners in the Household Matter for Employer-Based Health Insurance?” Medical Care Research and Review, 2005, 62(2): 167-186.
- Abraham, J., R. Feldman, and C. Carlin. “Understanding Employee Awareness of Health Care Quality Information: How Can Employers Benefit?” Health Services Research, 2004, 39(6), Part I: 1799-1815.
- Abraham, J., A. Arora, M. Gaynor, and D. Wholey. “Enter at Your Own Risk: HMO Participation and Enrollment in the Medicare Risk Market,” Economic Inquiry, 2000, 38(3): 385-401.
Biography
Bruce Alexander earned an M.S. in environmental health from Colorado State University and a Ph.D. in epidemiology from the University of Washington. Dr. Alexander’s expertise and scholarly interests are in the epidemiology of health effects due to chemical and physical hazards encountered in the environment, and the longer-term consequences of occupational and environmental disease and injury that are relevant to local, national, and global populations.
- Ph.D. Epidemiology, University of Washington M.S. Environmental Health, Colorado State University
Professional Experience:
1987-1989 Epidemiologist, American Refugee Committee, Aranyaprathet, Thailand, Site 2 Camp for Displaced Cambodians. 1989-1990 Research Assistant, Harborview Injury Prevention and Research Center, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington. 1990-1994 Pre-Doctoral Trainee, NIEHS Training Grant, Department of Epidemiology, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, School of Public Health and Community Medicine. 1994-1996 Post-doctoral Fellow in Epidemiology, NIEHS Training Grant, Department of Epidemiology, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, School of Public Health and Community Medicine. 1996-1998 Research Scientist, Department of Environmental Health, School of Public Health and Community Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington. 1998-2005 Assistant Professor, Division of Environmental Health Sciences, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota. 2005-present Associate Professor, Division of Environmental Health Sciences, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Research Interests:
Occupational and environmental epidemiology with emphasis on determinants of cancer, respiratory disease traumatic injury, biological markers and global health.
Selected Publications:
- Baker BA, Alexander BH, Mandel JS, Acquavella JF, Honeycutt R, Chapman P. Farm Family Exposure Study: methods and recruitment practices for a biomonitoring study of pesticide exposure. Journal of Exposure Analysis and Environmental Epidemiology 2005; 15:491-499.
- Zabel EW, Alexander BH, Mongin SJ, Doody, MM, Sigurdson AJ, Linet MS, Freedman DM, Hauptmann M, Mabuchi K, Ron E. Thyroid Cancer Incidence and Employment as a Radiologic Technologist International Journal of Cancer 2006;119:1940-1945.
- Alexander BH, Burns CJ, Bartels MJ, Acquavella JF, Mandel JS, Gustin C, Baker B. Chlorpyrifos Exposure in Farm Families: Results form the Farm Family Exposure Study. Journal of Exposure Science and Environmental Epidemiology 2006 16, 447-456.
- Carlson KF, Langner DM, Alexander BH, Gurney J, Gerberich SG, Ryan AD, Renier CM, Mongin SJ. Do parents’ agriculture-related injuries influence their children’s risk of injury? Analyses from the Regional Rural Injury Study-II, Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, 2006; 160:1137-1142.
- Alexander BH, Burns CJ, Bartels MJ, Acquavella JF, Mandel JS, Gustin C, Baker B. 2,4-D Exposure in Farm Families: Results form the Farm Family Exposure Study. Environmental Health Perspectives 2007;115:370-376
- Alexander BH, Olsen GW. Bladder cancer in perfluorooctanesulfonyl fluoride manufacturing workers. Annals of Epidemiology. 2007;17(6):471-8.
- Grice MM, Alexander BH, Hoffbeck R, Kampa DM. Self-reported medical conditions in perfluorooctanesulfonyl fluoride manufacturing workers. Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine. 2007 49(7):722-729.
- Scher DP, Alexander BH, Adgate JL, Eberly LE, Mandel JS, Acquavella JF, Bartels MJ, Brzak KA. Agreement of pesticide biomarkers between morning void and 24-h urine samples from farmers and their children. Journal of Exposure Science & Environmental Epidemiology 2007;17(4):350-7.
- Lonn S, Bhatti P, Alexander BH, Pineda MA, Doody MM, Struewing JP, Sigurdson AJ. Papillary thyroid cancer and polymorphic variants in TSHR- and RET-related genes: a nested case-control study within a cohort of U.S. radiologic technologists. Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention 2007;16(1):174-7.
- Grice MM, Feda D, McGovern P, Alexander BH, McCaffery D, Ukestad, L. Giving birth and returning to work: The impact of work-family conflict on women’s health after childbirth. Annals of Epidemiology 2007;17(10):791-8.
- Sigurdson AJ, Bhatti P, Doody MM, Hauptmann M, Bowen L, Simon SL, Weinstock RW, Linet MS, Rosenstein, M, Stovall M, Alexander BH, Preston DL, Struewing JP, P Rajaraman. Polymorphisms in apoptosis- and proliferation-related genes, ionizing radiation exposure, and risk of breast cancer among U.S. Radiologic Technologists. Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers and Prevention. 2007 16(10) 2000-2007.
- Larson-Bright M, Gerberich SGG, Alexander BH, Gurney JG,. Masten AS, Church TR, Ryan AD, Renier CM. Work practices and childhood agricultural injury. Injury Prevention 2007 2007;13(6):409-15
- Scher DP, Sawchuk RJ, Alexander BH, Adgate JL. Estimating absorbed dose of pesticides in a field setting using biomonitoring data and pharmacokinetic models. Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health Part A 2008;71(6):373-83.
- Chodick G, Bekiroglu N, Hauptmann M, Alexander BH, Freedman DM, Doody MM, Cheung LC, Simon SL, Weinstock RM, Bouville A, Sigurdson, AJ. Risk of cataract after exposure to low doses of ionizing radiation: A 20-year prospective cohort study among US radiologic technologists. American Journal of Epidemiology 2008 ;168(6):620-31.
- Erkal S, Gerberich SG, Ryan A, Renier CM, Alexander BH. Animal-related injuries: a population-based study of a five-state region in the upper Midwest: Regional Rural Injury Study II. Journal of Safety Research (2008. 39(4): p. 351-63.
- Grice MM, McGovern P, Alexander BH. Flexible work arrangements and their association with job and home spillover in women after childbirth. Occupational Medicine 2008. 58(7): p. 468-74
- Johnson K, Alexander BH, Doody MM, Sigurdson AS, Linet MS, Spector LG, Hoffbeck RW, Simon SL, Weinstock RM, Preston DL, Ross JA. Childhood Cancer in the Offspring of U.S. Radiologic Technologists Born from 1921-1984. British Journal of Cancer 2008;99(3):545-50.
- Bhatti P, Doody MM, Alexander BH, Yuenger J, Simon SL, Weinstock RM, Rosenstein M, Stovall M, Abend M, Preston DL, Pharoah P, Struewing JP, and Sigurdson AJ, Breast cancer risk polymorphisms and interaction with ionizing radiation among U.S. radiologic technologists. Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention, 2008. 17(8): p. 2007-11.
- Rajaraman P, Bhatti P, Doody MM, Simon SL, Weinstock RM, Linet MS, Rosenstein M, Stovall M, Alexander BH, Preston DL, and Sigurdson AJ, Nucleotide excision repair polymorphisms may modify ionizing radiation-related breast cancer risk in US radiologic technologists. International Journal of Cancer, 2008. 123(11): p. 2713-6.
- Sigurdson AJ, Bhatti P, Preston DL, Doody MM, Kampa D, Alexander BH, Petibone D, Yong LC, Edwards AA, Ron E, and Tucker JD, Routine diagnostic X-ray examinations and increased frequency of chromosome translocations among U.S. radiologic technologists. Cancer Research, 2008. 68(21): p. 8825-31.
- Carlson KF, Gerberich SG, Alexander BH, Masten AS, Church TR, Shutske JM, Ryan AD, and Renier CM, Children’s behavioral traits and risk of injury: analyses from a case-control study of agricultural households. Journal of Safety Research, 2009. 40(2): p. 97-103.
- Lundin, JL, Alexander BH, Olsen GW, Church TR. Mortality of employees of an ammonium perfluorooctanoate production facility. Epidemiology 2008 (In Press).
Hatfield LA, Hoffbeck RW, Alexander BH, Carlin BP. Spatiotemporal and Spatial Threshold Models for Relating UV Exposures and Skin Cancer in the Central United States. Computational Statistics and Data Analysis 2008 (In Press)
Alvaro Alonso MD, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
School of Public HealthDivision of Epidemiology & Community Health
Biography
Alvaro Alonso earned his M.D. and Ph.D. in epidemiology at the University of Navarra, Spain, and later conducted postdoctoral research at the Harvard School of Public Health in Boston. His research interests lie in the epidemiology of cardiovascular and neurological diseases. His recent work has focused on the epidemiology of atrial fibrillation and other cardiac arrhythmias, and on the cardiovascular determinants of cognitive decline and dementia.
- M.D., University of Navarra, Pamplona, Spain
- M.P.H., National School of Health, Madrid, Spain
- Ph.D., Epidemiology, University of Navarra, Pamplona, Spain
Professional Experience:
- 2011-present, Associate Professor, Division of Epidemiology and Community Health, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
- 2007-2011, Assistant Professor, Division of Epidemiology and Community Health, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
- 2006-2007, Research Associate, Department of Epidemiology, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA
- 2004-2006, Research Fellow, Department of Epidemiology, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA
- 2001-2004, Medical Residency, Preventive Medicine and Public Health, Virgen del Camino Hospital, Pamplona, Spain
Honors:
- 2004 – Fulbright fellowship
- 2011 – Sandra A. Daugherty Award for Excellence in Cardiovascular Disease or Hypertension Epidemiology, American Heart Association
Research Interests:
Epidemiology of cardiovascular and neurological diseases.
Selected Publications:
- Gronroos NN, Chamberlain AM, Folsom AR, Soliman EZ, Agarwal SK, Nettleton JA, Alonso A. Fish, fish-derived n-3 fatty acids, and risk of incident atrial fibrillation in the ARIC Study. PLoS ONE 2012;7:e36686.
- Lopez FL, Agarwal SK, MacLehose RF, Soliman EZ, Sharrett AR, Huxley RR, Konety S, Ballantyne CM, Alonso A. Blood lipid levels, lipid lowering medications, and the incidence of atrial fibrillation: the ARIC Study. Circulation: Arrhythmia and Electrophysiology 2012;5:155-62.
- Alonso A, Lopez FL, Matsushita K, Loehr LR, Agarwal SK, Chen LY, Soliman EZ, Astor B, Coresh J. Chronic kidney disease is associated with the incidence of atrial fibrillation: the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities (ARIC) study. Circulation 2011;123:2946-53
- Alonso A, Tang W, Agarwal SK, Soliman EZ, Chamberlain AM, Folsom AR. Hemostatic markers are associated with the risk and prognosis of atrial fibrillation: the ARIC study. International Journal of Cardiology 2012;155:217-22.
- Chamberlain AM, Agarwal SK, Folsom AR, Duval S, Soliman EZ, Ambrose M, Eberly LE, Alonso A. Smoking and incidence of atrial fibrillation: results from the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities (ARIC) Study. Heart Rhythm 2011;8:1160-6.
- Alonso A, Cook SD, Maghzi AH, Divani AA. A case-control study of risk factors for multiple sclerosis in Iran. Multiple Sclerosis 2011;17:550-5.
- Huxley RR, Filion KB, Konety S, Alonso A. Meta-analysis of cohort and case-control studies of type-2 diabetes mellitus and risk of atrial fibrillation. American Journal of Cardiology 2011;108:56-62.
- Huxley RR, Lopez FL, Folsom AR, Agarwal SK, Loehr LR, Soliman EZ, MacLehose R, Konety S, Alonso A. Absolute and attributable risks of atrial fibrillation in relation to optimal and borderline risk factors: the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities (ARIC) Study. Circulation 2011;123:1501-8.
- Chamberlain AM, Agarwal SK, Folsom AR, Soliman EZ, Chambless LE, Crow R, Ambrose M, Alonso A. A clinical risk score for atrial fibrillation in a biracial prospective cohort (from the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities [ARIC] Study). American Journal of Cardiology 2011;107:85-91
- Pathan SS, Gottesman RF, Mosley TH, Jr, Knopman DS, Sharrett AR, Alonso A. Association of lung function with cognitive decline and dementia: the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities (ARIC) Study. European Journal of Neurology 2011;18:888-98.
- Alonso A, Logroscino G, Jick SS, Hernán MA. Association of smoking with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis risk and survival in men and women: a prospective study. BMC Neurology 2010, 10:6.
- Alonso A, Nettleton JA, Ix JH, de Boer IH, Folsom AR, Bidulescu A, Kestenbaum BR, Chambless LE, Jacobs DR. Dietary phosphorus, blood pressure and incidence of hypertension in the ARIC and MESA studies. Hypertension 2010;55:776-84.
- Alonso A, Logroscino G, Hernán MA. Smoking and the risk of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry 2010;81:1249-52.
Kristin E. Anderson Ph.D., M.P.H
Associate Professor
School of Public HealthDivision of Epidemiology & Community Health
Biography
Kristin Anderson received her Ph.D. in oncology at the University of Wisconsin’s McArdle Laboratory for Cancer Research. She did postdoctoral work at the Institute of Cancer Research in London that included work on genetics and breast cancer, HPV and cervical cancer and Lung cancer in welders. She returned to the U.S. and received an M.P.H. in Epidemiology at the University of Minnesota. Her primary interest is in cancer etiology. Professor Anderson’s current research includes studies of pancreatic, colon, breast, and lung cancers. She collaborates with laboratory-based scientists, biostatisticians, clinicians and other epidemiologists. Dr. Anderson teaches “Fundamentals of Epidemiology” online and “Cancer Epidemiology” in person. She is actively involved at the University level in promoting best practices in graduate and professional student advising.
- MPH in Epidemiology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
- Ph.D. in Oncology, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI
- B.S. in Molecular Biology, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI
Professional Experience:
- 2002 – Present, Associate Professor, Division of Epidemiology, University of Minnesota
- 1994 – Present, Member, Cancer Center, University of Minnesota
- 1993 – 2002, Assistant Professor, Division of Epidemiology, University of Minnesota
- 1989 – 1992 Post-doctoral fellow, Division of Epidemiology, University of Minnesota
- 1986 – 1989 Research Fellow, Section of Epidemiology, Institute of Cancer Research: Royal Marsden Hospital, Sutton, Surrey, U.K.
Favorite quote: Instead of having “answers” on a math test, they should just call them “impressions,” and if you got a different “impression,” so what, can’t we all be brothers? - Deep Thoughts by Jack Handey
Honors:
- 2004 Outstanding Contributions to Post-baccalaureate, Graduate, and Professional Education, U Minnesota
- 2004 Member, Academy of Distinguished Teachers, U Minnesota
- 2002 Charles N. Hewitt Creative Teaching Award, School of Public Health, U Minnesota
- 1992 Elected to Delta Omega – Honorary Public Health Society
Research Interests:
Cancer etiology, laboratory-based cancer epidemiology, early detection of cancer pancreatic cancer, cervical cancer, adult solid tumors. Member: University of Minnesota Cancer Center (http://www.cancer.umn.edu/).
Selected Publications:
- Church TR, Haznadar M, Geisser MS, Anderson KE, Caporaso NE, Le C, Abdullah S, Hecht SS, Oken MM, Van Ness B. Interaction of CYP1B1, cigarette-smoke carcinogen metabolism and lung cancer risk. Int J Mol Epidemiol Genet 2010;1(4):295-309. http://www.ijmeg.org/IJMEG1005002.
- Bardia A, Olson JE, Vachon CM, Lazovich D, Vierkant RA, Wang AH, Limburg PJ, Anderson KE, Cerhan JR. Effect of aspirin and other NSAIDs on postmenopausal breast cancer incidence by hormone receptor status: results from a prospective cohort study. Breast Cancer Res Treat. 2011;126:149-155 July 29. PMID: 20669045. PMCID:PMC2997337.
- Oxentenko AS. Bardia A, Vierkant RA, Wang AH, Anderson KE, Campbell PT, Sellers TA, Folsom A, Cerhan JR. Body size and incident colorectal cancer: A prospective study of older women. Cancer Prev Res 2010 3(12): 1608-1620; PMID: 20719902.
- Prizment A, Anderson KE, Flood A, Folsom A. (2010) Survival of women with colon cancer in relation to precancer anthropometric characteristics: Iowa Women’s Health Study (IWHS). Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 19(9):2229-37. PMCID: PMC29452249.
- Lazovich D, Isaksson Vogel R, Anderson K, Berwick M, Weinstock MA, Warshaw E. Indoor tanning and risk of melanoma: a case-control study in a highly exposed population—Response. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2010; 19:2685-86 (letter).
- Uccella S, Mariani A, Wang AH, Vierkant RA, Robien K, Anderson KE, Cerhan JR. Dietary andsupplemental intake of one-carbon nutrients and the risk of type I and type II endometrial cancer: A prospective cohort study. Annals of Oncology. 2011; PMID: 21324952 doi:10.1093/annonc/mdq724.
- Genkinger JM, Spiegelman D, Anderson KE, Bernstein L, van den Brandt PA, Calle EE, English DR, folsom AR, Freudenheim JL, fuchs CS, Giles GG, giovannucci E, Horn-Ross PL, Larsson SC, Leitzmann M, Männistö S, Marshall JR, Miller AB, Patel AV, Rohan TE, Stolzenberg-Solomon RZ, Verhage BA, Virtamo J, Willcox BJ, Wolk A, Ziegler RG, Smith-Warner SA. A pooled analysis of 14 cohort studies of anthropometric factors and pancreatic cancer risk. International Journal of Cancer, March 2011, 128: n/a. doi: 10.1002/ijc.25794.
- Prizment, A, Anderson K, Visvanathan K, Folsom A. Inflammatory markers with colorectal cancer incidence in the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities Study. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 2011 Feb;20(2):297-307. PMID: 21217085.
- Inoue-Choi M, Flood A, Robien K, Anderson K. Nutrients, food groups, dietary patterns and risk of pancreatic cancer in postmenopausal women.Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev; 2011;20(4):711- 4. PMID: 21278328. doi:10.1158/1055-9965.
- Anderson KE, Mongin SJ, Sinha R, Stolzenberg-Solomon R, Gross MD, Ziegler RG, Mabie JE, Risch A, Kazin SS, Church TR. Pancreatic cancer risk: Associations with meat-derived carcinogen intake in the prostate, lung, colorectal, and ovarian cancer screening trial (PLCO) cohort. Molecular Carcinogenesis (in press).
- Tan X-L, Reid-Lombardo KM, Bamlet WR, Obert AL, Robinson DP, Anderson KE, Peterson GM. Aspirin, nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAID), acetaminophen, and pancreatic cáncer risk: A clinic-based case-control study. Cancer Prevention Research (in press, June 2011).
- Prizment AE, Anderson KE, Visvanathan K, Folsom AR. Inverse association of eosinophil count with colorectal cancer incidence: Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities Study. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. (in press, July 2011).
- Limburg P, Razzak A, Oxentenko A, Vierkant R, Tillmans L, Wang A, Weisenbe, Plaird, Lynch C, Anderson KE, French A, Haile, Harna, Potter J, Slager S, Smyrk T, Thibodeau S, Cerhan J. Alcohol intake and colorectal cancer risk by molecularly-defined subtypes in a prospective study of older women. Cancer Prevention Research (provisionally accepted, July 2011).
Biography
Dipankar Bandyopadhyay earned his Ph.D. in statistics from the University of Georgia. His methodological research interests include modeling of spatially-referenced datasets with emphasis on disease-mapping, clustered/correlated data, survival analysis, non-random missingness, robust regression, nonparametric methods, time-series, etc. His major clinical interest is in dental research, particularly periodontology. His other clinical interests are in substance abuse, diabetes and hypertension, ophthalmology and criminal justice.
- Ph.D., 2006, Statistics, University of Georgia, Athens, GA
- M.S., 2003, Statistics, University of Georgia, Athens, GA
- M.Sc., 2000, Statistics, University of Calcutta, Kolkata, India
Research Interests:
Bayesian biostatistics, Spatial data analysis, clustered and longitudinal data, survival analysis, robust regression
Research Projects
Robust Nonparametric Methods With Variable Selection for Clustered Dental Data
Principal Investigator: Dipankar Bandyopadhyay
Funding Agency: National Institutes of Health National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research
Robust Spatial Models for Clustered Peridontal Data
Principal Investigator: Dipankar Bandyopadhyay
Funding Agency: National Institutes of Health National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research
Technical Reports:
- rr2012-010.pdf
Brian J. Reich, Dipankar Bandyopadhyay and Howard Bondell
A nonparametric spatial model for periodontal data with non-random missingness
Research Report 2012-10, Division of Biostatistics, University of Minnesota, 2012
(Under Revision), JASA
- rr2011-032.pdf
James J. Prisciandaro, Stacia M. DeSantis and Dipankar Bandyopadhyay
Simultaneous modeling of the impact of treatments on alcohol consumption and quality of life in the COMBINE study: a coupled hidden Markov analysis
Research Report 2011-32, Division of Biostatistics, University of Minnesota, 2011
(In Press), Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research
- rr2011-033.pdf
Brent M. Egan, Dipankar Bandyopadhyay, Stephanie R. Shaftman, C. Shaun Wagner, Yumin Zhao and Kristina S. Yu-Isenberg
The impact of initial treatment of hypertension on blood pressure control in the first year
Research Report 2011-33, Division of Biostatistics, University of Minnesota, 2011
(In Press), Hypertension
- rr2011-036.pdf
Emily Van Meter, Elizabeth Garett-Mayer and Dipankar Bandyopadhyay
Dose finding clinical trial design for ordinal toxicity grades using the continuation ratio model: an extension of the continual reassessment method
Research Report 2011-36, Division of Biostatistics, University of Minnesota, 2011
(In Press), Clinical Trials
- rr2011-038.pdf
Dipankar Bandyopadhyay, Victor H. Lachos, Luis M. Castro and Dipak K. Dey
Skew-normal/independent linear mixed models for censored responses with applications to HIV viral loads
Research Report 2011-38, Division of Biostatistics, University of Minnesota, 2011
(In Press), Biometrical Journal
Biography
Sudipto Banerjee received a Ph.D. and an M.S. in statistics from the University of Connecticut. His current interests include hierarchical modeling of data arising from spatial processes, interpolation and prediction (kriging) methods, and smoothness of spatial processes. Dr. Banerjee is also interested in modeling geographically referenced survival data. He is collaborating with plant geneticists, as well as researchers in epidemiology and environmental and occupational health, in designing and analyzing studies in such fields. Dr. Banerjee’s current research involves Bayesian Wombling methods that model stochastic gradients using GIS and formal statistics.
- Ph.D., Statistics, University of Connecticut, 2000
- M.S., Statistics, University of Connecticut, 1998
- M.Stat., Indian Statistical Institute, Calcutta, India, 1996
- B.S., Presidency College, Calcutta, India, 1994.
Honors:
- 2005, Inductee: Pi Chapter of Delta Omega National Honor Society.
- 2009, Abdel El Sharaawi Young Researcher Award from The International Environmetrics Society.
- 2010, Elected member, International Statistical Institute.
- 2011, Mortimer Spiegelman Award from the Statistics Section of the American Public Health Association.
Research Interests:
Statistical analysis and modelling of geographically/spatially referenced datasets, Bayesian statistics (theory and methods), statistical computing and interface modelling with Geographical Information Systems.
Research Projects
Hierarchical Modeling Approaches for Geographical Boundary Analysis in Cancer Studies
Principal Investigator: Sudipto Banerjee
Funding Agency: NIH National Cancer Institute (NCI)
Hierarchical Modeling Approaches for Geographical Boundary Analysis in Cancer Studies
Hierarchical models for Large Geostatistical Datasets with Applications to Forestry and Ecology
Principal Investigator: Sudipto Banerjee
Funding Agency: The National Science Foundation
Hierarchical models for Large Geostatistical Datasets with Applications to Forestry and Ecology
Hierarchical spatial process models for estimating
Principal Investigator: Sudipto Banerjee
Funding Agency: NIH NIGMS NATL INST OF GENERAL
Hierarchical spatial process models for estimating and p
Selected Publications:
Finley, A.O., Banerjee, S. and MacFarlane, D.W. (2011). A hierarchical model for predicting forest variables over large heterogeneous domains. Journal of the American Statistical Association 106, 31-48. pdf.
Banerjee, S., Finley, A.O., Waldmann, P. and Ericcson, T. (2010). Hierarchical spatial process models for multiple traits in large genetic trials. Journal of the American Statistical Association, 105, 506-521. pdf.
Ma, H., Carlin, B.P. and Banerjee, S. (2010). Hierarchical joint site-edge methods for medicare hospice service region boundary analysis. Biometrics, 66, 355-364. pdf.
Zhang, Y., Hodges, J.S. and Banerjee, S. (2009). Smoothed ANOVA with spatial effects as a competitor to MCAR in multivariate spatial smoothing. Annals of Applied Statistics 3, 1805-1830. pdf. Supplementary File.
Finley, A.O., Banerjee, S. and McRoberts, R.E. (2009). Hierarchical spatial models for predicting tree species assemblages across large domains. Annals of Applied Statistics, 3, 1052-1079. pdf.
Zhang, Y., Banerjee, S., Yang, R., Lungu, C. and Ramachandran, G. (2009). Bayesian modelling of air flow and exposure using two-zone models. Annals of Occupational Hygiene 53, 409-424. pdf.
Technical Reports:
- rr2012-008.pdfRajarshi Guhaniyogi, Andrew O. Finley, Sudipto Banerjee and Rich KobeModeling complex spatial dependencies: low-rank spatially-varying cross-covariances with application to soil nutrient dataResearch Report 2012-8, Division of Biostatistics, University of Minnesota, 2012Journal of the American Statistical Association (in review).
- rr2011-044.pdfLi, P., Banerjee, S., McBean, A.M. and Carlin, B.P.Bayesian areal wombling using false discovery rates.Research Report 2011-44, Division of Biostatistics, University of Minnesota, 2011Statistics and Its Interface
- rr2011-045.pdfFinley, A.O., Banerjee, S. and Basso, B.Improving crop model inference through Bayesian meld- ing with spatially-varying parameters.Research Report 2011-45, Division of Biostatistics, University of Minnesota, 2011Journal of Agricultural, Biological and Environmental Statistics
- rr2011-046.pdfFinley, A.O., Banerjee, S. and Gelfand, A.E.Bayesian dynamic modeling for large space-time datasets using Gaussian predictive processes.Research Report 2011-46, Division of Biostatistics, University of Minnesota, 2011Journal of Geographical Information Systems.
- rr2011-047.pdfBanerjee, S. and Fuentes, MBayesian modeling for large spatial datasets.Research Report 2011-47, Division of Biostatistics, University of Minnesota, 2011WIREs Computational Statistics.
- rr2011-048.pdfRen, Q., Banerjee, S., Finley, A.O. and Hodges, J.S.Variational Bayesian methods for spatial data analysis.Research Report 2011-48, Division of Biostatistics, University of Minnesota, 2011Computational Statistics and Data Analysis.
- rr2011-049.pdfGelfand, A.E., Banerjee, S. and Finley, A.O.Spatial design for knot selection in knot-based dimension reduction models.Research Report 2011-49, Division of Biostatistics, University of Minnesota, 2011In Spatio-temporal Design: Advances in Efficient Data Acquisition, eds. J.Mateu and W. Muller. Chichester, UK: John Wiley.
- rr2011-050.pdfQuick, H., Banerjee, S. and Carlin, B.P.Modeling temporal gradients in regionally aggregated California asthma hospitalization dataResearch Report 2011-50, Division of Biostatistics, University of Minnesota, 2011Annals of Applied Statistics (in review).
- rr2011-051.pdfRen, Q. and Banerjee, S.Flexible predictive process spatial factor models for misaligned data sets.Research Report 2011-51, Division of Biostatistics, University of Minnesota, 2011Biometrics (in review).
- rr2011-052.pdfLogan, P.W., Ramachandran G., Mulhausen, J.R., Banerjee, S. and Hewett, P.Desktop study of occupational exposure judgments: Does education and experience influence accuracy?Research Report 2011-52, Division of Biostatistics, University of Minnesota, 2011Journal of Occupational and Environmental Hygiene (in press).
- rr2011-053.pdfVadali, M., Ramachandran, G. and Banerjee, S.Effect of training, education, professional experience and need for cognition on decision making in occupational exposure assessment.Research Report 2011-53, Division of Biostatistics, University of Minnesota, 2011QAnnals of Occupational Hygiene (To appear in 2012).
- rr2010-017.pdfMonteiro, J., Banerjee, S. and Ramachandran, G.B2Z: An R package for Bayesian two-zone models.Research Report 2010-17, Division of Biostatistics, University of Minnesota, 2010Accepted in Journal of Statistical Software.
- rr2010-016.pdfEidsvik, J., Finley, A.O., Banerjee, S. and Rue, H.Approximate Bayesian inference for large spatial datasets using predictive process models.Research Report 2010-16, Division of Biostatistics, University of Minnesota, 2010Journal of Computational and Graphical Statistics (in press).
- rr2010-015.pdfFinley, A.O., Banerjee, S. and MacFarlane, D.W.A hierarchical model for predicting forest variables over large heterogeneous domains.Research Report 2010-15, Division of Biostatistics, University of Minnesota, 2010Journal of the American Statistical Association (appeared in 2011).
- rr2010-014.pdfLi, P., Banerjee, S., Hanson, T.A. and McBean, A.M.Nonparametric hierarchical modeling for detecting boundaries in areally referenced spatial datasets.Research Report 2010-14, Division of Biostatistics, University of Minnesota, 2010Biometrics (under revision)
- rr2010-013.pdfLi, P., Banerjee, S. and McBean, A.M.Mining edge effects in areally-referenced spatial data: A fast Bayesian model choice approach.Research Report 2010-13, Division of Biostatistics, University of Minnesota, 2010Geoinformatica (in press).
- rr2010-012.pdfBanerjee, S., Finley, A.O., Waldmann, P. and Ericsson, T.Hierarchical spatial process models for multiple traits in large genetic trials.Research Report 2010-12, Division of Biostatistics, University of Minnesota, 2010Journal of the American Statistical Association, 105, 506-521.
- rr2010-011.pdfSinha, D.K., Gu, Y. and Banerjee, S.Analysis of cure rate survival data under a proportional odds model.Research Report 2010-11, Division of Biostatistics, University of Minnesota, 2010Lifetime Data Analysis (in press).
- rr2010-009.pdfGelfand, A.E. and Banerjee, S.Multivariate spatial process models.Research Report 2010-9, Division of Biostatistics, University of Minnesota, 2010In Handbook of Spatial Statistics, eds. P. Diggle, M. Fuentes, A.E. Gelfand, and P. Guttorp, Boca Ra
- rr2010-008.pdfBanerjee, S.Spatial gradients and wombling.Research Report 2010-8, Division of Biostatistics, University of Minnesota, 2010Handbook of Spatial Statistics, eds. P. Diggle, M. Fuentes, A.E. Gelfand, and P. Guttorp, Boca Raton
- rr2008-04.pdfFinley, A.O., Sang, H., Banerjee, S. and Gelfand A.E.Improving the Performance of Predictive Process Modeling for Large Spatial Datasets.Research Report 2008-4, Division of Biostatistics, University of Minnesota, 2008Submitted to Computational Statistics and Data Analysis
- rr2007-030.pdfAndrew O. Finley, Sudipto Banerjee, Patrick Waldman and Tore Ericcson.Hierarchical spatial modeling of additive and dominance genetic variance for large spatial trial datasetsResearch Report 2007-30, Division of Biostatistics, University of Minnesota, 2007Biometrics, (revision submitted).
- rr2007-016.pdfSudipto Banerjee, Alan E. Gelfand, Andrew O. Finley and Huiyan Sang.Gaussian predictive process models for large spatial datasets.Research Report 2007-16, Division of Biostatistics, University of Minnesota, 2007Journal of the Royal Statistical Society Series B, (revision submitted).
- rr2007-015.pdfAndrew O. Finley, Sudipto Banerjee, Alan R. Ek and Ronald McRoberts.Bayesian multivariate process modelling for predicting forest attributes.Research Report 2007-15, Division of Biostatistics, University of Minnesota, 2007Journal of Agricultural, Biological and Environmental Statistics, (to appear).
- rr2007-014.pdfSudipto Banerjee and Andrew O. FinleyBayesian multi-resolution modelling for spatially replicated datasets with application to forest biomass data.Research Report 2007-14, Division of Biostatistics, University of Minnesota, 2007Journal of Statistical Planning and Inference, (to appear).
- rr2007-013.pdfUlysses Diva, Sudipto Banerjee and Dipak K. DeyModelling spatially correlated survival data for individuals with multiple cancers.Research Report 2007-13, Division of Biostatistics, University of Minnesota, 2007Statistical Modelling, 7, 191-213.
- rr2005-007.pdfBanerjee, S. and Johnson, G.A.Coregionalized Single- and Multi-Resolution Spatially-Varying Growth Curve Modelling with Application to Weed Growth.Research Report 2005-7, Division of Biostatistics, University of Minnesota, 2005Submitted to Biometrics
- rr2005-006.pdfCooner, F., Banerjee, S., Carlin, B.P. and Sinha, D.Flexible Cure Rate Modelling Under Latent Activation SchemesResearch Report 2005-6, Division of Biostatistics, University of Minnesota, 2005Submitted to J. Amer. Statist. Assoc.
- rr2005-001.pdf.gzJin, X., Banerjee, S., and Carlin, B.P.Order-free coregionalized lattice models with application to multiple disease mappingResearch Report 2005-1, Division of Biostatistics, University of Minnesota, 2005Submitted to J. Amer. Statist. Assoc.
- rr2003-009.pdfBanerjee, S.Essential Geodesics for the Spatial StatisticianResearch Report 2003-9, Division of Biostatistics, University of Minnesota, 2003
- rr2003-008.pdfBanerjee, S., Johnson, G.A., Schneider, N. and Durgan, B.R.Modelling Replicated Weed Growth Using Spatially Varying Growth CurvesResearch Report 2003-8, Division of Biostatistics, University of Minnesota, 2003To appear in Environmental and Ecological Statistics.
- rr2003-006.pdfBanerjee, S., Gamerman, D. and Gelfand, A.E.Spatial Process Modelling for Univariate and Multivariate Dynamic Spatial DataResearch Report 2003-6, Division of Biostatistics, University of Minnesota, 2003A modified (shortened) version to appear in Environmetrics.
- rr2002-022.ps.gzBanerjee, S. and Carlin, B.P.Parametric spatial c ure rate models for right- and interval-censored time-to-relapse data.Research Report 2002-22, Division of Biostatistics, University of Minnesota, 2002Submitted to Biometrics
- rr2001-029.ps.gzBanerjee, S. and Carlin, B.P.Semiparametric spatio-temporal frailty modelingResearch Report 2001-29, Division of Biostatistics, University of Minnesota, 2001Submitted to Environmetrics.
- rr2001-004.ps.gzBanerjee, S., Wall, M.M., and Carlin, B.P.Frailty Modeling for Spatially Correlated Survival Data, with Application to Infant Mortality in MinnesotaResearch Report 2001-4, Division of Biostatistics, University of Minnesota, 2001To appear Biostatistics.
Biography
Saonli Basu has research interests in the development of methods for inference from human genome data. Her primary focus is developing methods for linkage analysis using large complex pedigrees. Her areas of interest also include computational statistics and nonparametric inferences.
- PhD in Statistical Genetics track, Department of Statistics, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
- MS in Applied Statistics and Data Analysis, Indian Statistical Institute, Calcutta, India
- BS in Statistics, Presidency College, Calcutta, India
Professional Experience:
- 2005 (September) – Present, Assistant Professor, Division of Biostatistics, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota.
- 2000 – 2005 (August), PhD Student, University of Washington, Department of Statistics.
- 1999 – 2000, Research Associate, Department of Statistics, Indian Statistical Institute.
- 1998 – 1999, Research Associate, Market Research, ORG MARG, India.
Honors:
- 2004, ENAR Distinguished Student Paper Award Winner. 2003, Travel Award for Rockefeller Advanced Linkage Course.
Research Interests:
Statistical genetics, Genetic epidemiology, Computational Statistics, Nonparametric inference
Research Projects
A gene-set approach for pathway analysis of genome-wide
Principal Investigator: Saonli Basu
Funding Agency: NIH NIDDK NATL INST OF DIABETE
A gene-set approach for pathway analysis of genome-wide
A likelihood-based approach for detecting gene-gene interaction in a case-control study
Principal Investigator: Saonli Basu
Funding Agency: MN MED FDN
A likelihood-based approach for detecting gene-gene interaction in a case-control study
Selected Publications:
- He, H., Oetting, W. S., Brott, M. J., Basu, S. (2009), Pair-wise multifactor dimensionality reduction method to detect gene-gene interactions in a case-control study. Human Heredity 2010;69(1):60-70.
- He, H., Oetting, W. S., Brott, M. J., Basu, S.. (2009), Power of multifactor dimensionality reduction and penalized logistic regression for detecting gene-gene interaction in a case-control study. BMC Med Genet. 2009 Dec 4;10(1):127.
- Basu S, Stephens M, Pankow JS, Thompson EA (2009), A likelihood-based trait-model-free approach for linkage detection of binary trait. Biometrics, Vol 66(1):205-13.
- Basu S (2007), Allele-sharing methods on extended pedigrees, Sankhya, Vol 69 (3): 405-424.
- Basu S, Di Y and Thompson EA (2008), Exact Trait-Model-Free Tests for Linkage Detection in Pedigrees, Annals of Human Genetics, Vol 72(5): 676-682.
- Thompson, E.A. and Basu, S. (2003), “Genome Sharing in large pedigrees: multiple imputation of ibd for linkage detection”, Human Heredity,Vol 56, 119-125.
Technical Reports:
- rr2008-005.pdf – Basu, S., Stephens, M. and Thompson, E.A.A likelihood-based trait-model-free approach for linkage detection of binary traitResearch Report 2008-5, Division of Biostatistics, University of Minnesota, 2008Biometrics (to appear).
Biography
im Begun received his Ph.D. in sociology from the University of North Carolina. His research specialties include applications of complexity science, evolution of health care professions, and the structure and strategy of health care organizations. He has served as chair of the Accrediting Commission on Education in Health Services Administration and was awarded the Gary L. Filerman Prize for Innovation in Healthcare Management Education in 2008. Dr. Begun teaches healthcare organization leadership and management.
- PhD, Sociology, University of North Carolina, 1977
- MA, Sociology, University of North Carolina, 1975
- BA, Sociology, University of North Carolina, 1972
Professional Experience:
- Higher Education Committee, American College of Healthcare Executives, 2011-present
- Board of Commissioners, Commission on Nurse Certification, 2007-present
- Board of Directors, Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Management Education, 2006-present
- Editorial Advisory Board, Health Care Management Review, 2005-present
- Science Advisory Board, Plexus Institute, 2002-present; Editorial Board, Advances in Health Care Management, 1999-2007
- Advisory Board, Densford International Center for Nursing Leadership, 2001-2007
- Founding Member, Board of Directors, Upsilon Phi Delta (Health Administration Honor Society), 2001-2004
- Accrediting Commission on Education for Health Services Administration: Commissioner, 1996-2002, Chair, 2001-02
- Board of Directors, Association of University Programs in Health Administration, 2001-2002
- Chair, Healthcare Administration Division, Academy of Management, 1989-90
Honors:
- Leonard M. Schuman Award for Excellence in Teaching, School of Public Health, 2009
- Gary L. Filerman Prize for Innovation in Healthcare Management Education, Association of University Programs in Health Administration, 2008
- Faculty Award for Excellence in Teaching, MHA Class of 2006
- Curtis Cup Outstanding Teacher Award, Carlson Executive MBA Class of 2000 and Class of 2002
- Edgar C. Hayhow Article of the Year Award, American College of Healthcare Executives, 2001
- Outstanding Faculty Member Award, MSHA Class of 2000, Virginia Commonwealth University
- B.A., summa cum laude, University of North Carolina, 1972
Research Interests:
Structure, strategy, and performance of healthcare organizations; evolution of the professions of nursing and healthcare administration; healthcare organizations as complex adaptive systems.
Selected Publications:
- “The Diffusion of Magnet Hospital Recognition,” with J. Abraham and B. Jerome-D’Emilia. Health Care Management Review, 36, (4), 2011.
- “Association Between Lymph Node Evaluation for Colon Cancer and Node Positivity Over the Past 20 Years,” with H.M. Parsons, T.M. Tuttle, K.M. Kuntz, P.M. McGovern, and B.A. Virnig. Journal of the American Medical Association, 306, (10), 2011.
- “Interprofessional Care Teams: The Role of the Healthcare Administrator,”withK. R. White and G. Mosser. Journal of Interprofessional Care, 25, (2), 2011.
- “Better to Receive than to Give? Interorganizational Service Arrangements and Hospital Performance,” with H.Q. Trinh and R.D. Luke. Health Care Management Review, 35 (1), 2010.
- “The Evolution of Healthcare Management Education: How Can Programs Become More Patient-Centric?” with K.R. White. Journal of Health Administration Education, 26 (2), 2009.
- “An In-House Learning Laboratory for Patient-Centered Innovation,” with R.R. Armbruster and A.K. Duncan, Journal for Healthcare Quality, 31 (1), 2009.
- “Hospital Service Duplication: Evidence on the Medical Arms Race,” with H.Q. Trinh and R.D. Luke. Health Care Management Review, 33 (3), 2008.
- “Strategic Planning Processes and Hospital Financial Performance,” with A.A. Kaissi. Journal of Healthcare Management, 53 (3), 2008.
- “Fads, Fashions, and Bandwagons in Health Care Strategy,” with A.A. Kaissi. Health Care Management Review, 33 (2), 2008.
- “Sustaining and Improving Hospital Performance: The Effects of Organizational and Market Factors,” with H. J. Jiang and B. Friedman. Health Care Management Review, 31 (3), 2006.
- “Hospital Service Offerings: Does Catholic Ownership Matter?” with K.R. White and W. Tian. Health Care Management Review, 31 (2), 2006.
- “Factors Associated with High-Quality/Low-Cost Hospital Performance,” with H.J. Jiang and B. Friedman. Journal of Health Care Finance, 32 (3), 2006.
- “Opportunities for Improving Patient Care Through Lateral Integration: The Clinical Nurse Leader,” with J. Tornabeni and K.R. White. Journal of Healthcare Management, 51 (1), 2006.
- “An Exploratory Study of Healthcare Strategic Planning in Two Metropolitan Areas,” with A. Kaissi. Journal of Healthcare Management, 50 (4), 2005.
- “Diffusion of Breast Conservation Surgery in Medical Communities,” with B. Jerome-D’Emilia. Social Science and Medicine, 60 (1), 2005.
Biography
Lynn Blewett directs the State Health Access Data Assistance Center (SHADAC), a research and policy center funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation to support state efforts to monitor and evaluate programs to increase access and coverage. The Center provides high level access to federal surveys such as the Current Population Survey (CPS), the American Community Survey (ACS) which are accessible through an online Data Center. She also heads up a new project to provide technical assistance to 10 states committed to the implementation of the Affordable Care Act as part of the State Health Reform Assistance Network. She helped to bring a Census Research Data Center to the University of Minnesota and is the only RDC with a health services and policy focus. She has collaborated with the Minnesota Population Center which houses one of Dr. Blewett’s NIHCD projects to harmonize and integrate over 50 years of the NHIS to make it access for academic and policy research. Dr. Blewett teaches U.S. Health Care Systems and Public Health and International Health Systems and works with both Masters and Doctoral-level students. Graduates who have worked with Dr. Blewett have had positions with the Census Bureau, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Congressional Research Service, the Food and Drug Administration, and the Centers for Disease and Prevention.
- PhD, Health Services Research, Policy and Administration, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, 1992
- MA, Public Affairs, Hubert H. Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs, University of Minnesota, 1986
- BA, Psychology, University of Wisconsin, 1980
Professional Experience:
- Professor, Division of Health Policy and Management, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, 2010 – Present
- Director, State Health Access Data Assistance Center (SHADAC), School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, 2001 to present
- Associate Professor, Division of Health Policy and Management, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, 2004 – 2010
- Assistant Professor, Division of Health Services Research and Policy, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, 1998 – 2004
- Director, Health Economics Program and State Health Economist, Minnesota-Department of Health, 1992 – 1996
- Project Director/Senior Research Associate, Institute for Health Services Research and Policy, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, 1988 – 1992
- Consultant-Health Policy, Lewin and Associates, Washington, D.C. 1985 – 1987
- Legislative Aide-Health Policy, Office of Senator Dave Durenberger, U.S. Senate, Chairman of the Senate Finance Committee on Health, Washington, D.C., 1983 – 1985
Honors:
- Member (elected), Governing Board, AcademyHealth, (2008 – present).
- Chair (appointed by HHS Secretary Sebelius). Board of Scientific Counselors, National Center for Health Statistics, CDC (2009 to 2011).
- Member (appointed by HHS Secretary Levitt), Board of Scientific Counselors, National Center for Health Statistics, CDC (2007 – 2009).
- Member- National Academy of Social Insurance, 2006 to present
- Leonard M. Schuman Excellence in Teaching Award, University of Minnesota, School of Public Health, 2006
- Delta Omega Honorary Society, Public Health, 1992
- Agency for Health Services Research-Dissertation Grant, 1990
- National Institute of Health Trainee, 1988 – 1989
- Division of HSRP Fellowship, 1987 – 1988
Research Interests:
Dr. Blewett directs the State Health Access Data Assistance Center, funded by The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation to conduct research and provide technical assistance to states on efforts to measure and monitor health insurance coverage and inform state health policy. Her research addresses of understanding the characteristics and health care needs of the uninsured, improving the provision of safetynet services, and developing effective state health policy. Her research center works to improve state and federal data through analysis from a state policy perspective.
Selected Publications:
- Blewett, Lynn A., Kathleen T. Call and Schelomo Marmor. Health Reform and the US Virgin Islands. Journal of Public Health Management & Practice. Forthcoming 2012.
- Davern, Michael, Lynn A. Blewett, Brian Lee, Michel Boudreaux, and Miriam King. Use of the Integrated Health Interview Series: Trends in Medical Provider Utilization (1972-2008) Epidemiologic Perspectives & Innovations 2012, 9:2.
- Blewett, Lynn A., Bindman, Andrew B. Harvesting the lessons of state health policy. Health Services Research. 46(1 Pt 2):246-50, 2011.
- Boudreaux, Michel*, Ziegenfuss J.Y., Graven, Peter,* Davern, Michael, Blewett, Lynn A. Counting uninsurance and means-tested coverage in the American community survey: a comparison to the current population survey. Health Services Research. 46(1 Pt 1):210-31, 2011.
- Blewett, Lynn A, Spencer*, Donna, Burke, Donna, Courtney. State high risk pools: An update on the Minnesota Comprehensive Health Association. American Journal of Public Health. 101(2):231-7, 2011.
- Johnson P.J., Blewett Lynn A., Davern, Michael. Disparities in public use data availability for race, ethnic, and immigrant groups: national surveys for healthcare disparities research. Medical Care. 48(12):1122-7, 2010.
- Johnson, Pamela Jo, Blewett, Lynn A., Davern, Michael. American Indian/Alaska Native uninsurance disparities: a comparison of 3 surveys. American Journal of Public Health., 100(10): 1972-1979, 2010.
- Blewett, Lynn A., Johnson, Pamela Jo, Davern, Michael. Immigrant children’s access to health care: differences by global region of birth. Journal of Healthcare for the Poor and Underserved. 21(2 Suppl):13-31, 2010.
- Johnson, Pamela Jo, Call, Kathleen T., Blewett, Lynn A. The importance of geographic data aggregation in assessing disparities in American Indian prenatal care. American Journal of Public Health, 100 (1):122-128, 2010.
- Chou, Chiu-Fang, Johnson, Pamela Jo, Blewett, Lynn A. Immigration and selected indicators of health status and healthcare utilization among the Chinese. Journal of Immigrant & Minority Health. 12(4):470-9, 2010.
- Blewett, Lynn A. Persistent disparities in access to care across health care systems: A response to gusmano Michael K, et al. Achieving horizontal equity: must we have a single payer health system? Journal of Health Policy Politics and Law, 34(4):635-47, 2009.
Zobeida Bonilla Ph.D., MPH
Assistant Professor
School of Public HealthDivision of Epidemiology & Community Health
Biography
Zobeida Bonilla received her Ph.D. in anthropology at the University of Florida and her MPH in maternal and child health at Boston University School of Public Health. She did postdoctoral work at the University of Florida Department of Special Education on a research project on Latino Families of Children with Disabilities and Chronic Conditions. After her postdoctoral training, she held several program management positions including Program Manager of the Latina Health Initiative of the Boston Women’s Health Book Collective , Program Coordinator of Eduquemos a Nuestras Mujeres of Wake County Human Services in Raleigh, North Carolina, and Program Evaluator with the Massachusetts Department of Public Health and the West Virginia Prevention Resource Center. Her current teaching and research interests include MCH, pregnancy health education among Latinas, qualitative health research and program evaluation, global health (Caribbean region), and community health promotion in the Latino community. Dr. Bonilla teaches courses in the MCH program including Principles and Programs in Maternal and Child Health, Children with Special Health Care Needs, Qualitative Research Methods in Public Health Practice, and Global Public Health Issues in Maternal and Child Health.
- Ph.D. in Sociocultural Anthropology, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida
- M.P.H. in Maternal & Child Health, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts
- M.A. in Cultural Anthropology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado
- B.A. in Social Sciences (emphasis sociology), Universidad de Puerto Rico, Recinto de Cayey, Cayey, Puerto Rico
Research Interests:
Maternal Child & Health, Latino/a health, qualitative health research and program evaluation, global health (Caribbean region), health disparities.
Collaborations
- Our Bodies Ourselves http://www.ourbodiesourselves.org/default.asp
- STEPS Program (Speech Therapy Education, Practicum, and Services for Latino Children and Families), Indiana University http://www.indiana.edu/~sphs/academics/ma/steps.shtml
Selected Publications:
- Bonilla, Z.E., Morrison, S. D. ,& Norsigian, J, Rosero, E. (in press). Reaching Latinas with Our Bodies, Ourselves and the Guia de Capacitacion para Promotoras de Salud: Health Education for Social Change. Journal of Midwifery and Women’s Health.
- Bonilla, Z.E.,& Edwards, P.D. (2011). Difficulties encountered by heath care providers delivering services to Latino families and their children with craniofacial conditions. Hispanic Health Care International, 9(2), 60-72.
- Bonilla, Z.,& Ona, F. (2011). Paving New Paths for Health Education in the Global South: Lessons from the RAICES Project. The Health Education Monograph Series, 28(1), 25-31.
- Correa, V., Bonilla, Z., Reyes, M. (2011). Social Support Networks of Single Puerto Rico Mothers of Young Children with Disabilities. Journal of Child and Family Studies, 20(1), 66-77.
- Bonilla, Z.,& Ona, F.& Morrison, S. (2010). Health Education Practice and Global Health (eds.). The Health Education Monograph Vol. 27(2).
- Bonilla, Z.E. (2009). Including Every Woman: The All Embracing We of Our Bodies, Ourselves. In: Diversity and Women’s Health, Sue Rosser, ed., The Johns Hopkins University Press: Baltimore, Maryland. (previously published in the NWSAJ)
- Bonilla, Z.E.,& Rosero-Nordalm, E. (2008). De Camino a la Maternidad. Translation and cultural adaptation of Journey to Parenthood produced by Childbirth Connection. (Second Edition)
- Bonilla, Z. E. (2002). Promotoras de Salud Training Guide. The Boston Women’s Health Book Collective, Boston, MA. Full text available at http://www.ourbodiesourselves.org/lhi.htm.
Sonya S Brady Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
School of Public HealthDivision of Epidemiology & Community Health
Biography
Sonya Brady received her Ph.D. in clinical psychology and health psychology from the University of Pittsburgh. Dr. Brady’s program of research examines how normative developmental experiences and stressful life experiences influence health risk behavior among youth, and how individual and environmental characteristics promote health protective behavior. Dr. Brady is interested in the design of prevention and intervention programs that address different psychosocial motivations adolescents have to engage in health risk behavior.
- Ph.D., Clinical Psychology and Biological/Health Psychology, University of Pittsburgh
- M.S., Psychology, University of Pittsburgh
- B.S., Psychology and Statistics, Carnegie Mellon University
Professional Experience:
2007 – present, Assistant Professor, Division of Epidemiology & Community Health, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota 2005 – 2007, Postdoctoral Fellow, Health Psychology Program, Department of Psychiatry, University of California, San Francisco 2004 – 2005, Clinical Intern, Child Track, Department of Psychiatry, University of Illinois at Chicago
Honors:
2007, Robert E. Harris Memorial Award, Outstanding Fellow in Health Psychology, University of California, San Francisco 2006, Robert E. Harris Memorial Award, Outstanding Fellow in Health Psychology, University of California, San Francisco 2005, University of Pittsburgh Provost’s Development Fund Award
Research Interests:
Health risk behavior during adolescence and young adulthood; Developmental influences on risk taking; Socioeconomic and ethnic disparities in consequences of risk taking; Mechanisms linking stressful life circumstances to health risk behavior and factors promoting resilience; Promotion of health protective behavior; Public policies affecting adolescent health.
Selected Publications:
- Brady, S. S., Dolcini, M. M., Harper, G. W., & Pollack, L. M. (2009). Supportive friendships moderate the association between stressful life events and sexual risk taking among African American adolescents. Health Psychology, 28, 238-248. PMID: 19290716
- Brady, S. S., Tschann, J. M., Ellen, J. M., & Flores, E. (2009). Infidelity, trust, and condom use among Latino youth in dating relationships. Sexually Transmitted Diseases, 36, 227-231. PMID: 19265741
- Brady, S. S., Tschann, J. M., Pasch, L. A., Flores, E., & Ozer, E. J. (2009). Cognitive coping moderates the association between violent victimization by peers and substance use among adolescents. Journal of Pediatric Psychology, 34, 304-310. PMID: 18669579
- Brady, S. S. (2008). Lifetime family violence exposure is associated with current symptoms of eating disorders among both young men and women. Journal of Traumatic Stress, 21, 347-351. PMID: 18553412
- Brady, S. S., Gorman-Smith, D., Henry, D. B., & Tolan, P. H. (2008). Adaptive coping reduces the impact of community violence exposure on violent behavior among African American and Latino male adolescents. Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, 36, 105-115. PMID: 17687640
- Brady, S. S., & Halpern-Felsher, B. L. (2008). Social and emotional consequences of refraining from sexual activity among sexually experienced and inexperienced youth in California. American Journal of Public Health, 98, 162-168. PMID: 18048792 (included as a digest in Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health, 40, 118)
- Brady, S. S., Song, A. V., & Halpern-Felsher, B. L. (2008). Adolescents report both positive and negative consequences of experimentation with cigarette use. Preventive Medicine, 46, 585-590. PMID: 18336892
- Brady, S. S., Tschann, J. M., Pasch, L. A., Flores, E., & Ozer, E. J. (2008). Violence involvement, substance use, and sexual activity among Mexican American and European American adolescents. Journal of Adolescent Health, 43, 285-295. PMID: 18710684
- Brady, S. S. (2007). Young adults’ media use and attitudes toward interpersonal and institutional forms of aggression. Aggressive Behavior, 33, 519-525. PMID: 17918280
- Brady, S. S., & Halpern-Felsher, B. L. (2007). Adolescents’ reported consequences of having oral sex versus vaginal sex. Pediatrics, 119, 229-236. PMID: 17272611 (included as a digest in Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health, 39, 120-121)
- Brady, S. S. (2006). Lifetime community violence exposure and health risk behavior among young adults in college. Journal of Adolescent Health, 39, 610-613. PMID: 16982403
- Brady, S. S., & Donenberg, G. R. (2006). Mechanisms linking violence exposure to health risk behavior in adolescence: Motivation to cope and sensation seeking. Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, 45, 673-680. PMID: 16721317
- Brady, S. S., & Matthews, K. A. (2006). Chronic stress influences ambulatory blood pressure in adolescents. Annals of Behavioral Medicine, 31, 80-88. PMID: 16472042
- Brady, S. S., & Matthews, K. A. (2006). Effects of media violence on health-related outcomes among young men. Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine, 160, 341-347. PMID: 16585477
- McGrath, J. J., Matthews, K. A., & Brady, S. S. (2006). Individual versus neighborhood socioeconomic status and race as predictors of adolescent ambulatory blood pressure and heart rate. Social Science & Medicine, 63, 1442-1453. PMID: 16733078
Lisa M Brosseau Sc.D., M.S.
Associate Professor
School of Public HealthDivision of Environmental Health Sciences
Biography
Lisa Brosseau is an industrial hygienist whose primary interests are in the areas of controlling infectious aerosols and assisting small businesses with workplace health and safety. She received her master’s and doctorate in industrial hygiene from the Harvard School of Public Health. Her current research projects focus on testing the effectiveness of health and safety interventions in small metalworking shops, and developing and testing the effectiveness of a health and safety newsletter in small manufacturing businesses. Dr. Brosseau is deputy director of the Midwest Center for Occupational Safety and Health, a NIOSH-supported training grant. She teaches courses in industrial hygiene applications and hazardous materials and waste management.
Sc.D., Environmental Health Sciences, Industrial Hygiene, Harvard University, 1989 M.S., Environmental Health Sciences, Industrial Hygiene, Harvard University, 1983 B.A., Environmental Sciences, Wellesley College, 1980
Professional Experience:
1998-present
- Associate Professor; Division of Environmental and Occupational Health, University of Minnesota, School of Public Health; Minneapolis MN
- Director of Industrial Hygiene Program
- Director of Hazardous Substances Academic Training Program
- Member, Graduate School Faculty
1991-1998
- Assistant Professor; Division of Environmental and Occupational Health, Industrial Hygiene Program, University of Minnesota; School of Public Health, Minneapolis MN
1989-1990
- Postdoctoral Research Fellow; Department of Environmental Medicine, New York University Medical Center, Institute of Environmental Medicine; Tuxedo, NY
1980-1983
- Loss Control Consultant; Loss Control Department, American Mutual Insurance Companies; Wakefield, MA
Honors:
Professional Certification
- Industrial Hygienist in Training, American Board of Industrial Hygiene, 1984
- Certified Industrial Hygienist, American Board of Industrial Hygiene, 1990, #4840
Service Activities
- American Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygienists * Ad Hoc Small Business Committee, 1993-1996 * Chemical Substances Threshold Limit Value Committee, 1996-present; Chair, Dust and Inorganics Subcommittee, 1997-1998; Chair, 1998-present Awards 2006 American Industrial Hygiene Association: Alice Hamilton Award 2007 ACGIH: Meritorious Achievement Award
Research Interests:
Performance of respiratory protection devices; aerosol measurement; filtration; and health and safety interventions in small businesses.
Selected Publications:
- McCullough, N.V.,. Brosseau, L.M, Vesley, D., Bacterial survival on respirator filters and surgical masks, Journal of the American Biological Safety Association, 2(3): 32-43, 1997.
- Brosseau, L.M., Aerosol penetration of respirator valves, American Industrial Hygiene Association Journal, 59(3): 173-180, 1998.
- McCullough, N.V., Brosseau, L.M.,. Vesley, D, Vincent, J.H., Improved methods for generation, sampling and recovery of biological aerosols in filter challenge tests, American Industrial Hygiene Association Journal, 59(4): 234-241, 1998.
- Reinke, P.H., Brosseau, L.M., Development of a convective mass transfer model to predict air concentrations of chemicals spilled Iindoors, Annals of Occupational Hygiene, 41(4): 415-435, 1998.
- N.V. McCullough, L.M. Brosseau, Selecting Respirators for Control of Worker Exposure to Infectious Aerosols, Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology, 20:136-144, 1999
- Betsinger,G., Brosseau,L.M. and Golden, J. Occupational Health and Safety in Household Hazardous Waste Management Facilities, American Industrial Hygiene Association Journal, 61:575-583, 2000
- Brosseau, L.M., Parker, D.L., Lazovich, D., Milton, T., Dugan, S. Designing intervention effectiveness studies for occupational health and safety: the Minnesota Wood Dust Study, American Journal of Industrial Medicine, 41:54-61, 2001.
- Brosseau, L.M., Parker, D.L., Lazovich, D., Milton, T., Dugan, S., Inhalable dust exposures, tasks and use of ventilation in small woodworking shops: a pilot study, American Industrial Hygiene Association Journal 62:322-329, 2001.
- Kerr, M.J., Brosseau, L.M., Johnson, C.S. Sound pressure levels of selected construction tasks, American Industrial Hygiene Association Journal, 63(3):334-339, 2002
- L.M. Brosseau, “Review of Implications of hormesis for industrial hygiene,” Biological Effects of Low Level Exposures Newsletter, 10(3), 9-10 (2002).
- L.M. Brosseau, “Review of Implications of hormesis for industrial hygiene,” Human and Experimental Toxicology, 21:395, 2002
- Lazovich, D, DM Murray, LM Brosseau, DL Parker, FT Milton, SK Dugan, “Sample Size Considerations for Studies of Intervention Effectiveness in the Occupational Setting,” Annals of Occupational Hygiene, 46(2):219-227 (2002).
- Lazovich, D., Parker, D.L., Brosseau, L.M., Milton, F.T., Dugan, S.K., Pan, W., Hock, L. Effectiveness of a worksite intervention to reduce an occupational exposure: The Minnesota Wood Dust Study, American Public Health Association Journal, 92(9):1498-1505, 2002
- Brosseau, L.M., Raynor, P.C., and Lungu, C., Employers’ Expectations of Knowledge and Skills of Masters’-Trained Industrial Hygienists, Journal of Occupational and Environmental Health, 2(1):1-7, 2004 * Brosseau, L.M., Raynor, P.C., and Lungu, C., Employers’ expectations of knowledge and skills of Master’s-trained industrial hygienists, J. Occup. Environ. Hyg., 2(1):1-7 (2005).
- D. Parker, K. Munshi, Y. Samant, L.M. Brosseau, Machine Safety Evaluation in Small Metal Working Facilities: An Evaluation of Inter-Rater Reliability in the Quantification of Machine-Related Hazards, American Journal of Industrial Medicine, 43:381-388, 2005
- L.M. Brosseau, S.Y. Li, “Small Business Owners’ Health and Safety Intentions: A Cross-Sectional Survey,” Environmental Health, 4:23-31, 2005
- Olson, D.K., Lohman, W.H., Brosseau, L.M., Fredrickson, A.L., McGovern, P.M., Gerberich, S.G., Nachreiner, N., Crosscutting Competencies for Occupational Health and Safety Professionals, Journal of Public Health Management and Practice, 11(3):235-243, 2005.
- K Munshi, D Parker, Y Samant, L Brosseau, W Pan, M Xi, “Machine Safety Evaluation in Small Metal Working Facilities: An Evaluation of Inter-Rater Reliability in the Quantification of Machine-Related Hazards,” Am J Ind Med 48(5):381-8 (2005).
- Y. Samant, D. Parker, L.M. Brosseau, W. Pan, M. Xi, D. Haugan, “Profile of Machine Safety in Small Metal Fabrication Businesses,” American Journal of Industrial Medicine, 49:352-359 (2006).
- L.M. Brosseau, D. Parker, Y. Samant, W. Pan, “Mapping Safety Interventions in Metalworking Shops,” Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine 49:338-345 (2007).
- B.A. Baker, K. Dodd, I.A. Greaves, C.J. Zheng, L.M. Brosseau, T. Guidotti, “Occupational Medicine Physicians in the United States: Demographics and Core Competencies,” Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, 49:388-400 (2007).
- L.M. Brosseau, A.L. Fredrickson, M. Casey, “Small Business Owners’ Opinions about Health and Safety Information,” Industrial Health, 45:209-216 (2007).
- Y. Samant, D. Parker, L.M. Brosseau, W. Pan, M. Xi, D. Haugan, Q. Williams, “Organizational Characteristics of Small Metal Fabricating Businesses in Minnesota,” International Journal of Occupational and Environmental Health, 13(2):160-6 (2007).
- Parker D, Brosseau L, Samant Y, Pan W, Xi M, Haugan D; Study Advisory Board, “A Comparison of the Perceptions and Beliefs of Workers and Owners with Regard to Workplace Safety in Small Metal Fabrication Businesses,” Am J Ind Med 50(12):999-1009 (2007).
- LM Brosseau, K Harriman, “Commentary on ‘In vivo’ protective performance of N95 respirator and surgical facemask,” Am J Ind Med 50(12):1025-6 (2007). *T. Oberg, L.M. Brosseau, “Health Care Mask Evaluation for Filter Efficiency and Facial Fit,” American Journal of Infection Control, 36(4): 276-282 (2008).
- D Parker, Y. Samant, L. Brosseau, W. Pan, M. Xi, D. Haugan, “Relationship Between Perceptions and Beliefs of Workers and Owners With Regard to Workplace Safety in Small Metal Fabrication Businesses,” American Journal of Industrial Medicine, 50(12):999-1009 (2007).
- L Brosseau, A Fredrickson, “Assessing Outcomes of Industrial Hygiene Graduate Education,” J Occup Environ Hyg, 6(5):257-66 (2009).
- LM Brosseau, AL Fredrickson, NM Nachreiner, “Graduate Proficiency Assessment Using a Competency-Based Learning Model,” J Occup Environ Med 50(9):1029-34 (2008).
- D. Parker, Y Samant, LM Brosseau, M Xi, “Baseline Assessments of Machine Safety Knowledge and Behavior in Small Metal Fabrication Shops,” Public Health Reports (2009).
Biography
Mary Butler received her PhD in health services research and MBA from the University of Minnesota. She is the Associate Director of the Minnesota EPC, an AHRQ-funded Evidence-based Practice Center. Her interests include research synthesis methods and quality of care involving complex interventions in disability, chronic care, and behavioral medicine.
- PhD – Health Services Research, Policy and Administration; University of Minnesota, 2007
- MBA – Investment Finance; University of Minnesota, 1991
- BS – Economics/Finance/Computer Science; University of Minnesota, 1987
Selected Publications:
- Drekonja D, Butler M, Bliss D, Filice G, Rector TS, MacDonald R, Wilt TJ. Comparative effectiveness of clostridium difficile infection treatment: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Annals of Internal Medicine 2011 Dec 20;155(12):839-47
- Wysocki A, Butler, M, Shamliyan T, Kane RL. Whole-body vibration therapy for osteoporosis: state of the science. Annals of Internal Medicine. 2011;155:680-686
- Butler M, Forte ML, Kane RL, Swiontkowski MF. Evidence Summary: Systematic Review of Surgical Treatments for Geriatric Hip Fractures. Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery. 2011;93:1104-15
- Butler M, Kane RL, McAlpine D, Kathol R, Fu SS, Hagedorn H, Wilt T. Does Integrated Care Improve Treatment for Depression? A systematic review. Journal of Ambulatory Case Management. J Ambulatory Care Manage. 2011;34(2):113-125
- Kathol RG, Butler M, McAlpine DD, Kane RL. Barriers to physical and mental condition integration service delivery. Psychosomatic Medicine. 72(6): 511-8, July, 2010
- Town RJ, Kane RL, Johnson PE, Butler M. “Economic incentives and physicians’ delivery of preventive care: a systematic review.” American Journal of Preventive Medicine. 28(2):234-40, 2005 Feb.
- Kane RL, Johnson PE, Town RJ, Butler M. A structured review of the effect of economic incentives on consumers’ preventive behavior. American Journal of Preventive Medicine. 27(4):327-52, 2004 Nov.
Kathleen Thiede Call Ph.D.
Professor and Director, Graduate Programs in Health Services Research, Policy and Administration
School of Public HealthDivision of Health Policy & Management
Biography
Kathleen Thiede Call has research in two related areas. The first is access to health insurance coverage and health care services among vulnerable populations: low-income, young, elderly, racial and ethnic communities, chronically ill, and rural populations. She helped create a survey of health insurance coverage for use by states and has developed a stream of research concerning the complexities of measuring health insurance coverage. Dr. Call is an investigator at the State Health Access Data Assistance Center (SHADAC), funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. The second area of research Dr. Call is developing is community-based participatory research focusing on barriers to health care.
- PhD, Sociology, University of Minnesota, 1994
- BA, Sociology, University of Minnesota
Professional Experience:
- Director of Graduate Studies, Health Services Research Policy and Administration, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, 2007-present
- Co-Chair, Health Disparities Work Group, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, 2005-present
- Associate Professor, Division of Health Policy and Management, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, 2001 – present
- Assistant Professor, Division of Health Policy and Management, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, 1995 – 2001
- Adjunct Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology, College of Liberal Arts, University of Minnesota, 1997 – present
- Post-doctoral Fellow (NIA Postdoctoral Training Grant) and Research Associate, Institute for Health Services Research, University of Minnesota, 1994 – 1995
Honors:
- Recipient of the University of Minnesota Outstanding Community Service Award Faculty, 2009
- Recipient of the School of Public Health Community Service Award, 2003
- Elected to the Delta Omega Honorary Public Health Society, 2000
- NIA Postdoctoral Training Grant, 1994
- Don Martindale Scholarship Award, Department of Sociology, 1994
- Graduate Student Service Award, Department of Sociology, 1993
- Graduate Student Research Award, Department of Sociology, 1992
Research Interests:
Access to care and health status among vulnerable populations, including poor, young, elderly, uninsured, rural and chronically ill populations; sociology of health and illness; research methods.
Selected Publications:
- Schousboe, JT, Davison ML, Dowd B, Call KT, Johnson P, Kane RL. 2011. Predictors of patients’ perceived need for medication to prevent fracture. Medical Care, 49(3):273-280.
- Call KT, Davern M, Boudreaux M, Johnson PJ, Nelson J. 2011. Bias in telephone surveys that do not sample cell phones: uses and limits of post-stratification methods. Medical Care, 49(4):355-364.
- Davern ME, McAlpine D, Beebe TJ, Ziegenfuss J, Rockwood T, Call KT. 2010. Are lower response rates hazardous to your health survey? An analysis of three state telephone health surveys. Health Services Research, 45(5):1324–1344
- Johnson PJ, Blewett LA, Call KT, Davern ME. 2010. American Indian uninsurance disparities: A comparison of 3 surveys. American Journal of Public Health, 100(10):1972-79. PMCID: PMC2936999.
- Johnson PJ, Call KT, Blewett LA. 2010. The importance of geographic data aggregation in assessing disparities in American Indian prenatal care. American Journal of Public Health, 100(1):122-128. Epub 2009 Nov 12. [NIHMSID: 164260]
- Klerman JA, Davern ME, Baugh D, Call KT, Greenberg G, Lynch V, Ringel J. 2009. Understanding the current population survey’s insurance estimates and the Medicaid ‘undercount.’ Health Affairs, 28(6):w991-w1001.
- Davern ME, Klerman JA, Baugh D, Call KT, Greenberg G. 2009. An examination of the Medicaid undercount in the current population survey (CPS): preliminary results from record linking. Health Services Research, 44(3):965-987.
- Call KT, Davidson G, Davern ME, Brown ER, Kincheloe J, Nelson JG. Winter 2008/2009. Accuracy of self-reported health insurance coverage among Medicaid enrollees. Inquiry, 45(4):438-456.
- Davern ME, Call KT, Ziegenfuss J, Davidson G, Beebe TJ, Blewett LA. 2008. Validating health insurance coverage survey estimates: a comparison between self-reported coverage and administrative data records. Public Opinion Quarterly, 72(2):241-259.
- Call KT, Davidson G, Davern ME, Nyman R. 2008. Medicaid undercount and bias to estimates of uninsurance: new estimates and existing evidence. Health Services Research, 43(3): 901-901.
- McAlpine DD, Beebe TJ, Davern ME, Call KT. 2007. Agreement between self-reported and administrative race and ethnicity data among Medicaid enrollees in Minnesota. Health Services Research, 42(6, part II): 2373-88.
- Davern ME, Rodin H, Call KT, Blewett LA. 2007. Are the CPS Uninsurance estimates too high? An examination of imputation. Health Services Research, 42(5): 2038-2055.
- Call KT, Davern ME, Blewett LA. 2007. Estimates of health insurance coverage: comparing state surveys to the current population survey. Health Affairs, 26(1): 269-278.
Biography
Brad Carlin earned his Ph.D. at the University of Connecticut. His teaching experience and interests include spatial epidemiology, statistical computing, spatial statistics, and Bayes and empirical Bayes methods and data analysis. Dr. Carlin’s research interests include statistical applications in AIDS research, clinical trial monitoring, longitudinal studies, and spatial and spatio-temporal disease mapping. He also conducts geographical analysis by analyzing public health data that are geographically indexed. He is a fellow of the American Statistical Association and the 2000 winner of American Public Health Association’s Mortimer Spiegelman Award.
- Ph.D., Statistics, University of Connecticut, 1989
Professional Experience:
Division of Biostatistics, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota
Professor and Head, 2010–present; Mayo Professor in Public Health, July 2003–present; Professor, July 1999–present; Associate Professor, July 1995–July 1999; Assistant Professor, August 1991–July 1995; Medtronic Corporation and HealthPartners Research Foundation Visiting Senior Statistician, September 2001–December 2001 Medical Research Council Biostatistics Unit, Cambridge University (UK), Institute of Public Health, Visiting Research Associate, Summer 1997 Department of Statistics, Carnegie Mellon University, Visiting Assistant Professor, August 1989–July 1991
Honors:
APHA Mortimer Spiegelman Award (health statistician under age 40), June 2000. Harvard School of Public Health Department of Biostatistics Myrto Lefkopoulou Distinguished Lectureship (biostatistician within 15 years of earned doctorate), April 2001. The International Environmetric Society (TIES) Abdel El-Shaarawi Young Researcher’s Award (environmental statistician under age 40), June 2002. Named Mayo Professor in Public Health (three-year rotating endowed chair), University of Minnesota School of Public Health, April 2003. Accepted invitation to join the editorial board, Texts in Statistical Science series, Chapman and Hall publishers, 2004. Accepted nomination as Editor-in-Chief, Bayesian Analysis (official journal of the International Society for Bayesian Analysis), May 2006.
Research Interests:
Statistical applications in AIDS research, clinical trial monitoring, longitudinal studies, spatial and spatiotemporal disease mapping, spatial boundary analysis, Bayes and empirical Bayes methodology, Markov chain Monte Carlo (MCMC) methods
Research Projects
Enhanced Evaluation of Second Stage Translational Research
Principal Investigator: Bradley P. Carlin
Funding Agency: Yale University
Enhanced Evaluation of Second Stage Translational Resear
IMPROVING THE ACCURACY AND PRECISION OF PREDICTIONS OF TFM-NICLOSAMIDE CONCENTRATIONS FOR TREATMENT OF SEA LAMPRY SPAWNING TRIBUTARIES
Principal Investigator: Bradley P. Carlin
Funding Agency: USDI U.S. Geological Survey
IMPROVING THE ACCURACY AND PRECISION OF PREDICTIONS OF TFM-NICLOSAMIDE CONCENTRATIONS FOR TREATMENT OF SEA LAMPRY SPAWNING TRIBUTARIES
Lilly Oncology
Principal Investigator: Bradley P. Carlin
Funding Agency: Eli Lilly and Company
Lilly Oncology
Lilly Oncology
Principal Investigator: Bradley P. Carlin
Funding Agency: Eli Lilly and Company
Lilly Oncology
MCMSki II: Markov Chain Monte Carlo in Theory and Practice
Principal Investigator: Bradley P. Carlin
Funding Agency: NIH National Cancer Institute (NCI)
MCMSki II: Markov Chain Monte Carlo in Theory and Practice
Medtronic Support for Biostatistics
Principal Investigator: Bradley P. Carlin
Funding Agency: Medtronic
Statistical Methods in Cancer Control and Epidemiology
Principal Investigator: Bradley P. Carlin
Investigators: Bradley P. Carlin (PI) Sudipto Banerjee (Co-PI) Melanie Wall (Co-PI) Cavan Reilly (Co-PI)
Funding Agency: NCI (1-R01-CA95955)
Support for the 4th International Joint IMS-ISBA Confere
Principal Investigator: Bradley P. Carlin
Funding Agency: DOD National Security Agency (NSA)
Support for the 4th International Joint IMS-ISBA Confere
Travel Support for the 4th International Joint IMS-ISBA
Principal Investigator: Bradley P. Carlin
Funding Agency: The National Science Foundation
Travel Support for the 4th International Joint IMS-ISBA
Selected Publications:
Lu, H. and Carlin, B.P., “ Bayesian areal wombling for geographical boundary analysis,” Geographical Analysis , 37, 265–285, 2005.
Jin, X., Carlin B.P., and Banerjee, S., “ Generalized hierarchical multivariate CAR models for areal data,” Biometrics, 61, 950–961, 2005.
Carlin B.P. and Banerjee, S., “ Hierarchical multivariate CAR models for spatio-temporally correlated survival data,” to appear (with discussion in Bayesian Statistics 7, eds. J.M. Bernardo et al., Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Spiegelhalter, D.J., Best, N.G., Carlin, B.P., and van der Linde, A., “ Bayesian measures of model complexity and fit,” (with discussion rejoinder) J. Roy. Statist. Soc., Ser. B, 64, 583-639, 2002.
Technical Reports:
- rr2012-002.pdf and rr2012-002suppl.pdf Hatfield, L.A., Hodges, J.S., and Carlin, B.P.“Combining longitudinal and survival information in Bayesian joint models: When are treatment estimates improved?”Research Report 2012-2, Division of Biostatistics, University of Minnesota, 2012Submitted to Biostatistics.
- rr2012-003.pdf Erickson, D.J., Carlin, B.P., Lenk, K.M., Quick, H.S., Harwood, E.M., and Toomey, T.L.Do neighborhood attributes moderate the relationship between alcohol establishment density and crime?Research Report 2012-3, Division of Biostatistics, University of Minnesota, 2012Submitted to Prevention Science.
- rr2012-001.pdf Murray, T.A., Carlin, B.P, and Lystig, T.C.Bayesian adaptive design for device surveillance.Research Report 2012-1, Division of Biostatistics, University of Minnesota, 2012Submitted to Clinical Trials.
- rr2012-004.pdf Skinner, B. and Carlin, B.P.The price of anarchy in football.Research Report 2012-4, Division of Biostatistics, University of Minnesota, 2012Submitted to Sports for Dorks.
- rr2012-005.pdf Brian P. Hobbs, Bradley P. Carlin, and Daniel J. SargentRandomization in the presence of historical controls.Research Report 2012-5, Division of Biostatistics, University of Minnesota, 2012Submitted to Clinical Trials.
- rr2012-009.pdf Zhong, W., Koopmeiners, J.S., and Carlin, B.P.“A two-stage Bayesian design with sample size reestimation and subgroup analysis for phase II binary response trials.”Research Report 2012-9, Division of Biostatistics, University of Minnesota, 2012Submitted to Contemporary Clinical Trials.
- rr2012-015.pdf Carlin, B.P., Zhong, W., and Koopmeiners, J.S.Discussion of “Small-Sample Behavior of Novel Phase I Cancer Trial Designs,” by Assaf P. Oron and Peter D. Hoff.Research Report 2012-15, Division of Biostatistics, University of Minnesota, 2012Submitted to Clinical Trials.
- rr2012-018.pdf Hong, H., Chu, H., Zhang, J., and Carlin, B.P.“A Bayesian missing data framework for generalized multiple outcome mixed treatment comparisons.”Research Report 2012-18, Division of Biostatistics, University of Minnesota, 2012Submitted to Biometrics.
- rr2011-019.pdf Toomey, T.L., Erickson, D.J., Carlin, B.P., Lenk, K.M., Quick, H.S., Jones, A.M., & Harwood, E.M.The association between density of alcohol establishments and violent crime within urban neighborhoods Research Report 2011-19, Division of Biostatistics, University of Minnesota, 2011Under revision for Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research
- rr2011-022.pdf Wei Zhong, Joseph S. Koopmeiners, and Bradley P. CarlinA Trivariate Continual Reassessment Method for Phase I/II Trials of Toxicity, Efficacy, and Surrogate Efficacy Research Report 2011-22, Division of Biostatistics, University of Minnesota, 2011Submitted to Statistics in Medicine
- rr2011-024.pdf and rr2011-024suppl.pdf Harrison Quick, Sudipto Banerjee, and Bradley P. Carlin Modeling temporal gradients in regionally aggregated California asthma hospitalization data Research Report 2011-24, Division of Biostatistics, University of Minnesota, 2011Submitted to the Annals of Applied Statistics.
- rr2011-025.pdf Murakami, T., Feeney, D.A., Willey, J., and Carlin, B.P.,“Canine thoracolumbar intervertebral disc herniation site localization accuracy: analysis of neurologic and survey radiographic data using logistic regression models.”Research Report 2011-25, Division of Biostatistics, University of Minnesota, 2011Submitted to the American Journal of Veterinary Research
- rr2011-026.pdf Murakami, T., Carlin, B.P., Feeney, D.A., and Willey, J.“Comparing elicited and spatial smoothing priors in Bayesian logistic regression models for predicting the site of canine thoracolumbar disc herniation.”Research Report 2011-26, Division of Biostatistics, University of Minnesota, 2011Submitted to Preventive Veterinary Medicine.
- rr2011-027.pdf Carlin, B.P., Hong, H., Shamliyan, T.A., Wyman, J.F., Ramakrishnan, R., Sainfort, F., and Kane, R.L.“Bayesian approaches for multiple treatment comparisons of drugs for urgency urinary incontinence are more informative than traditional frequentist statistical approaches.”Research Report 2011-27, Division of Biostatistics, University of Minnesota, 2011Submitted to Journal of Clinical Epidemiology
- rr2011-029.pdf Hatfield, L.A. and Carlin, B.P.Clinically relevant output from Bayesian joint longitudinal-survival models Research Report 2011-29, Division of Biostatistics, University of Minnesota, 2011Submitted to Health Services and Outcomes Research Methodology
- rr2011-031.pdf Zhong, W., Carlin, B.P., and Koopmeiners, J.S.“Flexible link continual reassessment methods for trivariate binary outcome phase I/II trials.”Research Report 2011-31, Division of Biostatistics, University of Minnesota, 2011Submitted to the Journal of Statistical Theory and Practice.
- rr2010-018.pdf Waller, L.A. and Carlin, B.P.Disease Mapping Research Report 2010-18, Division of Biostatistics, University of Minnesota, 2010In Handbook of Spatial Statistics, eds. P. Diggle, M. Fuentes, A.E. Gelfand, and P. Guttorp,
- rr2010-007.pdf Fitzpatrick, M.C., Preisser, E.L., Porter, A., Elkinton, J., Waller, L.A., Carlin, B.P., and Ellison Ecological boundary detection using Bayesian areal wombling Research Report 2010-7, Division of Biostatistics, University of Minnesota, 2010To appear Ecology.
- rr2009-018.pdf Hatfield, L., Gutreuter, S., Boogaard, M.A., and Carlin, B.P.Multilevel empirical Bayes modeling for improved estimation of toxicant formulations to suppress parasitic sea lamprey in the upper Great Lakes Research Report 2009-18, Division of Biostatistics, University of Minnesota, 2009Submitted to Biometrics
- rr2009-017.pdf Hobbs, B.P., Carlin, B.P., Mandrekar, S., and Sargent, D.J.Hierarchical commensurate prior models for adaptive incorporation of historical information in clinical trials Research Report 2009-17, Division of Biostatistics, University of Minnesota, 2009Submitted to Biometrics
- rr2008-017.pdf Xia, H.A., Ma, H., and Carlin, B.P.Bayesian hierarchical modeling for detecting safety signals in clinical trials Research Report 2008-17, Division of Biostatistics, University of Minnesota, 2008Submitted to J. Biopharameceutical Statistics
- rr2004-010.pdf Britt, H.B., Carlin, B.P., Toomey, T.L., and Wagenaar, A.C.Neighborhood level spatial analysis of the relationship between alcohol outlet density and criminal violence.Research Report 2004-10, Division of Biostatistics, University of Minnesota, 2004To appear Environmental and Ecological Statistics.
- rr2004-009.pdf Xie, Y. and Carlin, B.P.A note on Bayesian learning and identifiability in hierarchical models.Research Report 2004-9, Division of Biostatistics, University of Minnesota, 2004Submitted to J. Statist. Plann. Inf.
- rr2004-005.pdf Carlin, B.P.Whither applied Bayesian inference?Research Report 2004-5, Division of Biostatistics, University of Minnesota, 2004To appear in Missing Data and Bayesian Methods in Practice.
- rr2004-003.pdf Lu, H. and Carlin, B.P.Bayesian areal wombling for geographical boundary analysis.Research Report 2004-3, Division of Biostatistics, University of Minnesota, 2004To appear Geographical Analysis.
- rr2004-001.pdf Jin, X., Carlin, B.P., and Banerjee, S.Generalized hierarchical multivariate CAR models for areal data Research Report 2004-1, Division of Biostatistics, University of Minnesota, 2004Under revision for Biometrics.
- rr2003-015.pdf Short, M. and Carlin, B.P.Multivariate spatiotemporal CDFs with measurement error Research Report 2003-15, Division of Biostatistics, University of Minnesota, 2003Submitted to Bayesian Analysis (Journal of ISBA).
- rr2003-014.pdf Short, M., Carlin, B.P., and Gelfand, A.E.Bivariate spatial process modeling for constructing indicator or intensity weighted spatial CDFs Research Report 2003-14, Division of Biostatistics, University of Minnesota, 2003Submitted to Biostatistics.
- rr2003-003.pdf Guo, X. and Carlin, B.P.Separate and joint modeling of longitudinal and event time data using standard computer packages Research Report 2003-3, Division of Biostatistics, University of Minnesota, 2003To appear in The American Statistician.
- rr2003-002.pdf Jin, X. and Carlin, B.P.Multivariate parametric spatio-temporal models for county level breast cancer survival data Research Report 2003-2, Division of Biostatistics, University of Minnesota, 2003Submitted to Lifetime Data Analysis.
- rr2002-019.pdf Short, M., Carlin, B.P., and Gelfand, A.E.Covariate-adjusted and bivariate spatial CDF modeling Research Report 2002-19, Division of Biostatistics, University of Minnesota, 2002Submitted to J. Amer. Statist. Assoc.
- rr2002-001.pdf Short, M., Carlin, B.P., and Bushhouse, S.Using hierarchical spatial models for cancer control planning in Minnesota.Research Report 2002-1, Division of Biostatistics, University of Minnesota, 2002To appear Cancer Causes and Control.
- rr2001-013.pdf Spiegelhalter, D.J., Best, N.G., Carlin, B.P., and Van der Linde, A.Bayesian measures of model complexity and fit.Research Report 2001-13, Division of Biostatistics, University of Minnesota, 2001To appear (with discussion), J. Roy. Statist. Soc., Ser B.
- rr2001-010.pdf Zhu, L., Carlin, B.P., and Gelfand, A.E.Hierarchical regression with misaligned spatial data: Relating ambient ozone and pediatric asthma ER visits in Atlanta Research Report 2001-10, Division of Biostatistics, University of Minnesota, 2001Submitted to Environmetrics.
- rr2000-021.pdf Carlin, B.P., Zhu, L., and Gelfand, A.E.Accommodating scale misalignment in spatio-temporal data.Research Report 2000-21, Division of Biostatistics, University of Minnesota, 2000Submitted to ISBA 2000.
- rr2000-011.pdf Gelfand, A.E., Zhu, L., and Carlin, B.P.On the change of support problem for spatio-temporal data Research Report 2000-11, Division of Biostatistics, University of Minnesota, 2000Submitted to Biostatistics.
- rr2000-004.pdf Gelfand, A.E., Carlin, B.P., and Trevisani, M.On computation using Gibbs sampling for multilevel models.Research Report 2000-4, Division of Biostatistics, University of Minnesota, 2000Submitted to Statistica Sinica.
- rr2000-001.pdf Han, C. and Carlin, B.P.MCMC methods for computing Bayes factors: A comparative review Research Report 2000-1, Division of Biostatistics, University of Minnesota, 2000Submitted to JASA-Review.
- rr99-009.pdf Carlin, B.P. and Perez, M.-E.Robust Bayesian Analysis in Medical and Epidemiological Settings Research Report 1999-9, Division of Biostatistics, University of Minnesota, 1999Submitted to Robust Bayesian Analysis.
- rr99-008.pdf Carlin, B.P. and Louis, T.A.Empirical Bayes: past, present, and futureResearch Report 1999-8, Division of Biostatistics, University of Minnesota, 1999To appear J. Amer. Statist. Assoc.
- rr99-006.pdf Zhu, L. and Carlin, B.P.Comparing hierarchical models for spatio-temporally misaligned data using the DIC criterionResearch Report 1999-6, Division of Biostatistics, University of Minnesota, 1999To appear Statistics in Medicine.
- rr99-001.pdf Carlin, B.P. and Stern, H.S.Designing a College Football Playoff SystemResearch Report 1999-1, Division of Biostatistics, University of Minnesota, 1999To appear Chance.
- rr98-024.pdf Zhu, L., Carlin, B.P., English, P. and Scalf, R.Hierarchical modeling of spatio-temporally misaligned data: relating traffic density to pediatric asthma hospitalizations.Research Report 1998-24, Division of Biostatistics, University of Minnesota, 1998To appear Environmetrics
- rr98-013.pdf Johnson, B., Carlin, B.P., and Hodges, J.S.Cross-study hierarchical modeling of stratified clinical trial data’Research Report 1998-13, Division of Biostatistics, University of Minnesota, 1998To appear J. Biopharmaceutical Statistics.
- rr98-010.pdf Waller, L.A., Louis, T.A. and Carlin, B.P.Environmental justice and statistical summaries of differences in exposure distributionsResearch Report 1998-10, Division of Biostatistics, University of Minnesota, 1998To appear J. Exposure Analysis and Environmental Epidemiology.
- rr98-009.pdf Spiegelhalter, D.J., Best, N.G., and Carlin, B.P.Bayesian deviance, the effective number of parameters, and the comparison of arbitrarily complex modelsResearch Report 1998-9, Division of Biostatistics, University of Minnesota, 1998Submitted to J. Roy. Statist. Soc., Ser. B .
- rr98-007.pdf Carlin, B.P. and Xia, H.Assessing Environmental Justice using Bayesian Hierarchical Models: Two Case StudiesResearch Report 1998-7, Division of Biostatistics, University of Minnesota, 1998To appear J. Exposure Analysis and Environmental Epidemiology
- rr97-019.pdf Carlin, B.P. and Hodges, J.S.Hierarchical proportional hazards regression models for highly stratified dataResearch Report 1997-19, Division of Biostatistics, University of Minnesota, 1997To appear Biometrics.
- rr97-011.pdf Carlin, B.P., Xia, H., Devine, O., Tolbert, P. and Mulholland, J.Spatio-temporal hierarchical models for analyzing Atlanta pediatric asthma ER visit rates.Research Report 1997-11, Division of Biostatistics, University of Minnesota, 1997To appear Case Studies in Bayesian Statistics, Volume IV
- rr97-010.pdf Heyd, J.M. and Carlin, B.P.Adaptive design improvements in the continual reassessment method for phase I studiesResearch Report 1997-10, Division of Biostatistics, University of Minnesota, 1997Submitted to Statistics in Medicine
- rr97-008.pdf Chib, S. and Carlin, B.P.On MCMC sampling in hierarchical longitudinal modelsResearch Report 1997-8, Division of Biostatistics, University of Minnesota, 1997To appear Statistics and Computing
- rr97-001.pdf Kass, R.E., Carlin, B.P., Gelman, A., and Neal, R.M.Markov Chain Monte Carlo in Practice: A Roundtable Discussion,Research Report 1997-1, Division of Biostatistics, University of Minnesota, 1997The American Statistician, 52, 93-100, 1998.
- rr96-012.pdf Xia, H. and Carlin, B.P.Spatio-temporal models with errors in covariates: Mapping Ohio lung cancer ratesResearch Report 1996-12, Division of Biostatistics, University of Minnesota, 1996To appear Statistics in Medicine , 1998.
- rr96-010.pdf Waller, L.A., Carlin, B.P., and Xia, H.Structuring correlation within hierarchical spatio-temporal models for disease ratesResearch Report 1996-10, Division of Biostatistics, University of Minnesota, 1996In Modelling Longitudinal and Spatially Correlated Data, eds. T.G. Gregoire et al., New York:
- rr96-008.pdf Waller, L.A., Louis, T.A., and Carlin, B.P.Statistical issues in GIS assessments of environmental justiceResearch Report 1996-8, Division of Biostatistics, University of Minnesota, 1996Submitted to J. Exposure Analysis and Environmental Epidemiology.
- rr96-007.pdf Breiter, D. and Carlin, B.P.How to play office pools if you must: Maximizing expected gain in tournament modelsResearch Report 1996-7, Division of Biostatistics, University of Minnesota, 1996 Chance , 10, 5-11, 1997.
- rr96-006.pdf Waller, L.A., Louis, T.A. and Carlin, B.P.,Bayes methods for combining disease and exposure data in assessing environmental justice.Research Report 1996-6, Division of Biostatistics, University of Minnesota, 1996in Environmental and Ecological Statistics, 1997, 4 , 267-281.
- rr96-005.pdf Ghosh, M., Natarajan, K., Stroud, T.W.F. and Carlin, B.P.,Generalized linear models for small area estimation.Research Report 1996-5, Division of Biostatistics, University of Minnesota, 1996J. Amer. Statist. Assoc, 93, 273–282, 1998.
- rr96-004.pdf Carlin, B.P., Kadane, J.B. and Gelfand, A.E.,Approaches for Optimal Sequential Decision Analysis in Clinical Trials.Research Report 1996-4, Division of Biostatistics, University of Minnesota, 1996To appear Biometrics.
- rr95-011.pdf Xia, H., Carlin, B.P., and Waller, L.A.,Hierarchical models for mapping Ohio lung cancer rates.gResearch Report 1995-11, Division of Biostatistics, University of Minnesota, 1995Environmetrics, 8, 107-120, 1997.
- rr95-005.pdf Waller, L.A., Carlin, B.P., Xia, H., and Gelfand, A.E.,Hierarchical spatio-temporal mapping of disease rates.gResearch Report 1995-5, Division of Biostatistics, University of Minnesota, 1995To appear J. Amer. Statist. Assoc., 1997.
- rr95-001.pdf Carlin, B.P. and Sargent, D.J.,Robust Bayesian approaches for clinical trial monitoring.gResearch Report 1995-1, Division of Biostatistics, University of Minnesota, 1995Statistics in Medicine, 15, 1093–1106, 1996.
- rr94-008.pdf and rr94-008figs.ps.Z Cowles, M.K., and Carlin, B.P.,Markov chain Monte Carlo convergence diagnostics: A comparative review.Research Report 1994-8, Division of Biostatistics, University of Minnesota, 1994J. Amer. Statist. Assoc., 91, 883-904, 1996.
- rr94-007.pdf Carlin, B.P. and Goldman, A.I.,Bayesian evaluation of CD4 count as a surrogate endpoint in patients with advanced HIV infection.Research Report 1994-7, Division of Biostatistics, University of Minnesota, 1994
- rr94-006.pdf Ghosh, M., Carlin, B.P. and Srivastava, M.S.,Probability matching priors for linear calibration,Research Report 1994-6, Division of Biostatistics, University of Minnesota, 1994Test, 4, 333-357, 1995.
- rr94-004.pdf Carlin, B.P.,Improved NCAA basketball tournament modeling via point spread and team strength information,Research Report 1994-4, Division of Biostatistics, University of Minnesota, 1994The American Statistician, 50, 39-43, 1996.
- rr94-002.pdf Gelfand, A.E., Sahu, S.K., and Carlin, B.P.,Efficient parametrizations for generalized linear mixed models (with discussion)Research Report 1994-2, Division of Biostatistics, University of Minnesota, 1994In Bayesian Statistics 5, eds. J.M. Bernardo, J.O. Berger, A.P. Dawid and A.F.M. Smith, Oxfor
- rr94-001.pdf and rr94-001figs.ps.Z Gelfand, A.E., Sahu, S.K., and Carlin, B.P.,Efficient parametrizations for normal linear mixed models,Research Report 1994-1, Division of Biostatistics, University of Minnesota, 1994Biometrika, 82, 479-488, 1995.
- rr93-011.pdf Carlin, B.P.,Hierarchical longitudinal modeling with application to HIV progression,Research Report 1993-11, Division of Biostatistics, University of Minnesota, 1993In Practical Markov Chain Monte Carlo, eds. W. Gilks, S. Richardson, and D. Spiegelhalter, Lo
- rr93-001.pdf Carlin, B.P. and Louis, T.A.,Identifying prior distributions that produce specific decisions, with application to monitoring clinical trials,Research Report 1993-1, Division of Biostatistics, University of Minnesota, 1993In Bayesian Statistics and Econometrics: Essays in Honor of Arnold Zellner, eds. D. Berry, K.
Tsz Chun “Kelvin” Choi M.P.H., Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
School of Public HealthDivision of Epidemiology & Community Health
Biography
- Ph.D. in Epidemiology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
- M.P.H. in Community Health Education, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
- B.Sc. (Hons.) in Physiotherapy, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong
Kelvin Choi received his Ph.D. in epidemiology at the University of Minnesota with a focus in social and behavioral epidemiology. He was also invited to participate in NIH’s Institute on Systems Science and Health and Training Institute for Dissemination and Implementation Research in Health. He worked as a research associate at the Division of Epidemiology and Community Health at the University of Minnesota. Since his doctoral training, he has been interested in marketing and counter-marketing of health risk behaviors. His doctoral thesis focused on the longitudinal trajectories of perceived exposure to smoking in movies and their effect on smoking behaviors among adolescent. His recent research includes examining young adults’ awareness, perceptions and use of new tobacco products (e.g., snus, electronic cigarettes), and the influence of cigarette coupons on smoking behaviors. In terms of counter-marketing health risk behaviors, he was involved in designing interventions to reduce indoor tanning use among adolescents, and disseminating and implementing evidence-based intervention to promote smoking cessation among blue-collar workers.
Professional Experience
- 2013-present, Assistant Professor, Division of Epidemiology and Community Health, University of Minnesota
- 2010-2013, Research Associate, Division of Epidemiology and Community Health, University of Minnesota
Honors
- 2013 – Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco New Investigator Award
- 2010 – Delta Omega Honorary Society in Public Health
- 2010 – Council of Graduate Students Leadership Award
- 2009 – Lester Breslow Scholar Award
Research Projects
Increasing the use of smoking cessation benefits by unionized blue collar and service sector workers
Funded by ClearWay Minnesota, this is a collaboration of labor union representatives and faculty at the William Mitchell College of Law and the University of Minnesota to develop a health communication intervention to increase the use of smoking cessation benefits among participants of Taft-Hartley fund.
Role: Co-investigator 2012-present
Minnesota Adolescent Community Cohort Study
R01 awarded by the National Cancer Institute to Principal Investigator Jean Forster, Ph.D., to study the effects of the state and local tobacco control policy and changes in smoking patterns in adolescents and young adults.
Role: Co-investigator 2012-present
Minnesota Adult Tobacco Survey Cohort Study
The goal of the study is to provide detailed information about tobacco use that helps public and private sector organizations develop effective tobacco reduction strategies. Subcontract to ClearWayTM Minnesota.
Role: Co-investigator 2010-2012
Increasing the use of smoking cessation benefits by unionized blue collar and service sector workers
Funded by ClearWay Minnesota, this is a collaboration of labor union representatives and faculty at the William Mitchell College of Law and the University of Minnesota to develop a health communication intervention to increase the use of smoking cessation benefits among participants of Taft-Hartley fund.
Role: Co-investigator 2012-present
Minnesota Adolescent Community Cohort Study
R01 awarded by the National Cancer Institute to Principal Investigator Jean Forster, Ph.D., to study the effects of the state and local tobacco control policy and changes in smoking patterns in adolescents and young adults.
Role: Co-investigator 2012-present
Minnesota Adult Tobacco Survey Cohort Study
The goal of the study is to provide detailed information about tobacco use that helps public and private sector organizations develop effective tobacco reduction strategies. Subcontract to ClearWayTM Minnesota.
Role: Co-investigator 2010-2012
Selected Publications
- Lazovich, D., Choi, K., Rolnick, C., Jackson, J., Forster, J., Southwell, B. An intervention to decrease adolescent indoor tanning: a multi-method pilot study. Journal of Adolescent Health. In press.
- Choi, K., Fabian, L.E.A., Brock, B., Engman, K, Janson, J. Availability and youth snus sales in a large Minnesota city. Tobacco Control. 2013. DOI: 10.1136/tobaccocontrol-2012-050719.
- Choi, K., Hennrikus, D., Forster, J.L., Moilanen, M. Receipt and redemption of cigarette coupons, perceptions of cigarette companies, and smoking cessation. Tobacco Control. 2012. DOI: 10.1136/tobaccocontrol-2012-050539. PMID: 23047886
- Choi, K., Forster, J. Awareness, perceptions, and use of snus among young adults from the upper Midwest region of the USA. Tobacco Control. 2012. DOI:10.1136/tobaccocontrol-2011-050383. PMID: 22821750
- Choi, K., Forster, J. Characteristics associated with awareness, perceptions, and use of electronic nicotine delivery systems among young US Midwestern adults. American Journal of Public Health. 2013; 103(3):556-561. DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2012.300947. PMID: 23327246.
- Weisman, S.R., Hennrikus, D., Choi, K., Nunn, B., Forster, J.L., Hunt, M.K., Skoog, R., Luneburg, W., Hesse, B. Influencing Taft-Hartley funds to provide tobacco cessation benefits. American Journal of Preventive Medicine. 2012; 43(5S3), S237-S241. PMID: 23079222
- Bernet, D., Choi, K., Erickson, D., Lenk, K., Forster, J. Minnesota’s comprehensive statewide smokefree law: short-term effects on young adults. American Journal of Preventive Medicine. 2012; 43(5S3), S156-S162. PMID: 23079212
- Lazovich, D., Choi, K., Isaksson, R. Time to get serious about skin cancer prevention. Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers and Prevention. 2012; 21(11), 1893-1901. DOI:10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-12-0616. PMID: 22962407
- Choi, K., Fabian, L., Mottey, N., Corbett, A., Forster, J. Young adults’ favorable perceptions of snus, dissolvable tobacco products and electronic cigarettes: Findings from a focus group study. American Journal of Public Health. 2012; 102(11), 2088-2093. DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2011.300525. PMID: 22813086
Jon B. Christianson Ph.D.
Professor and James A. Hamilton Chair
School of Public HealthDivision of Health Policy & Management
Biography
Jon Christianson holds the James A. Hamilton Chair in Health Management in the Health Policy and Management. His research specialties include evaluation of treatment processes, competition and competitive health care markets, health insurance, and financial incentives in health care. His current research interests include the public performing of provider performance, employer strategies for purchasing health care, implementation of evidence- based treatment processes in health care organizations, and tracking change in health care markets.
- PhD, Economics, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1974
- MS, Economics, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1972
- BA, Mathematics and Economics, St. Olaf College, 1968
Professional Experience:
- 2002-Present, Synthesis Project Advisory Group, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation;
- 2007 Chair, Academy Health Annual Research Meeting;
- 1994 Co-Chairperson, Seventh Biennial Research Conference on the Economics of Mental Health;
- 1998-2000, Subcommittee on Maximizing the Value of Health Investments, Committee on Quality of Health Care in America, Institute of Medicine, National Academy of Sciences;
- Current member of IOM/NAS Board on Health Services and also Committiee on Geographic Adjustments in Medicare Payments;
- Current editorial appointments: Journal of Health Administration Education; American Journal of Managed Care
Honors:
- 1995, Recipient, Annual Research Award, National Institute for Healthcare Management
Research Interests:
Competition and competitive healthcare markets, health insurance, financial incentives in healthcare, public reporting, employer strategies for purchasing healthcare, implementation of evidence-based treatment processes in healthcare organizations, and tracking change in healthcare markets.
Selected Publications:
- Christianson, J. B., Warrick, J. H., Finch, M., & Jonas, W., “Physician Communication with Patients: Research Findings and Challenges,” Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 2012.
- Powell, A. A., White, K. M., Partin, M. R., Halek, K., Christianson, J. B., et al. ”Unintended Consequences of Implementing a National Performance Measurement System into Local Practice,” Journal of General Internal Medicine, Vol. 27, No. 4 (2012), PP. 405-412.
- Alexander, J. A., Hearld, L. R., Christianson, Jon. B., Hasnain-Wynia, R., & Martsolf, G. R, “Consumer Trust in Sources of Physician Quality Information,” Medical Care Research and Review, Vol. 68, No. 4 (2011), pp. 421-440.
- Christianson, Jon B. and Douglas Conrad, “Provider Payment and Incentives,” Oxford Handbook of Health Economics , Oxford University Press, 2011, pp. 624-628.
- Adair, Richard, Christianson, Jon B, Wholey, Douglas, White, Katie M., Town, Robert, Lee, Suhna, Britt, Heather, Lund, Peter, Lukasewycz, Anya, and Elumba, Deborah, “Care Guides. Employing Nonclinical Laypersons to Health Primary Care Teams Manage Chronic Disease,” Journal of Ambulatory Care Management, Vol. 35, No. 1 (2011), pp. 1-11.
- Christianson, Jon B., Karen Volmar, Jeffrey Alexander, and Dennis P. Scanlon, “A Report Card on Provider Report Cards: Current Status of the Health Care Transparency Movement,” Journal of General Internal Medicine, Vol. 25, No. 11 (November 2010), pp. 1235-1241.
- Alexander, Jeffrey A., Jon B. Christianson, Larry R. Hearld, Robert Hurley, and Dennis P. Scanlon, “Challenges of Capacity Building in Multi-sector Community Health Alliances,” Health Education and Behavior, Vol. 37, No. 5 (October, 2010), pp. 645-663.
- Christianson, Jon B. “Foreward, Special Supplemental Issue: Interventions to Improve Care Delivery,” guest editor, Medical Care Research and Review, Supplement to Vol. 66 (December 2009), pp. 3S-4S.
- Sutherland, Kim, Jon B. Christianson and Sheila Leatherman, “Impact of Targeted Financial Incentives on Personal Health Behavior: A Review of the Literature,” Medical Care Research and Review, Supplement to Vol. 65, No. 6 (December 2008), pp. 36S-78S.
- Christianson, Jon B., Sheila Leatherman and Kim Sutherland, “Lessons from Evaluations of Purchaser Pay-for-Performance Programs: A Review of the Evidence,” Medical Care Research and Review, Supplement to Vol. 65, No. 6 (December 2008), pp. 5S-35S.
- Scanlon, Dennis, Richard Lindrooth and Jon B. Christianson, “Steering Patients to Safer Hospitals? The Effect of a Tiered Hospital Network on Hospital Admissions,” HSR: Health Services Research Vol. 43, No. 5, Part II (October 2008), pp. 1849-1867.
- Christianson, Jon B., Paul Ginsburg and Deborah Draper, “The Transition from Managed Care to Consumerism: A Community-Level Status Report,” Health Affairs Vol. 27, No. 5 (September/October 2008), pp. 1362-1370.
- Scanlon, Dennis, Jon B. Christianson, and Eric Ford, “Hospital Responses to the Leapfrog Group in Local Markets,” Medical Care Research and Review Vol. 65, No. 2 (2008), pp. 207-231.
Biography
Ph.D., 2003, Biostatistics, Emory University. Research topics include: Statistical methods on the design and analyses of continuous biomarker assay data; Latent class modeling for multiple diagnostic tests; Statistical methods for mismeasured and missing data.
- M.D., 1995, Preventive Medicine, West China University of Medical Sciences, China
- M.S., 2002, Biostatistics, Emory University
- Ph.D., 2003, Biostatistics, Emory University
Professional Experience:
- 2010–present: Associate Professor, Division of Biostatistics, The University of Minnesota at Twin Cities
- 2008–2010: Co-Director of Center for AIDS Research Biostatistics Core, UNC-Chapel Hill
- 2007–2010: Research Associate Professor, Department of Biostatistics, UNC-Chapel Hill
- 2003–2007: Assistant Professor, Department of Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
- 1998–2003: Biostatistician, Emory Center of Outcomes Research, Emory University
Full CV
Research Interests:
Statistical methods on the design and analyses of continuous biomarker assay data; Latent class modeling for multiple diagnostic tests; Statistical methods for mismeasured and missing data; Statistical methods for correlated data; statistical methods in survival data analysis and epidemiological research. His application research interests focus on HIV/AIDS, cancer, cardiovascular disease and injury prevention.
Research Projects
Source attribution for human toxoplasmosis in communities from southern Chile
Principal Investigator: Claudia A. Munoz-Zanzi
Investigators: Haitao Chu
Funding Agency: Global Spotlight – University of Minnesota
A study to evaluate the accuracy of a diagnostic algorithm for detection of oocyst-specific antibodies and development of a risk assessment model for source attribution
Statistical Methods and Software for Meta-Analysis of Diagnostic Tests”
Principal Investigator: Haitao Chu
Funding Agency: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
Statistical Methods for Cancer Clinical Trials
Principal Investigator: Haitao Chu
Funding Agency: The Univ. of N. Carolina at Chapel Hill
Statistical Methods for Cancer Clinical Trials
Selected Publications:
- Chu H, Chen S, Louis TA. Random Effects Models in a Meta-analysis of the Accuracy of Two Diagnostic Tests without a Gold Standard. Journal of the American Statistical Association 2009,Volume 104 (No. 486): 512-523. PMC2701906.
- Chu H, Nie L, Cole SR, Poole C. Meta-analysis of Diagnostic Accuracy Studies Accounting for Disease Prevalence: Alternative Parameterizations and Model Selection, Statistics in Medicine, 2009; 28: 2384–2399.
- Chu H, Cole SR, Wei Y, Ibrahim JG. Estimation and inference for case-control studies with multiple non-gold standard exposure assessments: with an occupational health application, Biostatistics, 2009; 10 (4): 591-602.
- Chu H, Gange SJ, Li X, Hoover DR, Liu C, Chmiel JS, Jacobson LP. The effect of HAART on HIV RNA trajectory among treatment-naïve men and women: a segmental Bernoulli/Lognormal random effects model with left censoring, Epidemiology 2010, 21: S25-34.
- Chu H, Zhou Y, Cole SR, Ibrahim JG. On the estimation of disease prevalence by latent class models for screening Studies using two binary screening tests with categorical disease status verified in test positives only, Statistics in Medicine, 2010, 29: 1206-1218.
- Chu H, Guo H, Zhou Y. Bivariate Random Effects Meta-analysis of Diagnostic Studies Using Generalized Linear Mixed Models. Medical Decision Making 2010, 30: 499–508.
- Chu H, Cole SR. The estimation of risk ratios in cohort studies with common outcomes: a Bayesian approach, Epidemiology 2010, 21(6): 855-62.
- Chu H, Nie L, Cole SR. The Estimation of the Relative Excess Risk Due to Interaction: A Bayesian Approach, Epidemiology 2010, in press.
Biography
Tim Church earned an M.S. and Ph.D. from the University of Minnesota. He conducts research on mass screening for cancer and other chronic diseases, and identification and treatment of cardiac arrhythmia with implantable devices. He is currently conducting the National Lung Screening Trial; the Prostate, Lung, Ovarian, and Prostate Cancer Screening Trial; the pilot study for the National Colonoscopy Trial; a study of risk factors for prostate cancer; two trials of chemoprevention of polyps; a study of familial colon cancer; and a study of colorectal cancer screening promotion. He teaches Occupational Epidemiology and a doctoral seminar on causal inference.
- University of Minnesota, Doctor of Philosophy, Biostatistics, August 1984.
- University of Minnesota, Master of Science, Biometry and Health Information Systems, March 1979.
- Augustana College, Bachelor of Arts, Mathematics, June 1974.
- Shattuck School, Faribault, Minnesota, Secondary School, June 1968.
Professional Experience:
- July 2005- present, Professor, Division of Environmental Health Sciences, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota.
- July 1996-June 2005, Associate Professor, Division of Environmental Health Sciences, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota.
- Oct 1993-July 1996, Director, Tachyarrhythmia Clinical Studies Center, Tachyarrhythmia Management Business, Medtronic, Inc.
- May 1992-July 1996, Senior Research Associate, Environmental and Occupational Health, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota.
- Jan 1987-May 1992, Research Associate, Environmental and Occupational Health, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota.
- July 1982-Jan 1987, Manager of Biometry, Clinical Operations Department, Medtronic, Inc.
- July 1980-July 1982, Biometrician, Biometry Group, Clinical Operations Department, Medtronic, Inc.
- July 1978-July 1980, Research Fellow, Division of Biometry, University of Minnesota.
- July 1974-July 1980, Statistical and Data Processing Analyst, Department of Graduate Studies in Pharmacy Administration, University of Minnesota.
- January 1976-July 1980, Data Processing Consultant, Curriculum Management Information System of the Office of Student Affairs, College of Pharmacy, University of Minnesota.
- February 1974-July 1974, Teaching Assistant, Department of Mathematics, Augustana College.
Honors:
- Delta Omega Public Health Honorary Society, 1984.
- Sigma Xi Honor Society, 1980.
- Arthur B. Cohn Scholarship for Outstanding Freshmen, Rice University, 1968.
- American Mathematics Association Award, 1967 and 1968.
- Cum Laude, 1968.
- Renssalaer Polytechnic Institute Award for Mathematics and Science, 1967.
Research Interests:
Design, management, and analysis of clinical trials and environmental and occupational epidemiological studies, especially in the areas of screening for and prevention and etiology of cancer and cardiovascular disease; methods to incorporate model uncertainty into epidemiologic studies, mathematical representations of causal models, adjusting treatment effects for compliance in clinical trials, predictive probabilities for sudden cardiac death, and bias in observational studies of screening.
Selected Publications:
- Shebl FM, Sakoda LC, Black A, Koshiol J, Andriole GL, Grubb R, Church TR, Chia D, Zhou C, Chu LW, Huang WY, Peters U, Kirsh VA, Chatterjee N, Leitzmann MF, Hayes RB, Hsing AW. “Aspirin but not ibuprofen use is associated with reduced risk of prostate cancer: a PLCO Study.”British Journal of Cancer. 2012 Jun 26;107(1):207-14. Epub 2012 Jun 21.
- Taylor KL, Luta G, Miller AB, Church TR, Kelly SP, Muenz LR, Davis KM, Dawson DL, Edmond SN, Reding D, Mabie JE, Riley TL. “Long-term disease-specific functioning among prostate cancer survivors and non-cancer controls in the Prostate, Lung, Colorectal, and Ovarian Cancer Screening Trial (PLCO).” Journal of Clinical Oncology. 2012 Jun 25. [Epub ahead of print].
- Schoen RE, Pinsky PF, Weissfeld JL, Yokochi LA, Church T, Laiyemo AO, Bresalier R, Andriole GL, Buys SS, Crawford ED, Fouad MN, Isaacs C, Johnson CC, Reding DJ, O’Brien B, CarrickDM, Wright P, Riley TL, Purdue MP, Izmirlian G, Kramer BS, Miller AB, Gohagan JK, Prorok PC, Berg CD; PLCO Project Team. “Colorectal-cancer incidence and mortality with screening flexible sigmoidoscopy.” New England Journal of Medicine. 2012 Jun 21;366(25):2345-57. Epub 2012 May 21.
- Olsen GW, Lange CC, Ellefson ME, Mair DC, Church TR, Goldberg CL, Herron RM, Medhdizadehkashi Z, Nobiletti JB, Rios JA, Reagen WK, Zobel LR. “Temporal trends of perfluoroalkyl concentrations in American Red Cross adult blood donors, 2000-2010.”Environmental Science & Technology. 2012 Jun 5;46(11):6330-8. Epub 2012 May 11.
- Fang G, Haznadar M, Wang W, Yu H, Steinbach M, Church TR, Oetting WS, Van Ness B, Kumar V. “High-order SNP combinations associated with complex diseases: efficient discovery, statistical power and functional interactions.” PLoS One. 2012;7(4):e33531. Epub 2012 Apr 19. PMCID: PMC3334940.
- Schoen RE, Pinsky PF, Weissfeld JL, Yokochi LA, Church T, Laiyemo AO, Bresalier R, Hickey T, Riley T, Prorok PC. “Colorectal cancers not detected by screening flexible sigmoidoscopy in the Prostate, Lung, Colorectal, and Ovarian Cancer Screening Trial.” Gastrointestinal Endoscopy. 2012 Mar;75(3):612-20.
- Weissfeld JL, Schoen RE, Pinsky PF, Bresalier RS, Doria-Rose VP, Laiyemo AO, Church T, Yokochi LA, Yurgalevitch S, Rathmell J, Andriole GL, Buys S, Crawford ED, Fouad M, Isaacs C, Lamerato L, Reding D, Prorok PC, Berg CD. PLCO Project Team. “Flexible sigmoidoscopy in the randomized prostate, lung, colorectal, and ovarian (PLCO) cancer screening trial: added yield from a second screening examination.” Journal of the National Cancer Institute. 104(4):280-9, 2012 Feb 22.
- Andriole GL, Crawford ED, Grubb RL 3rd, Buys SS, Chia D, Church TR, Fouad MN, Isaacs C, Kvale PA, Reding DJ, Weissfeld JL, Yokochi LA, O’Brien B, Ragard LR, Clapp JD, Rathmell JM, Riley TL, Hsing AW, Izmirlian G, Pinsky PF, Kramer BS, Miller AB, Gohagan JK, Prorok PC, for the PLCO Project Team. “Prostate cancer screening in the randomized Prostate, Lung, Colorectal, and Ovarian Cancer Screening Trial: mortality results after 13 years of follow-up.” Journal of the National Cancer Institute. 2012 Jan 18;104(2):125-132. Epub 2012 Jan 6. PMCID: PMC3260132 [Available on 2013/1/18]
- Flammang D, Church TR, De Roy L, Blanc JJ, Leroy J, Mairesse GH, Otmani A, Graux PJ, Frank R, Purnode P; ATP Multicenter Study. “Treatment of unexplained syncope: A multicenter, randomized trial of cardiac pacing guided by adenosine 5′-triphosphate testing.” Circulation. 2012 Jan 3;125(1):31-6. Epub 2011 Nov 15.
- Anderson KE, Mongin SJ, Sinha R, Stolzenberg-Solomon R, Gross MD, Ziegler RG, Mabie JE, Risch A, Kazin SS, Church TR. “Pancreatic cancer risk: associations with meat-derived carcinogen intake in the Prostate, Lung, Colorectal, and Ovarian Cancer Screening Trial (PLCO) cohort.” Molecular Carcinogenesis. 2012 Jan;51(1):128-37.
- Nachreiner NM, Gerberich SG, Ryan AD, Erkal S, McGovern PM, Church TR, Mongin SJ, Feda DM. “Risk of physical assault against school educators with histories of occupational and other violence: A case-control study.” Work. 2012 Jan 1;42(1):39-46.
- Oken MM, Hocking WG, Kvale PA, Andriole GL, Buys SS, Church TR, Crawford ED, Fouad MN, Isaacs C, Reding DJ, Weissfeld JL, Yokochi LA, O’Brien B, Ragard LR, Rathmell JM, Riley TL, Wright P, Caparaso N, Hu P, Izmirlian G, Pinsky PF, Prorok PC, Kramer BS, Miller AB, Gohagan JK, Berg CD; PLCO Project Team. “Screening by chest radiograph and lung cancer mortality: the Prostate, Lung, Colorectal, and Ovarian (PLCO) randomized trial.” Journal of the American Medical Association. 2011 Nov 2;306(17):1865-73. Epub 2011 Oct 26.
- Olsen GW, Ellefson ME, Mair DC, Church TR, Goldberg CL, Herron RM, Medhdizadehkashi Z, Nobiletti JB, Rios JA, Reagen WK, Zobel LR. “Analysis of a homologous series of perfluorocarboxylates from American Red Cross adult blood donors, 2000-2001 and 2006.”Environmental Science and Technology. 2011 Oct 1;45(19):8022-9. Epub 2011 Apr 29.
- Aberle DR, Adams AM, Berg CD, Black WC, Clapp JD, Fagerstrom RM, Gareen IF, Gatsonis C, Marcus PM, Sicks JD for The National Lung Screening Trial Research Team. “Reduced lung-cancer mortality with low-dose computed tomographic screening.” New England Journal of Medicine. 2011 Aug 4;365(5):395-409. Epub 2011 Jun 29.
National Lung Screening Trial Research Team / National Lung Screening Trial Executive Committee: Aberle DR, Berg CD, Black WC, Church TR, Fagerstrom RM, Galen B, Gareen IF, Gatsonis C, Goldin JG, Gohagan JK, Hillman B, Jacobs PM, Jaffe C, Kramer BS, Lynch D, Marcus PM, Schnall M, Sullivan DC, Sullivan D, Tatum JL, Zylak CJ - Tammemagi CM, Pinsky PF, Caporaso NE, Kvale PA, Hocking WG, Church TR, Riley TL, Commins J, Oken MM, Berg CD, Prorok PC. “Lung cancer risk prediction: prostate, lung, colorectal and ovarian cancer screening trial models and validation.” Journal of the National Cancer Institute. 2011 Jul 6;103(13):1058-68. Epub 2011 May 23.
- Buys SS, Partridge E, Black A, Johnson CC, Lamerato L, Isaacs C, Reding DJ, Greenlee RT, Yokochi LA, Kessel B, Crawford ED, Church TR, Andriole GL, Weissfeld JL, Fouad MN, Chia D, O’Brien B, Ragard LR, Clapp JD, Rathmell JM, Riley TL, Hartge P, Pinsky PF, Zhu CS, Izmirlian G, Kramer BS, Miller AB, Xu JL, Prorok PC, Gohagan JK, Berg CD; PLCO Project Team. “Effect of screening on ovarian cancer mortality: the Prostate, Lung, Colorectal and Ovarian (PLCO) Cancer Screening Randomized Controlled Trial.” Journal of the American Medical Association. 2011 Jun 8;305(22):2295-303.
- Olsen GW, Ellefson ME, Mair DC, Church TR, Goldberg CL, Herron RM, Medhdizadehkashi Z, Nobiletti JB, Rios JA, Reagen WK, Zobel LR. “Analysis of a homologous series of perfluorocarboxylates from American Red Cross adult blood donors, 2000-2001 and 2006.”Environmental Science and Technology. 2011 Apr 29. [Epub ahead of print]
- Gerberich SG, Nachreiner NM, Ryan AD, Church TR, McGovern PM, Geisser MS, Mongin SJ, Watt GD, Feda DM, Sage SK, Pinder ED. “Violence against educators: a population-based study.”Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine. 2011 Mar;53(3):294-302.
- Shaukat A, Grau Sepulveda M, Church TR, Baxter G, Barry E, Summers RW, and Baron JA. “Serum salicylate levels and risk of recurrent of colorectal adenomas.” Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention. 2011 Apr;20(4):679-82. Epub 2011 Feb 9.
- Aberle DR, Berg CD, Black WC, Church TR, Fagerstrom RM, Galen B, Gareen IF, Gatsonis C, Goldin J, Gohagan JK, Hillman B, Jaffe C, Kramer BS, Lynch D, Marcus PM, Schnall M, Sullivan DC, Sullivan D, and Zylak CJ. “The National Lung Screening Trial: overview and study design.”Radiology. 2011 Jan;258(1):243-53. Epub 2010 Nov 2.
- National Lung Screening Trial Research Team, Aberle DR, Adams AM, Berg CD, Clapp JD, Clingan KL, Gareen IF, Lynch DA, Marcus PM, Pinsky PF. “Baseline characteristics of participants in the randomized National Lung Screening Trial.” Journal of the National Cancer Institute. 2010 Dec 1;102(23):1771-9. Epub 2010 Nov 22. PubMed Central ID (PMCID): PMC2994863
Collaborators (87): Aberle DR, Berg CD, Black WC, Church TR, Fagerstrom RM, Galen B, Gareen IF, Gatsonis C, Goldin J, Gohagan JK, Hillman B, Jaffe C, Kramer BS, Lynch DA, Marcus PM, Schnall M, Sullivan DC, Sullivan D, Zylak CJ, Berg CD, Aberle DR, Fagerstrom RM, Gatsonis C, Gareen IF, Marcus PM, Cagnon C, Cody D, Fletcher G, Flynn MJ, Judy PF, Kruger R, Larke FJ, McNitt-Gray M, Payne T, Seibert JA, Wu X, Abbott G, Aberle DR, Amorosa JK, Barr RG, Black WC, Boiselle PM, Chiles C, Clark R, Coppage L, Falk R, Fishman EK, Gemmel D, Goldin JG, Goodman E, Hart EM, Hazelton T, Johnson E, Judy PF, Kazerooni E, McComb B, McLennan G, Munden RF, Ravenel J, Sullivan M, Swensen SJ, Torigian DA, Vydareny KH, Worrell JA, Balkin P, Church TR, Fouad M, Freedman MT, Garg K, Gelmann EP, Gierada DS, Hocking W, Inampudi S, Isaacs C, Kvale P, Lynch D, Mann H, Manor W, Nath H, Reding D, Spizarny DL, Strollo DC, Waltz J, Chen MH, Izmirilian G, Pinsky P, Prorok PC. - Church TR, Haznadar M, Geisser MS, Anderson KE, Caporaso NE, Le C, Abdullah S, Hecht SS, Oken M, Van Ness B. (August 2010, Epub Date) “Interaction of CYP1B1, cigarette-smoke carcinogen metabolism, and lung cancer risk.” International Journal of Molecular Epidemiology and Genetics, 1(4):295-309. PMCID: PMC3076775
- Church TR, Anderson KE, Le C, Zhang Y, Kampa DM, Benoit AR, Yoder AR, Carmella SG, Hecht SS. (June 2010) “Temporal stability of urinary and plasma biomarkers of tobacco smoke exposure among cigarette smokers.” Biomarkers, 15(4):345–52. PMCID: PMC2871960
- Williams QL Jr., Alexander BH, Gerberich SG, Nachreiner NM, Church TR, Ryan A. (Feb 2010) “Bystander injury evaluation of children from midwestern agricultural operations.” Journal of Safety Research, 41(1):31–37.
- Schoen RE, Pinsky PF, Weissfeld JL, Yokochi LA, Reding DJ, Hayes RB, Church T, Yurgalevich S, Doria-Rose VP, Hickey T, Riley T, Berg CD. (Jan 2010) “Utilization of surveillance colonoscopy in community practice.” Gastroenterology, 138(1):73–81.
- Carlson KF, Gerberich SG, Alexander BH, Masten AS, Church TR, Shutske JM, Ryan AD, Renier CM. (2009) “Children’s behavioral traits and risk of injury: Analyses from a case-control study of agricultural households.” Journal of Safety Research, 40(2):97–103
- Grubb RL 3rd, Black A, Izmirlian G, Hickey TP, Pinsky PF, Mabie JE, Riley TL, Ragard LR, Prorok PC, Berg, CD, Crawford ED, Church TR, Andriole Jr GL, for the PLCO Project Team. (2009) “Serum prostate-specific antigen hemodilution among obese men undergoing screening in the Prostate, Lung, Colorectal, and Ovarian Cancer Screening Trial.” Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers and Prevention,18(3):748–51
- Oaks BM, Dodd KW, Meinhold CL, Jiao L, Church TR, Stolzenberg-Solomon RZ. “Folate intake, post-folic acid grain fortification, and pancreatic cancer risk in the Prostate, Lung, Colorectal, and Ovarian (PLCO) Cancer Screening Trial.” American Journal of Clinical Nutrition,2010 February; 91(2): 449–455. PMCID: PMC2806895
- Sage SK, Gerberich SG, Ryan AD, Nachreiner NM, Church TR, Alexander BH, Mongin SJ. (Jan 2010) “School resources, resource allocation, and risk of physical assault against Minnesota educators.” Accident Analysis & Prevention, 42(1):1–9.
- Williams QL, Alexander BH, Gerberich SG, Nachreiner NM, Church TR, Ryan A. (Jan 2010) “Child bystanding: A risk factor for injury and identifying its’ determinants on midwestern agricultural operations.” Accident Analysis & Prevention, 42(1):10–18.
- Shaukat A, Oancea C, Bond JH, Church TR,Allen JI. (2009) “Variation in detection of adenomas and polyps by colonoscopy and change over time with a performance improvement program.”Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology, 7(12):1335–40.
- Lundin JI, Alexander BH, Olsen GW, Church TR. (2009) “Ammonium perfluorooctanoate production and occupational mortality.” Epidemiology,20(6):921–28
- Larson-Bright M, Gerberich SG, Masten AS, Alexander BH, Gurney JG, Church TR, Ryan AD, Renier CM. (2009) “Parents’ safety beliefs and childhood agricultural injury.” American Journal of Industrial Medicine, 52(9):724–33.
- Croswell JM, Kramer BS, Kreimer AR, Prorok PC, Xu JL, Baker SG, Fagerstrom R, Riley TL, Clapp JD, Berg CD, Gohagan JK, Andriole GL, Chia D, Church TR, Crawford ED, Fouad MN, Gelmann EP, Lamerato L, Reding DJ, Schoen RE. “Cumulative incidence of false-positive results in repeated, multimodal cancer screening.” Annals of Family Medicine, 2009 May; 7(3): 212–222. PMCID: PMC2682972
- Andriole GL, Grubb RL 3rd, Buys SS, Chia D, Church TR, Fouad MN, Gelmann EP, Kvale PA, Reding DJ, Weissfeld JL, Yokochi LA, Crawford ED, O’Brien B, Clapp JD, Rathmell JM, Riley TL, Hayes RB, Kramer BS, Izmirlian G, Miller AB, Pinsky PF, Prorok PC, Gohagan JK, Berg CD; for the PLCO Project Team. “Mortality results from a randomized prostate-cancer screening trial.”New England Journal of Medicine, 2009 March 26; 360(13): 1310–1319. PMCID: PMC2944770
- Partridge E, Kreimer AR, Greenlee RT, Williams C, Xu JL, Church TR, Kessel B, Johnson CC, Weissfeld JL, Isaacs C, Andriole GL, Ogden S, Ragard LR, Buys SS; for the PLCO Project Team. “Results from four rounds of ovarian cancer screening in a randomized trial.” Obstetrics and Gynecology, 2009 April; 113(4): 775–782. PMCID: PMC272806
- Martinez ME, Baron JA, Lieberman DA, Schatzkin A, Lanza E, Winawer SJ, Zauber AG, Jiang R, Ahnen DJ, Bond JH, Church TR, Robertson DJ, Smith-Warner SA, Jacobs ET, Alberts DS, Greenberg ER. (2009) “A pooled analysis of advanced colorectal neoplasia diagnoses after colonoscopic polypectomy.” Gastroenterology, 136(3):832–41.
- Pinsky PF, Schoen RE, Weissfeld JL, Church TR, Yokochi LA, Doria-Rose VP, Prorok P. (2009) “The yield of surveillance colonoscopy by adenoma history and time to examination.” Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology, 7(1):86–92.
- Church TR, Anderson KA, Caporaso N, Geisser MS, Le C, Zhang Y, Benoit A, Carmella S, Hecht SS. (2009) “A prospectively measured serum biomarker for a tobacco-specific carcinogen and lung cancer in smokers.” Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers and Prevention,18(1):260–66.
- Grubb RL 3rd, Pinsky PF, Greenlee RT, Izmirlian G, Miller AB, Hickey TP, Riley TL, Mabie JE, Levin DL, Chia D, Kramer BS, Reding DJ, Church TR, Yokochi LA, Kvale PA, Weissfeld JL, Urban DA, Buys SS, Gelmann EP, Ragard LR, Crawford ED, Prorok PC, Gohagan JK, Berg CD, Andriole GL, for the PLCO Project Team. (2008) “Prostate cancer screening in the Prostate, Lung, Colorectal and Ovarian Cancer Screening Trial: Update on findings from the initial four rounds of screening in a randomized trial.” British Journal of Urology International, 102(11):1524–30.
- Olsen GW, Mair DC, Church TR, Ellefson ME, Reagen WK, Boyd TM, Herron RM, Medhdizadekashi Z, Nobiletti JB, Rios JA, Butenhoff JL, Zobel LR. (2008) “Decline in perfluorooctanesulfonate and other polyfluoroalkyl chemicals in American Red Cross adult blood donors, 2000–2006.” Environmental Science & Technology, 42(13):4989–95.
- Cole BF, Baron JA, Sandler RS, Haile RW, Ahnen DJ, Bresalier RS, McKeown-Eyssen G, Summers RW, Rothstein RI, Burke CA, Snover DC, Church TR, Allen JI, Robertson DJ, Beck GJ, Bond JH, Byers T, Mandel JS, Mott LA, Pearson LH, Barry EL, Rees JR, Marcon N, Saibil F, Ueland PM, Greenberg ER; for the Polyp Prevention Group. (2007) “Folic acid for the prevention of colorectal adenomas – A randomized clinical trial.” Journal of the American Medical Association,297(21):2351–59.
- Bailey JJ, Hodges M, Church TR. (2007) “Decision to implant a cardioverter-defibrillator after myocardial infarction: The role of ejection fraction v. other risk factor markers.” Medical Decision Making,27(2):151–160.
- Pinsky PF, Miller A, Kramer BS, Church T, Reding D, Prorok P, Gelmann E, Schoen RE, Buys S, Hayes RB, Berg CD. (2007) “Evidence of a healthy volunteer effect in the Prostate, Lung, Colorectal and Ovarian Cancer Screening Trial.” American Journal of Epidemiology, 165(8):874–81.
- Jones RM, Mongin SJ, Lazovich D, Church TR, Yeazel MW. (2008) “Validity of four self-reported colorectal cancer screening modalities in a general population: Differences over time and by intervention assignment.” Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers and Prevention, 17(4):777–84.
- Gierada DS, Pilgram TK, Ford M, Fagerstrom RM, Church TR, Nath H, Garg K, Strollo DC. (2008) “Lung Cancer: Interobserver agreement on interpretation of pulmonary findings at low-dose CT screening.” Radiology, 246(1):265–72.
- Larson-Bright M, Gerberich SG, Alexander BH, Gurney JG, Masten AS, Church TR, Ryan AD, Renier CM. “Work practices and childhood agricultural injury.” Injury Prevention, 2007 December; 13(6): 409–415. PMCID: PMC2598295
- Tammemagi CM, Freedman MT, Church TR, Oken MM, Hocking WG, Kvale PA, Hu P, Riley TL, Ragard LR, Prorok PC, Berg CD. (2007) “Factors associated with human small aggressive non-small cell lung cancer.” Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers and Prevention,16(10):2082–89.
- Nachreiner NM, Hansen HE, Okano A, Gerberich SG, Ryan AD, McGovern PM, Church TR, Watt GD. (2007) “Difference in work-related violence related to nurse license type.” Journal of Professional Nursing, 23(5):290–300.
- Jurek AM, Maldonado G, Greenland S, Church TR. (2007) “Uncertainty analysis: An example of its application to estimating survey proportion.” Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, 2007 July; 61(7): 650–654. PMCID: PMC2465740
- Berndt SI, Huang W-Y, Fallin MD, Helzlsouer KJ, Platz EA, Weissfeld JL, Church TR, Welch R, Chanock SJ, Hayes RB. (2007) “Genetic variation in base excision repair genes and the prevalence of advanced colorectal adenoma.” Cancer Research,67(3):1395–1404.
- Grau MV, Baron JA, Sandler RS, Wallace K, Haile RW, Church TR, Beck GJ, Summers RW, Barry EL, Cole BF, Snover D, Rothstein R, Mandel JS. (2007) “Prolonged effect of calcium supplementation on risk of colorectal adenomas in a randomized trial.” Journal of the National Cancer Institute, 99(2):129–136.
- Greaves IA, Sexton K, Blumenthal MN, Church TR, Adgate JL, Ramachandran G, Fredrickson AL, Ryan AD, Geisser MS. (2007) “Asthma, atopy, and lung function among racially diverse, poor inner-urban Minneapolis schoolchildren.” Environmental Research,103(1):257–66.
- Jurek AM, Maldonado G, Greenland S, Church TR. (2006) “Exposure-measurement error is frequently ignored when interpreting epidemiologic study results.” European Journal of Epidemiology,21(12):871–76.
- Kim S, Baron JA, Mott LA, Burke CA, Church TR, McKeown-Eyssen GE, Cole BF, Haile RW, Sandler RS. (2006) “Aspirin may be more effective in preventing colorectal adenomas in patients with higher BMI (United States). Cancer Causes and Control, 17:1299–1304.
- Flood AP, Peters U, Jenkins D, Chatterjee N, Subar AF, Church TR, Bresalier R, Weissfeld JL, Hayes RB, Schatzkin A; for the PLCO Project Team. (2006) “Carbohydrate, glycemic index, and glycemic load and colorectal adenomas in the Prostate, Lung, Colorectal, and Ovarian Screening Study.” American Journal of Clinical Nutrition 84(5):1184–92.
- Moslehi R, Chatterjee N, Church TR, Chen J, Yeager M, Weissfeld J, Hein DW, Hayes RB. (2006) “Cigarette smoking, N-acetyltransferase genes and the risk of advanced colorectal adenoma.”Pharmacogenomics 7(6):819–29.
- Peters U, Chatterjee N, Church TR, Mayo C, Stürup S, Foster CB, Schatzkin A, Hayes RB. (2006) “High serum selenium and reduced risk of advanced colorectal adenoma in a colorectal early detection program.” Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers and Prevention, 15(2):315–20.
- Ramachandran G, Adgate, JL, Banerjee S, Church TR, Jones D, Fredrickson A, Sexton K. (2005) “Indoor air quality in two urban elementary schools – Measurements of airborne fungi, carpet allergens, CO(2), temperature, and relative humidity.” Journal of Occupational and Environmental Hygiene, 2(11):553–66.
- Nachreiner NM, Gerberich SG, McGovern PM, Church TR, Hansen HE, Geisser MS, Ryan AD. (2005) “Relation between policies and work related assault: Minnesota Nurses’ Study.”Occupational and Environmental Medicine, 62(10):675–81.
- Gerberich SG, Church TR, McGovern PM, Hansen HD, Nachreiner NM, Geisser M, Ryan AD, Mongin SJ, Jurek A. “Risk factors for work-related assaults on nurses.” Epidemiology, 2005 Sep;16(5):704-9.
Biography
John Connett has research interests in clinical trials in pulmonary disease, smoking, ophthalmology, and cardiovascular disease; case-control studies; estimation of odds ratio; random effects models; coefficient-of-variation models for laboratory data; and statistical computing.
- Ph.D., Mathematics, University of Maryland, 1969
- A.M., Mathematics, University of Missouri, 1964
- A.B., Mathematics, University of Missouri, 1963
Research Interests:
Clinical trials in cardiovascular disease, ophthalmology and pulmonary disease, case-control studies, estimation of odds ratio, random effects models, coefficient-of-variation models for laboratory data, and statistical computing.
Research Projects
COPD Clinical Research Network – Data Coordinating Center
Principal Investigator: John E. Connett
Funding Agency: NIH Nat’l Heart, Lung, and Blood Inst.
COPD Clinical Research Network – Data Coordinating Center
COPD Clinical Research Network Data Coordinating Center
Principal Investigator: John E. Connett
Investigators: John E. Connett, PhD Christine Wendt, MD
Funding Agency: National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute
The COPD Clinical Research Network, sponsored by the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, has the mission of carrying out clinical trials of new therapies or preventatives for COPD and to slow progression of COPD and test improved ways to treat acute COPD exacerbations. The Network is comprised of 10 Clinical Centers and a Data Coordinating Center (DCC). The Network is expected to conduct several trials simultaneously. The specific responsibilities of the DCC include: assisting in designing, planning and conduct of clinical trials; providing Manuals of Procedures and case report forms for each study; provide randomization schedules and procedures; created and use interactive data entry software and procedures; producing monitoring reports on recruitment, follow-up, adverse events, mortality, treatment efficacy, and other data; assist clinic investigators in the preparation of manuscripts and presentations.
Feasibility Studies on Retinoid Treatment of Emphysema (FORTE)
Principal Investigator: John E. Connett
Funding Agency: NIH Nat’l Heart, Lung, and Blood Inst.
Feasibility Studies on Retinoid Treatment of Emphysema (FORTE)
Genome-Wide Associations Environmental Interactions in the Lung Health Study
Principal Investigator: John E. Connett
Funding Agency: Johns Hopkins University
Genome-Wide Associations Environmental Interactions in the Lung Health Study
Graduate Training in Biostatistics
Principal Investigator: John E. Connett
Funding Agency: NIH Nat’l Inst of Allergy & Infect Dis
Graduate Training in Biostatistics
Selected Publications:
- Kasuga, I., Ruan, J., Connett, J.E., Anthonisen, N.R., and Sandford, A.J. Lack of association of Human Leukocyte Antigen-B7 with COPD and rate of decline in lung function. Respir Med, 99(12):1528-1533, 2005.
- Guo, X., Pan, W., Connett, J.E., Hannan, P.J., and French, S.A. Small-sample performance of the robust score test and its modifications in generalized estimating equations. Statistics in Medicine, 24:3479-95, 2005.
- He, J.-Q., Burkett, K., Connett, J.E., Anthonisen, N.R., Par, P.D., and Sandford, A.J. Interferon gamma polymorphisms and their interaction with smoking are associated with lung function. Hum Genet, DOI 10.1007/s00439-006-0143-z, 2006 (electronic publication).
- Herpel, L.B., Kanner, R.E., Lee, S.M., Fessler, H.E., Sciurba, F.C., Connett, J.E., and Wise, R.A. for the Lung Health Study Research Group and the National Emphysema Treatment Trial Research Group. Variability of spirometry in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: results from two clinical trials. Am J Respir Crit Care Med, 173:1106-1113, 2006.
- Wallace, A.M., He, J.Q., Burkett, K., Ruan, J., Connett, J.E., Anthonisen, N.R., Pare, P.D., and Sandford, A.J. Contribution of alpha- and beta-defensins to lung function decline and infection in smokers: An association study. To appear in Respiratory Research.
- Man, S.F.P., Connett, J.E., Anthonisen, N.R., Wise, R.A., Tashkin, D.P., and Sin, D.D. C-Reactive protein and mortality in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. To appear in Thorax.
Technical Reports:
- rr93-007.ps.Z and rr93-007figs.ps.Z
Cowles, M.K., Carlin, B.P. and Connett, J.E.,
Bayesian Tobit modeling of longitudinal ordinal clinical trial compliance data with nonignorable missingness,
Research Report 1993-7, Division of Biostatistics, University of Minnesota, 1993
J. Amer. Statist. Assoc., 91, 86-98, 1996.