HSPH Biostatistics: Contact Us

1947-2008


PLEASE SELECT A GRADUATE YEAR:

1947, 1957, 1959, 1961, 1962, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008

 

1947

Jane Worcester. The Epidemiology of Streptococcal and Non-Streptococcal Respiratory Disease.
Advisor: E.B. Wilson

1957

Anthony Bartholemay. Stochastic Apporoach to Chemical Reaction Kinetics.
Advisor: H. Meunch

1959

Rubin Domke. Social Class and the Childhood Diseases.

1961

Daniel G. Siegel. Analysis of Withdrawal Bias in a Cohort Study.
Advisor: R. Reed.

Abelardo Temoche. Suicide and Known Mental Disease.

1962

Carl E. Erhardt. Pregnancy Losses in New York City.

Marvin N. Glasser. Factors Related to the Survival of Children with Acute Lymphocytic Leukemia.

1965

Earl S. Pollack. Multi-Factorial Analysis of Psychiatric Admission Rates.
Advisor: J. Worcester

1966

Louis M.F. Masse. Seasonal Changes in Health Statistics in Some West African Urban Communities.
Advisor: J. Worcester

David M. Nitzberg. The Methodology of Record Linkage.
Advisor: R. Reed

Manning Feinleib, M.D. Artificial Menopause and Breast Cancer: A Retrospective Cohort Study.
Advisor: G. Hutchinson

1967

Charles Ralph Buncher. Sex Ratio---A Multivariable Analysis with Comments on Gestation, Birth Weight, and Neonatal Death.
Advisor: J. Worcester

1970

Joseph K. Wagoner. Radiation Therapy for Gynecological Disorders and Subsequent Leukemia, Uterine Sarcoma, and Other Malignancies.
Advisor: B. MacMahon

Margaret B. Hoff. Matching Criterion for Continuous Bivariate Distributions.
Advisor: J.J. Feldman

1971

Phyllis B. Michelsen. Characteristics of an Actuarial Estimator of a T-Year Survival Risk.
Advisor: Y. Bishop

Ronald E. Wyzga. A Statistical Analysis of the Relationship Between Daily Mortality and Air Pollution Levels.
Advisor: J. Mahoney

1972

Judith D. Goldberg. The Effects of Misclassification on the Analysis of Data in 2x2 Tables.
Advisor: M. Drolette

Alexander J. McLean. The Epidemiology of Pedestrian Highway Injury.
Advisor: R. Monson

Kenneth Rothman. Epidemiology of Trigeminal Neuralgia.
Advisor: R. Monson

1973

Paula Helene Kanarek. Assessing Survival in a Diabetic Population.
Advisor: J.J. Feldman

1974

Stuart C. Hartz. An Evaluation of Bias in a Logistic Odds Ratio Function.
Advisor: R. Reed

1975

Ralph L. Kent, Jr. Principal Components Analysis of Longitudinal Growth Data.
Advisor: M. Drolette

1977

Raymond K. Neff. Control of Confounding in Odds Ratio Estimation.
Advisor: J. Worcester

Jamie Pearl Eng. The Effect of Changes in Mortality Over Time on Several Demographic Measures.
Advisor: N. Keyfitz

1978

Mary Anne Maher Matthews. A Statistical Papttern Recognition Problem: The Classification of Serum Alpha1-Antitrypsin.
Advisor: Y. Bishop

Tsunpui Oswald Siu. P-Values in Statistical Inference for Discretely Distributed Variates.
Advisor: O.S. Miettineu

Nicole Urban. The Impact of Prospective Reimbursement on Hospital Financial Position in Downstate New York.
Advisor: R. Berry

1979

Marcia Levenstein. Alternative Regression Methods in the Presence of Multi-Collinear Regressors.
Advisor: Y. Bishop

1980

Catherine Berkey. Three Longitudinal Growth Models for Preschool Children: Comparison and Application.
Advisor: R. Reed

Gordon Flowerdew. Methodology for the Analysis of Survival Data.
Advisor: M. Zelen

Olli Heinonen. Congenital Cardiovascular Malformations and Drug Exposure in Utero.
Advisor: R. Monson

David Tritchler. Statistical Computation, Discrete Data Analysis, and Nonparametric Statistics.
Advisor: M. Pagano

1981

Gregg Dinse. Non-Parametric Failure-Time Methods for Clinical and Laboratory Investigations.
Advisor: S. Lagakos

Harmon Jordan. Diffusion of Innovations in Burn Care.
Advisor: J. Hanley

Martin Larson. Statistical Methods for Discrete State Stochastic Processes.
Advisor: C. Begg

1982

Nancy R. Cook. A General Linear Model Approach to Longitudinal Data Analysis.
Advisor: J. Ware

Ellen Eisen. A Longitudinal Study of Pulmonary Function Among Vermont Granite Workers.
Advisor: D. Wegman

Robert Stiratelli. Random Effects Models for Serial Dichotomous Outcomes.
Advisor: J. Ware

1983

Rebecca Dersimonian. Combining Evidence from Different Sources.
Advisor: N. Laird

Robert Parker. A Bayesian Approach to the Design and Analysis of Case Control Studies.
Advisor: M. Zelen

1984

William Accomando. Resistant Fitting and Diagnostic Methods for Discrete Data Analysis with Application to a Large Observational Data Set.
Advisor: M. Pagano

Stuart Baker. Markov Models for Categorical Longitudinal Data.
Advisor: C. Waternaux

Roger Day. A Tumor Growth Model with Applications to Treatment Policy and Protocol Choice.
Advisor: S. Lagakos

Morris Gold. Relative Efficiency of Mean Estimation Under Nested Covariance Structures.
Advisor: T. Louis

Katherine T. Halvorsen. Estimating Population Parameters Using Information from Several Independent Sources.
Advisor: F. Mosteller

Anne L. Hunt. Software Engineering in Health Research, with Emphasis on Virtual Memory Management.
Advisor: M. Pagano

Marcia Polansky. Robust Estimation with Applications to the Poisson Distribution.
Advisor: J. Bailar.

1985

Robert Glynn. Regression Estimates When Nonresponse Depends on the Outcome Variable.
Advisor: N. Laird

Gary Rosner. Issues in Design and Analysis of Group Sequential Clinical Trials.
Advisor:A. Tsiatis

1986

Victor DeGruttola. Multivariate Models for Longitudinal Data, Diagnostics and Resistant Methods.
Advisor: J. Ware

Karim Hirji. Exact Logistic Regression.
Advisor: C. Mehta

Leslie Kalish. Efficient Design of Clinical Trials and Observational Epidemiologic Studies.
Advisor: C. Begg

Nicholas Lange. Influence Analysis for Proportional-Hazards and Longitudinal Random-Effects Models.
Advisor: N. Laird

Myrto Lefkopoulou. The Cox Regression Model with Discrete Failure Time Data.
Advisor: A. Tsiatis

1987

Layla Barraj Hammamy. The Analysis of Incomplete and Nonrepresentative Observations from Continuous Time Processes.
Advisor: S. Lagakos

Tor Tosteson. Surrogate Variables in Nonlinear Regression: Methods for Design and Analysis.
Advisor: J. Ware

1988

Linda Archer. The Impact of Tumor Lethality on Statistical Tests for Carcinogenicity.
Advisor: L. Ryan

Jesse Berlin. Publication Bias: A Problem in Interpreting Medical Data.
Advisor: C. Begg

Roger Davis. Exponential Survival Trees.
Advisor: D. Schoenfeld

Daniel Geer, Jr.. A Knowledge-Based System for Epidemiologic Assessment.
Advisor: M. Pagano

Stuart R. Lipsitz. Methods for Analyzing Repeated Categorical Outcomes.
Advisor: N. Laird

Donna S. Neuberg. Enriching the Bootstrap, with Application to Incomplete Data.
Advisor: T. Louis

Anna N. Tosteson. Quantitative Diagnostic Technology Assessment: Methods and Applications.
Advisor: M. Weinstein

1989

Melissa Dowd Begg. The Effects of Model Misspecification in Regression, with Applications to Bioassay.
Advisor: S. Lagakos

Kay M. Larholt. Statistical Methods and Heterogeneity in Meta-Analysis.
Advisor: R. Gelber

Donna Spiegelman. The Design and Analysis of Epidemiologic Investigations When the Exposure Variable is Mis-Measured, with Application to the Mis-Measurement of Obesity in Models of Diabetes, Hypertension and Colon Cancer Incidence.
Advisor: R. Gray

Catherine A. Spino. Rerandomization Algorithms for Robust Statistics and Regression with an Aggregate Covariate.
Advisor: M. Pagano

Steven J. Walsh. Design and Evaluation of Algorithms for Exact Conditional Inference Including Multivariate Rank Tests.
Advisor: C. Mehta

Fong Wang-Clow. Methods for Analysing Longitudinal Random Effects Models.
Advisor: N. Laird

1990

Marc Buyse. Issues of Efficiency in Cancer Clinical Trials.
Advisor: M. Pagano

Joan F. Hilton. Exact Size and Power of Conditional Tests for Categorical Data.
Advisor: C. Mehta

Mimi Y. Kim. Statistical Methods for Estimating the Infectivity and Induction Period of AIDS with Incomplete Data.
Advisor: S. Lagakos

Jennifer Ng St. Louis. Compartmental Models of Chronic Disease.
Advisor: J. Orav

Sandro Pampallona. I - Alcohol Consumption and Breast Cancer; II - Group Sequential Methods for Clinical Trials.
Advisor: M. Zelen

Kathleen J. Propert. Methods for Smoothing Longitudinal Data Using Locally Weighted Generalized Least Squares Regression.
Advisor: D. Harrington

Michele S. Rivard. Statistical Issues in Rater Reliability and Disease Marker Validity.
Advisor: D. Amato

Lynn Sleeper. Regression Spline Methodology for Covariate Effects in the Proportional Hazards Model.
Advisor: D. Harrington

1991

Paul J. Catalano. Statistical Methods for Developmental Toxicology.
Advisor: L. Ryan

Jeffrey D. Dawson. Distribution-free Tests of Repeated Measures in Clinical Trials.
Advisor: S. Lagakos

Paul J. Elson. Group Sequential Clinical Trials - Efficient Methods for Computing Design Characteristics and the Effect of Lag Time.
Advisor: A. Tsiatis

Jane C. Lindsey. Statistical Methods for Partially Observed Three-State Processes.
Advisor: L. Ryan

Masahiro Takeuchi. Parameter Estimation in Linear Models for Longitudinal Data with Mismeasured Covariates.
Advisor: J. Ware

1992

Christl Donnelly. The Analysis of Correlation in Longitudinal and Spatial Data.
Advisor: N. Laird

Kimberlee Gauvreau. Multivariate Logistic Regression and Observational Studies.
Advisor: M. Pagano

Fu-Chang Hu. A Statistical Methodology for Analyzing the Causal Health Effect of a Time-Dependent Exposure from Longitudinal Data.
Advisor: J. Robins

Wendy Leisenring. Statistical Issues in Reproductive and Developmental Toxicity Studies.
Advisor: L. Ryan

Samantha MaWhinney Delson. AIDS: Estimation of Incidence and the Pediatric Incubation Distribution.
Advisor: M. Pagano

John Spritzler. A Group Sequential Test of Equal Response Rates When There Is a Lag Time in Reporting.
Advisor: A. Tsiatis

Robert Strawderman. Statistical Methods in the Surrogate Marker Problem.
Advisor: A. Tsiatis

1993

Julia Bienias. Design and Analysis of Time-to-Pregnancy Studies.
Advisor: L. Ryan

Shelly Carter-Campbell. Proportional Hazards Models for Repeated Event Failure Time Data with Application to Rotavirus Infections.
Advisor: R. Gray

Urania Dafni. Evaluating Surrogate Markers of Clinical Outcome When Measured with Error.
Advisor: A. Tsiatis

Garrett Fitzmaurice. A Likelihood-Based Method for Analysing Longitudinal Binary Responses.
Advisor: N. Laird

Karen Keaney. Methods and Applications of Survival Analysis for Decision Modeling.
Advisor: M. Weinstein

Julie Legler. Statistical Analysis for Multiple Binary Outcomes: The Analysis of Birth Defects Data.
Advisor: L. Ryan

Elizabeth Mahoney. Compartmental Models for Doubly-Censored Failure Time Data With Applications To AIDS.
Advisor: J. Orav

Melvin Olson III. Contributions to Statistical Methodology of Longitudinal Data Analysis.
Advisor: N. Laird

Michael Parzen. Computational Methods in Robust Regression.
Advisor: D. Harrington

Marian Pugh. Inference in the Cox Proportional Hazards Model with Missing Covariate Data.
Advisor: D. Harrington

Pralay Senchaudhuri. Exact and Smart Monte Carlo Inferences for Contingency Tables.
Advisor: C. Mehta

Alicia Toledano. Generalized Estimating Equations for Repeated Ordinal Categorical Data, with Applications to Diagnostic Medicine.
Advisor: C. Gatsonis

John Williamson. Methods for the Analysis of Clustered, Correlated Data: Familial and Ophthalmological.
Advisor: K. Kim

1994

Bei-Hung Chang. Methods for Analyzing Aggregate Data in Meta-Analysis.
Advisor: C. Waternaux

Sandra J. Lee. Group Sequential Monitoring of Clinical Trials with Multivariate Outcomes.
Advisor: K. Kim

Hung-Mo Lin. Assessing Treatment Changes on a Longitudinal Marker of Disease in Uncontrolled Studies.
Advisor: M. Hughes

Susan Murray. Nonparametric Estimation and Testing for Survival Data in the Two Sample Censored Data Problem Incorporating Longitudinal Covariates.
Advisor: A. Tsiatis

Anthony Rossini. Regression Models for Interval Censored Data.
Advisor: A. Tsiatis

Michael Wulfsohn Failure Time Processes and Longitudinal Data.
Advisor: A. Tsiatis

Robert Zackin. Methods for Estimating Viral Burden in HIV/AIDS.
Advisor: V. DeGruttola

1995

Su-Chun Cheng. Analysis of Failure Time Data with Linear Transformation Models.
Advisor: L.J. Wei

Michael Joseph Daniels. Hierarchical Regression Models with Applications.
Advisor: C. Gatsonis

Joseph William Hogan. Mixture Models for Incomplete Longitudinal and Event Time Data.
Advisor: N. Laird

Christina Ann Holcroft. Design and Analysis of Multistage Studies with Missing Data.
Advisor: A. Rotnitzky

Isao Kamae. Formalization of Clinical Algorithms Using Automata Theory and Decision Analyses.
Advisor: R. Greenes

Hyungjin Myra Kim. Estimation of Individual and Population Noncompliance Using Longitudinal Marker Data, with Application to AIDS.
Advisor: S. Lagakos

Mary Dupuis Sammel. Latent Variable Models for Multiple Outcomes.
Advisor: L. Ryan

Amrik Shah. Random Effects Models for the Longitudinal Measures of Treatment Efficacy.
Advisor: D. Schoenfeld

Andrea Beth Troxel. Methods for the Analysis of Longitudinal Measurements Subject to Nonignorable Non-Monotone Missing Data.
Advisor: D. Harrington

1996

Janet Andersen. Missing Outcomes in Clinical Trials: Considerations for Failure-Time and Longitudinal Data.
Advisor: L. Ryan

Hélène Boucher. Design and Analysis of Group Sequential Clinical Trials with Survival Data.
Advisors: K. Kim, A. Tsiatis

Li Chen. Statistical Methods for the Analysis of Correlated Observations.
Advisor: L.J. Wei

Ori Davidov. Contributions to Statistical Methodology in Cancer Research.
Advisor: M. Zelen

Michael Reid Elashoff. Individualized Treatment for HIV/AIDS.
Advisor: S. Lagakos

Karen Higgins. Statistical Methods for Nonlinear Models with Measurement Error with Application to Pharmacokinetics and Calibration in Immunoassay.
Advisor: M. Davidian

Ping Hu. Statistical Methods to Account for the Bias in Measurement Errors on Reporting Delay and Planning Clinical Trials to Evaluate Early Detection Progress.
Advisor: A. Tsiatis, M. Zelen

Soyeon Kim. Covariates in Survival Studies, Topics in Design and Analysis.
Advisor: V. De Gruttola.

Kenneth Kleinman. Thesis, Applications of Markov Chain Monte Carlo to Longitudinal Repeated Measures: Missing Data and Semi-Parametric Effects Models.
Advisor: J. Ibrahim

Qing Jane Liang. The Proportional Hazards Model and Interval-Censored Data.
Advisor: M. Pagano

John Joseph Rogus. An Extension of WPC to Test for Linkage in the Presence of Gene-Environment Interaction and Applications to NIDDM and Alzheimer's Disease.
Advisor: D. Harrington

Daniel Oscar Scharfstein. Semi-Parametric Efficiency: Implications for the Design and Analysis of Group Sequential Studies.
Advisor: A. Tsiatis

Qi Zeng. Topics in Calibration Inference for Immunoassay.
Advisor: M. Davidian

1997

Constantine Daskalakis. Analysis of Categorical Data in Psychiatric Epidemiological Studies.
Advisors: G. Zahner, S. Lipsitz

William Bernard Goggins III. Monte Carlo EM Methods for Analyzing Survival Data in the Presence of Interval Censoring.
Advisor: D. Finkelstein

Akiko Okamoto. Penalized Likelihood Estimation for Censored Data Models and Investigation of Likelihood Methods for Nonignorably Missing Data.
Advisor: R. Gray

Julie Alpher Scharfstein. Cost-Effectiveness Analysis and AIDS: Methods and Application.
Advisor: M. Weinstein

Qian Li. Marginal Methods for Analyzing Multivariate Survival Data.
Advisor: S. Lagakos

Shu Zhang. Statistical Models for Informative Dropout and Feedback Between Outcomes and Covariates.
Advisor: L. Ryan

Hong-wei Zhao. Survival Analysis of Quality Adjusted Lifetime.
Advisor: A. Tsiatis

1998

Judith Bebchuk. Analysis of Survival Data Accompanied by Intermediate Events that May be Right of Interval Censored
Advisor: R. Betensky

Rino Bellocco. Modification of HIV Back-Calculation Models
Advisor: M. Pagano

M. Patricia Bernardo. Designs for Studies with Failure Time Random Variables
Advisor: D. Harrington

Matteo Bottai. Asymptotic Inference in One-Dimensional Parametric Models When the Fisher Information Is Zero
Advisor: A. Rotnitzky

Jason Fine. Analysis of Competing Risks Data with Non-Proportional Hazards Models
Advisor: L.J. Wei

Mary Morrissey. Misclassification, Nonignorable Nonresponse, and Mismeasurement
Advisor: D. Spiegelman

Mary Putt. Aspects of the Analysis of Crossover Trials
Advisor: V. DeGruttola

Meredith Regan. Models for Clustered and Discrete Outcomes in Developmental Toxicology
Advisor: P. Catalano

Xiaolin Wang. Contributions to Statistical Genetics and Survival Analysis
Advisor: N. Laird

Zhenyu Wang. Nonparametric Estimating Equations for Longitudinal Data
Advisor: R. Gray

Janice Weinberg. Two Sample Linear Rank and Permutation Tests Under General Alternatives, with Application to Summary Measures
Advisor: S. Lagakos

Beow Yeap. Robust Interference in Hierarchical Non-linear Models
Advisor: M. Davidian

1999

Mary Elizabeth Blackwell. Random Effects Latent Variable Models for Multivariate Ordinal Bioassays
Advisor: P. Catalano

Tianxi Cai. Analysis of Correlated Failure Time Data
Advisor: L. J. Wei

Debbie Mein-Pay Cheng. Analysis of Data From Eradication Studies of Chronic Viral Infections
Advisor: S. Lagakos

Christopher David Corcoran. Computational Methods for Exact Inference with Correlated and Uncorrelated Binary Data
Advisor: C. Mehta

Amy Helen Herring. Missing Covariates in Survival Analysis
Advisor: J. Ibrahim

Nicholas Horton. Use of Multiple Informant Data as a Predictor in Psychiatric Epidemiology
Advisor: N. Laird

Cheryl Lynnette Jones. Model Checking and Analysis Strategies for Correlated Survival Data
Advisor: D. Harrington

Helen Parise. Semiparametric Smoothing Methods for the Analysis of Animal Carcinogenicity Experiments
Advisor: L. Ryan

Peter John Slasor. Joint Models for Survival and Repeated Measures Data
Advisor: N. Laird

2000

Anthony Paul Fitzgerald. Modeling Response to Anti-Viral Treatment Using Non-Linear Mixed Effects Models
Advisor: V. De Gruttola

Aaron Moree Foster. Auxiliary Information for Strengthening Predictions and Nonparametric Transformation Estimation
Advisor: M. Pagano

Andrea Goldin Foulkes. Prediction Based Classification: Characterizing the Relationship between HIV-1 Genotype and Response to Treatment
Advisor: V. De Gruttola

Jonathan Lloyd French. Analysis of Environmental Health Data with Missing Values
Advisor: M. Wand

Stefan Horvath. Dealing with Missing Data in Family-Based Allelic Association Studies
Advisor: N. Laird

Anna T. R. Legedza. Bayesian Approaches to the Design of Phase I Clinical Trials
Advisor: J. Ibrahim

David Michael Shera. Bayesian Factor Analysis
Advisor: J. Ibrahim

2001

Scarlett LaShaunta Bellamy. Clustered Data Methods with Applications to Community-Based Research
Advisor: L. Ryan

Jolene Marie Birmingham. Methods for Analysing Longitudinal and Clustered Binary Responses
Advisor: N. Laird

Erin Elizabeth Kammann. Geoadditive and Robust Mixed Models
Advisor: M. Wand

Knashawn Hodge Morales. Statistical Methods for Risk Assessment Based on Epidemiological Data
Advisor: L. Ryan

2002

Rajalakshmi Balasubramanian. Estimation of a Failure Time Distribution Based on Imperfect Diagnostic Tests, with Application to HIV Vertical Transmission Studies
Advisor: S. Lagakos

Elizabeth Renata Brown. Bayesian Methods for Jointly Modeling Longitudinal and Survival Data
Advisor: J. Ibrahim

Karen Eckstein Han. Exact Analysis of Multiple Binary Outcomes with Application to Neurotoxicity
Advisor: P. Catalano

Bhaswati Ganguli. Feature Significance and Geo-Additive Models
Advisor: M. Wand

Jie (Jenny) Huang. Regression with High Dimensional Covariates on Censored Data Analysis
Advisor: D. Harrington

Stephen Lister Lake. The Genetic Dissection of Complex Traits: Tests of Genetic Association and Gene-Environment Interaction
Advisor: N. Laird

Patricia Lynette Stephenson. Noncompliance in Randomized Clinical Trials and the Potential Benefit of Early Detection of Ovarian Cancer
Advisor: R. Gray

Maxwell Su. Methods for the Analysis of Quality-of-Life Outcomes in Clinical Trials
Advisor: M. Testa

Mahlet Getachew Tadesse. Bayesian Models for Gene Expression Analysis
Advisor: J. Ibrahim

Lu Tian. Statistical Model for Nonconstant Covariate Effect
Advisor: L.J. Wei

Theodore (Hatch) Whitfield. Nonparametric Species Richness Estimators for Populations with Extreme Heterogeneity Among Capture Probabilities
Advisor: K. Kuntz

Zi-Fan Yu. Regression Techniques for Quantitative Risk Assessment of Continuous Outcomes in Toxicology
Advisor: P. Catalano

2003

Cassandra Arroyo. High Dimensional Data Analysis With Applications To Diabetes Prevention and Physical Activity Data
Advisor: L. Ryan

Meredith Anne Goldwasser. Semi-Parametric Methods for Heteroscedastic Quantile Regression with Application to HIV Research
Advisor: M. Hughes

Eugene Andres Houseman. Distribution Diagnostics for Time Series and Clustered Outcomes with Applications to Environmental Data
Advisor: B. Coull

Minhee Kang. Discrete-State, Continuous-Time Stochastic Processes with Applications to HPV
Advisor: S. Lagakos

Liam Morgan O'Brien. Methods for the Analysis Longitudinal Multiple Source Data and Multiple Predictor Data
Advisor: G. Fitzmaurice

Nusrat Sultana Retina Rabbee. Power Studies: I. Power and Sample Size for Ordered Categorical Data; II. Power Calculations for Familial Aggregation Studies; III. Power Calculations for Selective Genotyping in QTL Mapping in Backcrosses
Advisor: R. Betensky

Kevin Don Roberts. Latent Predictor Models With Applications to Asthma
Advisor: L. Ryan

Amy Lynn Stubbendick. Likelihood-based Inference for Longitudinal Models with Nonignorable Missing Response and Covariate Data
Advisor: J. Ibrahim

Chien-Cheng (George) Tseng. Low-level Analysis, Supervised and Unsupervised Machine Learning, and Related Issues in Microarray Analysis
Advisor: W. Wong

2004

Jared Caleb Christensen. Likelihood Methods for Clustered Discrete and Continuous Outcomes in Developmental Toxicology
Advisor: P. Catalano

Beiying Ding. Analysis of High Dimensional Data: Classification, Measurement Error Model and Graph Based Association Measures, with Application to Microarray Data
Advisor: R. Gentleman

Xuemin Fang. Probe-Level Microarray Analyses: A Random Effect Model To Estimate Cross-Hybridization In Expression Index Computation
Advisor: W. Wong

Emily Clare Martin. Survival Analysis Under Dependent Truncation of Failure Time
Advisor: R. Betensky

Lisa Carol Miller. Statistical Issues In The Evaluation Of Tests For Diagnosing Disease And Monitoring Disease Progression
Advisor: M. Hughes

Yuhyun Park. Semiparametric Statistical Inference in Survival Analysis
Advisor: L. J. Wei

Denise Marie Scholtens. Studies in Multidimensional Data: Estimation of the Bivariate Survival Curve, Analysis of Factorial Designed Microarray Experiments, Identification of Protein Complex Membership
Advisor: R. Gentleman

Carrie Greene Wager. Mixed-Model Smoothing for Replicated Spatial Point Patterns in Brain Microscopy
Advisor: F. Vaida

Kenneth Joseph Wilkins. Marginally-Specified Conditional Models for Longitudinal Outcomes with Possibly Non-Ignorable Non-Response
Advisor: G. Fitzmaurice

Yihua Zhao. General Design Bayesian Generalized Linear Mixed Models with Applications to Spatial Statistics
Advisor: M. Wand / B. Coull

2005

Andrea Jean Cook. Detecting Spatial Clustering for Discrete, Censored, or Longitudinal Outcomes
Advisor: Y. Li

Dionne Alicbusan Graham. Statistical Methods for the Analysis of HIV Drug-Resistance Data
Advisor: M. Pagano

Jaroslaw Harezlak. Using Functional Regression Models to Analyze Longitudinal Data
Advisor: N. Laird

Yannis Jemiai. Semiparametric Methods for Inferring Treatment Effects on Outcomes Defined Only If a Post-Randomization Event Occurs
Advisor: A. Rotnitzky

Ming-Chih Kao. Computational and Statistical Approaches to the Study of the Genetic Bases of Human Diseases
Advisor: W. Wong

Ryung Suk Kim. Microarray Analysis: Choice of Metric, New Clustering Algorithm and Identification of Transcription Factors
Advisor: W. Wong

Larry Frank Leon. Robust Inference and Model Checking Techniques for Censored Linear Regression Models
Advisor: L.J. Wei

Ming Lin. Statistical Methods in SNP-Array-Based Loss-of-Heterozygosity Studies
Advisor: W. Wong

Heather Jeanne Litman. Estimation of Marginal Regression Models with Multiple Source Predictors
Advisor: N. Laird

David Michael Loecke. Mixed Effects Mean Score Method, Optimal Design for Two-Stage Longitudinal Studies in a GEE Framework, and Addition of Covariates to a Markov Model Approach for Characterizing Progression of HIV Genetic Mutations
Advisors: V. DeGruttola / L. Ryan

Abigail Goren Matthews. Analysis of Family Studies of Disease
Advisor: D. Finkelstein

John Hugh Page. Doubly Robust Estimation: Structural Nested Cumulative Failure Time Models, Correction of the Diagnostic Likelihood Ratio for Verification Bias
Advisors: J. Robins / A. Rotnitzky

Ping Kathryn Ruan. Methodology for Failure Time Data With Missing Cause of Failure or Dependent Censoring
Advisor: R. Gray

Maria D. Shubina. On Maximum Attainable Correlation for the Sarmanov Family of Bivariate Distributions, Bayesian Analysis for Markers and Degradation, and Threshold Models with Markers Measured Before Observed Event Times
Advisor: M. L. Lee

Suzanne Eleanor Szwarc. Statistical Models for Fertility-Related Issues in Adjuvant Treatment for Breast Cancer
Advisor: M. Wang

Bin Zhang. Statistical Methods with Unrecognized Heterogeneity in Survival Data Analysis, Identifying Family Relationships in Genetic Studies, and Response-Related Incomplete Data
Advisor: R. Betensky

Lu (Summer) Zheng. Contributions To Analysis Of Randomized Multi-Center Clinical Trials: The Role Of Conditioning
Advisor: M. Zelen

Sheng (Richard) Zhong. Computational and Statistical Approaches to Study Gene Regulation and Gene Function
Advisor: W. Wong

2006

Amy Marie Carey. Dose Response Models for Mixed Dependent Outcomes in Developmental Toxicity
Advisor: P. Catalano

Melody Serene Goodman. Statistical Methods for Community-Based Cancer Interventions and Health Disparities Research
Advisor: Y. Li

Beth Ann Griffin. Inference for Failure Time Data Subject to Interrupted Hazards to Interval Censoring
Advisor: S. Lagakos

Alexandros Gryparis. Bayesian Semiparametric Regression Methods With Application to Environmental Epidemiology
Advisor: B. Coull

Yu Guo. Statistical Issues in Microarray Data Analysis, Array-to-Array Normalization, Empirical Bayes Batch Effect Adjustment, and Pearson's Correlation Coefficient in the Context of Replicated Experiments
Advisor: C. Li

Amy Jo Murphy. Novel Methodologies for Genetic Association Testing
Advisor: C. Lange

Julie Sanae Najita. Statistical Issues in the Design and Analysis of Developmental Toxicity Studies
Advisor: P. Catalano

Margaret Claire Nikolov. Statistical Methods for Assessing Source-Specific Health Effects of Air Pollution
Advisor: B. Coull

Natasa Rajicic. Survival Analysis of Longitudinal Microarray Data
Advisor: D. Finkelstein

Cyril Slavchov Rakovski. Contributions to Family-Based Association Tests in Candidate Genes
Advisor: N. Laird

Mikhail Peter Salganik. Biomedical Applications of Smoothing and Feature Significance
Advisors: M. Wand / J. Ware

Brisa Ney Sanchez Loya. Structural Equation Models: Fitting, Diagnostics, and Applications to Environmental Epidemiology
Advisor: L. Ryan

Jennifer Anne Schumi. Resampling-Based Methods for Multiple Hypothesis Testing
Advisor: V. DeGruttola

Chang-Heok Soh. Bias-Reduction in Variable Selection and the Analysis of Competing Risks with Missing Covariate Values with Right-Censored Data
Advisor: D. Harrington

Eric Joel Tchetgen Tchetgen. Statistical Methods for Robust Inference in Causal and Missing Data Models
Advisor: J. Robins

Tyler John VanderWeele. Contributions to the Theory of Causal Directed Acycle Graphs
Advisor: J. Robins

Elizabeth Ann Whalen. Creating Linked, Interactive Views of Multivariate Data
Advisor: R. Gentleman

Laura Forsberg White. Statistical Methods for the Detection and Quantification of Infectious Disease Epidemics
Advisor: M. Pagano

2007

Stacia Marie DeSantis. Supervised and Unsupervised Latent Class Models for High-Dimensional Data
Advisor: R. Betensky

David Andrew Engler. Novel Statistical Modeling and Selection Methodologies for High Dimensional Genomic Data
Advisor: R. Betensky

Brian Curran Healy. Combining Retrospective and Prosepective Data in Characterizing Accumulation of Antiviral Drug Resistance Mutations
Advisor: V. DeGruttola

William Evan Johnson. Statistical Models for Removing Microarray Batch Effects and Analyzing Genome Tiling Microarrays
Advisors: J. Liu and X. Liu

Lingling Li. Robust Inference Using Higher Order Influence Functions
Advisor: J. Robins

Samuel Alexander McDaniel. The Analyses of Array CGH Data and Current Status Data
Advisor: T. Cai

Liliana del Carmen Orellana. Methodological Challenges for the Estimation of Optimal Dynamic Treatment Regimes from Observational Studies
Advisor: A. Rotnitzky

Caitlin Thomas Ravichandran. Joint Modeling of Longitudinal and State-Change Processes
Advisor: V. DeGruttola

Ronnie Alex Sebro. Assessing the Impact of Population Stratification on Both Genomewide Case-Control Association Studies and on Family-Based Studies
Advisor: N. Laird

James E. Signorovitch. Identifying Informative Biological Markers in High-Dimensional Genomic Data and Clinical Trials
Advisor: L. J. Wei

Armando Rogério Teixeira-Pinto. Multivariate Analysis of Non-commensurate Outcomes
Advisor: S-L. Normand

Peng Zhang. Analyses of Periodic Observations and Time Series Data with Applications to HIV Prevention and State-Space Models
Advisor: S. Lagakos

2008

Martin Joseph Ankrah Aryee. Leveraging Hidden Correlations in High-Dimensional Biological Data
Advisor: J. Quackenbush

Xavier Basagana. Design of Observational Longitudinal Studies
Advisor: D. Spiegelman

Xiao Ding. Family-Based Association Tests with Longitudinal Measurements
Advisor: N. Laird

David William Fardo. Statistical Issues in Genome-wide Association Studies
Advisor: C. Lange

Bethany Lynn Hedt. Novel Methods for Efficient Surveillance and Monitoring
Advisor: M. Pagano

Patrick Michael Loerch. Using Mixed Effects Models to Integrate High-Dimensional, Genomic Data and an Array-Based Analysis of the Evolution of Brain Aging
Advisor: C. Li

Jessica Cara Mar. Stochastics and Networks in Genomic Data
Advisor: J. Quackenbush

Lixia Pei. Design and Analysis of Quantile Equivalence Bridging Trials
Advisor: M. Hughes

Rui Wang. Nonparametric Methods for Inference After Variable Selection, Comparisons of Survival Distributions, and Random Effects Meta-Analysis, and Reporting of Subgroup Analyses
Advisor: S. Lagakos

Maintained by Biostatistics Web Master
Last Update: May 16, 2008