Scott Evans

Scott Evans

Senior Research Scientist

Department of Biostatistics

651 Huntington Avenue
FXB 513
Boston, Massachusetts 02115
Phone: 617.432.2998
evans@sdac.harvard.edu

Research

Dr. Evans is the Principal Investigator of the Statistical and Data Management Center for the Neurologic AIDS Research Consortium and the Co-Head of the Optimization of Co-infection and Co-Morbidity Management Section of the Statistical and Data Analysis Center at the Center for Biostatistics in AIDS Research. He received: the “Robert Zackin Distinguished Collaborative Statistician Award” for significant statistical contributions to HIV research, a Recognition Award for contributions of statistical expertise from the Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH), a Distinguished Service Award from the Council of Chapters of the American Statistical Association (ASA), and was inducted as a faculty member into Mu Sigma Rho, the National Honorary Society for Statistics.

Dr. Evans teaches “Clinical Trials” at the HSPH and has taught short courses at the JSM, BASS, SCT, ANA, the FDA-Industry Workshop, the Graybill Conference on Biopharmaceutical Statistics, BIDMC, Osaka University, and PERI. He recently delivered keynote addresses at the Midwest Biopharmaceutical Statistics Workshop and the Multidisciplinary Symposium on Non-Inferiority Trials in Brazil, and invited addresses to the Japanese Biometric Society and the Japanese National Institute of Public Health.

Dr. Evans serves on an FDA Advisory Committee and serves and chairs numerous Scientific Advisory Committees and Data Monitoring Committees. Dr. Evans is the Past-President of the Boston Chapter of the ASA, the Chair of the Development Committee of ASA, the Past-Chair of the Teaching Statistics in the Health Sciences and Statistics in Sports sections of ASA, a member of the Board of Directors for Mu Sigma Rho, and Co-Chair of the New England Symposium on Statistics in Sports. He has served an expert witness for court cases.

Publications

  1. Evans SR, Ellis RJ, Chen H, Ye, Yeh TM, Lee AJ, Schifitto G, Wu K, Bosch RJ, McArthur JC, Simpson DM, Clifford DB, “Peripheral Neuropathy in HIV: Prevalence and Risk Factors”, AIDS, 25:919-928, 2011.
  2. Evans SR, “Fundamentals of Clinical Trial Design”, Journal of Experimental Stroke & Translational Medicine, 2010.
  3. Evans SR, “Clinical Trial Structures”, Journal of Experimental Stroke & Translational Medicine, 2010.
  4. Evans SR, “Common Statistical Concerns in Clinical Trials”, Journal of Experimental Stroke & Translational Medicine, 2010.
  5. Evans SR, “Noninferiority Clinical Trials”, Chance, 22:3:53-58, 2009.
  6. Li L, Evans SR, Uno H, Wei LJ, “Predicted Interval Plots: A Graphical Tool for Data Monitoring in Clinical Trials”, Statistics in Biopharmaceutical Research, 1:4:348-355, 2009.
  7. Clifford DB, Smurzynski M, Zhao Y, Park LS, Blair L, Arens M, Evans SR, “The Neurological Effects of Active Hepatitis C Virus Replication on Cognition in Treated HIV Patients” Neurology 73:309-314, 2009.
  8. Hamasaki T, Evans SR, Molenburgh G, “Biostatistics on the Rise in Japan”, AmSTAT News, November, 2009.
  9. Evans SR, “Benefit:Risk Evaluation in Clinical Trials”, Drug Information Journal, 42:3:221, 2008.
  10. Evans SR, Glickman “New England Symposium on Statistics in Sports”, Journal of Quantitative Analysis in Sports, 4:2: Article 1, 2008.
  11. Evans SR, Clifford DB, Kitch DW, Goodkin D, Schifitto G, McArthur JC, Simpson DM, “Simplification of the Research Diagnosis of HIV-Associated Peripheral Neuropathy”, HIV Clinical Trials, 9:6:434-438, 2008.
  12. Evans SR, Li L, Wei LJ, “Data Monitoring in Clinical Trials Using Prediction”, Drug Information Journal, 41:733-742, 2007.
  13. Evans SR, Fichtenbaum C, Aberg J, “Comparison of Direct and Indirect Measurement of LDL in HIV Infected Individuals: ACTG 5087”, HIV Clinical Trials, 8:1:45-52, 2007.
  14. Evans SR, “When and How Can Endpoints Be Changed after Initiation of a Randomized Clinical Trial?” Public Library of Science (PLoS) Clinical Trials 2(4): e18. doi:10.1371/journal.pctr.0020018, 2007.
  15. Evans SR, Simpson D, Kitch DW, King A, Clifford DB, Cohen BA, McArthur JC, “A Randomized Trial Evaluating Prosaptide™ for HIV-Associated Sensory Neuropathies: Use of an Electronic Diary to Record Neuropathic Pain”, PLoS ONE, 2(7): e551. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0000551, 2007.
  16. Evans SR, Yeh T, Sacktor N, Clifford DB, Simpson D, Miller EN, Ellis RJ, Valcour V, Marra CM, Millar L, Shiffitto G, “Selegiline Transdermal System (STS) for HIV-Associated Neurocognitive Impairment: Open-label Report of ACTG 5090”, HIV Clinical Trials, 8:6:437-446, 2007.
  17. Evans SR, Wang R, Haija R, Zhang J, Rajicic N, Xanthakis V, Peeples L, Anderson J, Sinha S, “Evaluation of Distance Learning in an Introduction to Biostatistics Course”, Statistical Education Research Journal, 6(2):59-77, 2007.
  18. Clifford DB, Mitike MT, Mekonnen Y, Zhang J, Zenebe G, Melaku Z, Zewde A,  Gessesse N,  Wolday D, Messele T, Teshome M, Evans SR, “Neurological Evaluation of Untreated HIV Infected Adults in Ethiopia”, Journal of NeuroVirology, 13:1-6, 2007.
  19. Evans SR, Li L, “A Comparison of Goodness of Fit Tests for the Logistic GEE Model”, Statistics in Medicine, 24:1245-1261, 2005.
  20. Clifford DB, Evans SR, Yang Y, Gulick RM, “The Neuropsychological and Neurologic Impact of HCV Co-Infection in HIV-Infected Subjects”, AIDS, 19 (suppl 3):S64-S71, 2005.
  21. Clifford DB, Evans SR, Yang Y, Acosta E, Goodkin K, Tashima K, Simpson D, Dorfman D, Ribaudo H, Gulick RM, “Impact of Efavirenz on Neuropsychological Performance and Symptoms in HIV-Infected Individuals”, Annals of Internal Medicine, 143:714-721, 2005.
  22. Ellis R, Evans SR, Clifford D, Moo L, McArthur J, Collier A, Benson C, Bosch R, Simpson D, Yiannoutsos C, Yang Y, Robertson K, “Clinical Validation of the Neuroscreen”, Journal of NeuroVirology, 11:6:503-511, 2005.
  23. Clifford D, Yang Y, Evans SR, “Neurologic Consequences of Hepatitis C and Human Immunodeficiency Virus Co-Infection”, Journal of NeuroVirology, 11 (suppl 3):67-71, 2005.
  24. Evans SR, Hosmer DW, “Goodness of Fit Tests for Mixed Effects Logistic Models”, Communications in Statistics: Theory and Methods, 33:5:1139-1155, 2004.
  25. Evans SR, Hosmer DW, “Goodness of Fit Tests for Logistic GEE Models: Simulation Results”, Communications in Statistics: Simulation and Computation, 33:1:247-258, 2004.
  26. Evans SR, Testa MA, Cooley TP, Krown SE, Paredes J, Von Roenn JH, “A Phase II Evaluation of Low-Dose Oral Etoposide for the Treatment of Relapsed or Progressed AIDS-Related Kaposi’s Sarcoma: An ACTG Clinical Study”, Journal of Clinical Oncology, 20:15:3236-3241, 2002.
  27. Evans SR, Kleinman K, Pagano M, “Statistics in Defense and National Security: Bioterrorism and Biosurveillance”, AMSTAT News, pp. 41-43, July, 2002.
  28. Buonaccorsi JP, Elkinton JS, Evans SR, Liebhold AM, “Measuring and Testing for Spatial Synchrony”, Ecology, 82(6), pp. 1668-1679, 2001.

Introduction to Biostatistics
Boston Chapter of ASA – Officers
Essential Training Course for New Clinical Statisticians
Clinical Trials