Faculty

Carol Bigelow

Research Associate Professor

Telephone: 413-545-1319
Email: cbigelow@schoolph.umass.edu
Campus Address: 402 Arnold House
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I am an applied biostatistician with diverse research interests. These currently include a randomized trial of needle exchange for drug abusers, application of the expectation-maximization (EM) algorithm to analyses of neurophysiological data, the use of complex survey methodology to adjust for missingness in analyses of surveillance data, and analysis of unrecognized vertebral fractures in the National Hospital Discharge Survey data base. General interests are in the area of clinical trials methodology, particularly the issues of adjustment for missing data, meta-analysis, and interim power considerations.

B.A., Skidmore College, 1978; M.S., University of Washington, 1982; Ph.D, University of Washington, 1984.

Andrea Foulkes

Assistant Professor
Internship Coordinator for Biostatistics

Telephone: 413-545-1881
Email: foulkes@schoolph.umass.edu
Campus Address: 404 Arnold House
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My research includes developing analytic methods for characterizing the relationships among high-dimensional molecular and cellular data and measures of disease progression. These methods draw from cluster analysis, recursive partitioning, mixed effects modeling and Markov modeling. I currently collaborate with investigators across multiple disciplines ranging from oncology to immunology to identify and develop appropriate techniques for analyzing single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) and disease outcomes. In addition, I am working on establishing methods for understanding the complex relationships among HIV-1 genotypic markers of resistance to antiretroviral drugs, September 27, 2006 Ultimately I aim to develop statistical methods for drawing from the vast array of biological data now available to make statements about how individuals will respond to treatment.

B.A., Brown University, 1994; Sc.D. Harvard University, 2000.

David W. Hosmer

Professor Emeritus

Email: hosmer@schoolph.umass.edu

David W. Hosmer, Ph.D. Professor of Biostatistics (Emeritus) Dr. Hosmer served on the faculty from 1973 to 2002. He is the coauthor with former
SPHHS faculty member Dr. Stanley Lemeshow of Applied Logistic Regressionnow in its second edition. In addition he recently completed a revision
of Applied Survival Analysis: Regression Modeling of Time to Event Data also with Dr. Lemeshow and former SPHHS Ph.D. student Susanne May.
While on the faculty of SPHHS he served on over 100 thesis committees and supervised 8 PhD student dissertations. Dr Hosmer remains active from his home base in Stowe Vermont teaching short courses on logistic regression and survival analysis as well as with biostatistical and applied research with former SPH colleagues and others around the world.

Rongheng Lin

Assistant Professor

Telephone: 413-545-1934

Email: rlin@schoolph.umass.edu

Campus Address: 426 Arnold House

My research interests include health provider profiling,

differential gene expression and gene set enrichment analysis in toxicogenomical data, etc. A common theme behind these applications is what quantity we should use to rank and how to evaluate the performance and associated uncertainty. Statistical keywords include Bayesian and empirical Bayesian methods, loss function, decision theory and multiple hypothesis testing, etc.

B. S., University of Science and Technology of China, 2000;

Ph.D. Johns Hopkins University, 2006

Postdoctoral training at NIH, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences 2006-2007.

Penelope S. Pekow

Research Assistant Professor
Director of the Center for Research and Education in Women's Health

Telephone: 413-545-1872
Email: ppekow@schoolph.umass.edu
Campus Address: 406 Arnold House

Splitting my time between the University and the Division of Healthcare Quality at Baystate Medical Center in Springfield, MA, my primary focus is on the design, conduct and analysis of medical and health services research. Current and recent projects include: treatment for osteoporosis following fracture; a series of projects to improve recognition and management of osteoporosis; Error reporting in the Emergency Department; a clinical trial of early treatment of diabetes in cystic fibrosis patients; patterns of care of uterine leiomyoma: association of provider characteristics and the use of episiotomy in vaginal delivery.

A.B. Brown University, 1977; M.S.P.H. University of North Carolina, 1982; Ph.D University of North Carolina, 1991.

Elaine Puleo

Research Assistant Professor

Telephone: 413-545-1869
Email: epuleo@schoolph.umass.edu
Campus Address: 425 Arnold House

My statistical research interests are two-fold. The first area is complex survey sampling. I am interested in the design and analysis of complex survey data. Topics in this area include bayesian analysis, non-sampling errors, and issues of proper analysis considering weighting issues. A number of statistical packages such as STATA and SUDAAN are being explored. My second area of interest is in topics of regression analysis. These topics include linear models with uncorrelated errors and heteroscedasticity, inverse prediction, bootstrapping, measurement error, nonlinear regression with and without heteroscedasticity and correlated data in linear regression.

B.A. University of Colorado, 1973; M.A. Colorado State University, 1981; Ph.D University of Massachusetts, 1989.

Edward J. Stanek III

Professor
Director, Biostatistics and Epidemiology Program

Telephone: 413-545-4603
Email: stanek@schoolph.umass.edu
Campus Address: 404 Arnold House
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Statistics is concerned with guessing the unknown. A challenge in statistics is integrating classical frequentist based statistical guesses with Bayesian methods guesses. This challenge is particularly apparent when using mixed models for longitudinal data analysis, since empirical Bayes estimators such as the best linear unbiased predictor are often recommended. A simple example illustrates the dilemma. A person is asked via a 24 food record to record the total Kcal ingested. The result is a value of 6000 Kcal, well outside the range of usual values. What is the best guess of the person's typical intake? 6000 Kcal, or a value closer to the "population" norm? This broad area is the focus of my research.

B.S. University of Wisconsin, 1971; M.S. University of Massachusetts, 1977; Ph.D University of North Carolina, 1984.

Adjunct Faculty

John F. Acquavella (Professor), Senior Fellow, Epidemiology, Monsanto, St. Louis, Missouri.
Marianne H. Alciati (Associate Professor), President, Management Solutions for Health, Inc., Reston, Virgina
Paul J. Amoroso (Associate Professor), United States Army Institute for Environmental Medicine, Natick, Massachusetts.
Mark S. Baptiste (Assistant Professor), Director, Bureau of Chronic Disease Epidemiology, Division of Epidemiology, New York State Department of Health.
Gregory Bogdan (Assistant Professor), Epidemiologist, Division of Communicable Disease Epidemiology, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.
Daniel Brooks (Instructor), Director, Chronic Disease Surveillance Program, Massachusetts Department of Public Health, Boston.
Gary J. Burkholder (Assistant Professor), Senior Research Analyst, Institute of Community Research, Hartford, Connecticut.
Scott Chasan-Taber (Assistant Professor), President, Pioneer Biodiligence, Amherst, Massachusetts
Stuart R. Chipkin (Associate Professor), Chief, Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Metabolism, Baystate Medical Center, Springfield, Massachusetts.
Jacalyn Coghlin-Strom (Assistant Professor), Assistant Professor, Department of Family and Community Medicine, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester.
Bruce A. Cohen (Assistant Professor), Officer in Charge, Naval Undersea Medical Institute, U.S. Navy, Groton, Connecticut.
Bruce B. Cohen (Assistant Professor), Director of Research and Epidemiology, Bureau of Health Statistics, Research, and Evaluation, Massachusetts Department of Public Health, Boston.
James R. Cook (Assistant Professor), Department of Cardiology, Baystate Medical Center, Springfield, Massachusetts.
Ralph R. Cook (Professor), Former Director of Epidemiology, The Dow Corning Corporation, Midland, Michigan.
Letitia Davis (Assistant Professor), Director, Occupational Health Division, Bureau of Health Statistics, Research, and Evaluation, Massachusetts Department of Public Health, Boston.
N. Lynn Eckhert (Professor), Dean, Center for International Health Professions Education, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester.
Paul H. Etkind (Assistant Professor), Director, Division of Sexually Transmissable Disease Control, Massachusetts Department of Public Health, Boston.
William Fisher (Associate Professor), Associate Professor of Psychiatry, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester.
Edward F. Fitzgerald (Associate Professor), Assistant Director, Bureau of Environmental and Occupational Epidemiology, New York State Department of Health.
Daniel J. Friedman (Associate Professor), Assistant Commissioner, Bureau of Health Statistics, Research, and Evaluation, Massachusetts Department of Public Health, Boston.
Susan T. Gershman (Assistant Professor), Director, Massachusetts Cancer Registry, Bureau of Health Statistics, Research, and Evaluation, Massachusetts Department of Public Health, Boston.
Robert J. Goldberg (Professor), Professor of Medicine and Epidemiology, Department of Medicine, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester.
Terry Hearne (Instructor), Epidemiology Department, Eastman Kodak Company, Rochester, New York.
James Hebert (Professor), Professor and Chair, Department of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, University of South Carolina School of Public Health, Columbia .
Rita Hindin (Assistant Professor), Senior Research Fellow in Epidemiology, Department of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, School of Public Health and Health Sciences, University of Massachusetts, Amherst.
Jennifer L. Kelsey (Professor), Professor, Health Research and Policy, Division of Epidemiology, Stanford University School of Medicine
Stanley Lemeshow (Professor), Director, Center for Biostatistics, Ohio State University School of Public Health, Columbus.
David A. Lombardi (Assistant Professor), Injury Epidemiologist, Quantitative Analysis Unit, Liberty Mutual Research Institute for Safety, Hopkinton, Massachusetts.
Christopher Longcope (Professor), Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Medicine, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester.
Roger Luckmann (Assistant Professor), Assistant Professor, Department of Family and Community Medicine, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester.
Martin C. Mahoney (Associate Professor), Director, Risk Assessment and Screening, Division of Population Sciences, Roswell Park Cancer Institute, Buffalo, New York
Stephen A. Metz (Associate Professor), Vice Chairman and Chief, Division of Gynecology, Baystate Medical Center, Springfield, Massachusetts
Arthur M. Michalek (Professor), Dean of Graduate Education, Roswell Park Cancer Institute, State University of New York at Buffalo.
Ira S. Ockene (Professor), Professor of Medicine, Associate Director, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine and Director, Preventive Cardiology Program, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester.
Jon C. Olson (Assistant Professor), Epidemiologist, Office of Health Care Quality, Connecticut Department of Public Health, Hartford, Connecticut
Harris Pastides (Professor), Dean, School of Public Health, University of South Carolina, Columbia.
Nancy A. Potischman (Associate Professor), Epidemiologist, Applied Research Branch, National Cancer Institute, Rockville, Maryland.
Glenn S. Pransky (Associate Professor), Director, Center for Disability Research, Liberty Mutual Research Institute for Safety, Hopkinton, Massachusetts.
Sylvie Ratelle (Assistant Professor), Director, STD/HIV Prevention Training Center of New England, Massachusetts Department of Public Health and Associate Faculty, Department of Family and Community Medicine, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester.
George W. Reed (Associate Professor), Associate Professor, Division of Preventive and Behavioral Medicine, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts
Eugene Schwartz (Associate Professor), Medical Epidemiology Consultant, South Hadley, Massachusetts
W. Karl Sieber, Jr. (Associate Professor), Statistician, Support Services Branch, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Cincinnati, Ohio.
Gary S. Sorock (Associate Professor), Director, Quantitative Analysis Unit, Liberty Mutual Research Institute for Safety, Hopkinton, Massachusetts.
Daniel Teres (Associate Professor), AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP, Wilmington, Delaware.
Mary Jane Teta (Associate Professor), Director of Epidemiology, Union Carbide Chemicals and Plastics Company Inc., Danbury, Connecticut.
Rachel A. Volberg (Associate Professor), President, Gemini Research, Northampton, Massachusetts.
Stephan Weiland (Associate Professor), Chair, Department of Epidemiology, University of Ulm, Germany.
Alfred Yankauer (Professor), Professor, Department of Pediatrics and Family and Community Medicine, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester.

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