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Division of Biostatistics
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Denise Babineau
Adjunct Assistant Professor. Ph.D., Statistics, University of Waterloo
(Ontario, Canada) 2005; M.Sc., Statistics, Simon Faser University
Colorado State University, 2000. Design and analysis
of clinical and translational studies, particularly with
interdisciplinary teams. Interests include longitudinal
analysis, clinical trial design and analysis, and structural
equation modeling. Survival analysis with particular emphasis
on interval censored data; event history data analysis;
methods accounting for informative censoring; assessment of
modelfit.
Gerald Beck
Adjunct Assistant Professor. Director of Laboratory Computers,
The Cleveland Clinic Foundation. M.D., University of Pittsburgh,
1974; M.S., University of Minnesota, 1980. Computers in laboratory
medicine, medical databases.
Roger Bielefeld
Adjunct Assistant Professor.
Stephen Ganocy
Assistant Professor. PhD, Statistics, Case Western Reserve
University, 2003; MS, Biometry, Case Western Reserve
University, 1980; MS, Mathematics, University of Akron,
1976. Research Interests: statistics in psychiatry, change
point analysis, experimental design in clinical trials,
biostatistics, bioinformatics.
Michael Kattan
Professor. Quantitative Health Sciences, Cleveland Clinic
Foundation. PhD, University of Houston, TX. Specialty
Interests: Prediction, medical decision making, quality of
life asessment, patient references, decision analysis.
Robin Lake
Adjunct Assistant Professor. PhD, Engineering, Case Western
Reserve University; AM, Applied Mathematics, Harvard
University.
Jing Li
Assistant Professor. Electrical Engineering and Computer
Science Deparement. PhD, Computer Science, University of
California at Riverside, 2004. Research Interest in the
Area of Computational Biology.
Thomas Love
Associate Professor. Director of the Biostatistics and
Evaluation Unit at the Center for Health Care Research &
Policy at MetroHealth Medical Center and Case Western
Reserve University. PhD, Statistics, The Wharton School,
University of Pennsylvania, 1994; MA, Statistics, The
Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, 1992.
Douglas Rowland
Adjunct Assistant Professor.
Jiayang Sun
Professor. Department of Statistics, Department of Epidemiology and
Biostistics. Ph.D., Stanford University, 1989. General statistics,
statistical computing and data mining, biased sampling, bump hunting,
mixtures, semiparametrics and nonparametrics, statistics in astronomy,
neuroscience, imaging and IT.
Xiaofeng Wang
Assistant Professor of Medicine at Case Western Reserve
University. Assistant Staff of Biostatistics in the
Department of Quantitative Health Sciences at the Cleveland
Clinic. Ph.D. in Statistics, Case Western Reserve
University, 2005. Research Interests: neuroinformatics;
biomedical signal analysis; statistical image analysis;
nonparametric and semiparametric methods for the data with
measurement errors; statistical data mining; functional and
spatial data analysis.
Jiong Yang
Assistant Professor. Electrical Engineering and Computer
Science Department. PhD, Computer Science University of
California at Los Angeles, 1999. Research Interest: data
mining and bio-informatics.
Stephen Zyzanski
Professor. Department of Family Medicine. PhD, Psychometrics,
University of North Carolina, 1968; MS, Psychology, Iowa
State University, 1962. Special Interest: statistics, behavioral
measurement, psychometrics, epidemiology.
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Division of Epidemiology
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Mahbat Bahromov
Adjunct Assistant Professor. MSc, International Policy and
Management, Brandeis University in Massachusetts, 2005; MD,
Anesthesiology, Tajik Medical University, Dushanbe
Tajikistan, 1988
Ronald Blanton
Associate Professor. Center for Global Health and Diseases, School of
Medicine, Case Western Reserve University. MS, Genetic
Epidemiology, Case Western Reserve University, 2003; MD,
Case Western Reserve University, 1997. Research: tropical
medicine, population genetics, quantitative genetics and molecular
engineering.
David Bruckman
Adjunct Instructor. Cleveland Department of Public Health.
Chief Systems Analyst / Biostatistician. MS, Biostatistics,
University of Michigan, School of Public Health. Area of
Expertise: STD, HIV/AIDS surveillance and reporting; health
indicator assessment, analysis and reporting; teaching and
using SAS; metadata analysis with clinical record and
administrative data; use of MEPS, AHRQ.
Gregory S. Cooper
Assistant Professor. M.D., 1986; MA 1982, University of Pennsylvania.
Use of large databases, with or without additional primary data
collection, for health care research; epidemiology of colorectal
and other cancers using Medicare and SEER data; conducting a series
of studies with the Cleveland Health Quality Choice database,
which includes 30 regional hospitals.
Charles King
Associate Professor of International Health, Case-SOM Center for
Global Health and Diseases. M.D., State University of New York,
1978; M.S. Biostatistics, University of Michigan, 2000. Clinical
epidemiology, ecology of infectious disease, and control strategies
for vector-borne and parasitic infections
Carolyn Landis
Assistant Professor in the Division of
Developmental/Behavioral Pediatrics and Psychology, Rainbow
Babies and Children's Hospital, Case Western Reserve
University School of Medicine. Ph.D. Case Western Reserve
University, 1997; M.A. 1991, Wake Forest University.
Research Interests: dietary modification among children with
chronic diseases; physical activity; family-based
interventions; parental monitoring.
Jonathan Lass
Professor and Chair for the Department of Ophthalmology and
Visual Sciences at Case Western Reserve University. M.D.,
1973, Boston University; M.A., 1972, Boston University.
Research Interests: corneal endothelial image analysis;
genetics of fuchs' endothelial corneal dystrophy.
Li Li
Associate Professor in the Department of Family Medicine at
Case Western Reserve University. Ph.D.in Preventive
Medicine/Epidemiology, 1996, Keck School of Medicine,
University of Southern California; M.S. in Applied Biometry,
1995, Keck School of Medicine; M.P.H., 1989, Tongji Medical
University in China, M.D., 1986, Tongji Medical University
in China.
Suchitra Shirley Nelson
Associate Professor in the Department of Community Dentistry.
Ph.D. in Epidemiology, 1992, M.S. in Epidemiology, 1988, M.S.
in Nutrition, 1984, Case Western Reserve University; M.Sc. in
Nutrition and Dietetics, 1981, University of Madras in India.
Research Interests: oral health; prevention; urban child
health; low birth weight babies and oral health.
Susan Redline
Professor in the Department of Pediatrics. M.P.H., Harvard University,
1986; M.D. Boston University, 1979. Research Interests: Epidemiology
of chronic diseases with an emphasis on pulmonary and cardiovascular
diseases; occupational/environmental lung diseases; clinical
epidemiology, pediatric asthma; clinical trials; and the genetic
epidemiology of sleep apnea.
Martha Sajatovic
Associate Professor in the Department of Psychiatry and
Director of the Geropsychiatry Program. M.D., 1982, Medical
College of Ohio. Research Interests: health outcomes for
individuals with serious mental illness; assessment
instruments in psychiatry.
Ajay K.
Sethi
Assistant Professor at the University of Wisconsin in the
Center for Global Health. Ph.D. in Epidemiology, M.H.S. in
Molecular and Microbiology and Immunology, Johns Hopkins
Bloomberg School of Public Health. Research Interests:
clinical research; epidemiology; global health; and social
and behavioral health sciences.
Kurt C. Stange
Professor. Associate Professor of Family Medicine. M.D.,
Albany Medical College, 1983; Ph.D., University of North Carolina
School of Public Health, 1989. Research Interests: Clinical
preventive service delivery; primary care research methods;
disability prevention in the elderly.
Brook Watts
Assistant Professor of Medicine. Physician in the Division
of General Internal Medicine at Cleveland VA Medical Center.
M.S. in Health Policy, 2006, Case Western Reserve Univesity;
M.D., 2000, University of Alabama School of Medicine.
Research Interests: quality improvement; access and
utilization of healthcare.
Christopher Whalen
Professor of Epidemiology at the Paul Coverdell Center for
Biomedical and Health Sciences at the University of Georgia.
M.D., 1984 and M.S. in Epidemiology in 1982 at Case Western
Reserve University. Research Interests: Tuberculosis and
HIV.
Stephen Wotman
Professor. Professor of Community Dentistry. Education Chair,
Institute for Urban Health. D.D.S., University of Pennsylvania,
1956. Problems of urban populations, health promotion, health
outcome evaluation, health policy, the changing health care system,
public health education, academic preparation of the health professional.
Current projects include: an observational study of prevention
in 120 general dental practices, and studies concerning possible
relationships between periodontal disease and cardiovascular disease.
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Division of Genetic and Molecular
Epidemiology
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Jill Barnholtz-Sloan
Assistant Professor in General Medical Sciences (Oncology).
Ph.D. in Biometry (Biostatistics), University of Texas, 2000;
M.S. in Statistics, University of Texas, 1995. Research
Interests: cancer epidemiology; brain tumor molecular/genetic
epidemiology; health disparities; population genetics -
estimating genetic ancestry; cancer outcomes.
Courtney
Gray-McGuire
Adjunct Assistant Professor. Assistant Member at the Oklahoma
Medical Research Foundation. Ph.D. in Genetic and Molecular
Epidemiology, Case Western Reserve University, 2004; M.S. in
Biostatistics, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center,
2000. Research Interests: identification of genes
predisposing to complex diseases, particularly colon cancer
and inflammatory disorders like systemic lupus erythematosus
(SLE) and sarcoidosis; development of new statistical and
computational tools to aid in specific gene discovery.
Li Li
Associate Professor in the Department of Family Medicine at
Case Western Reserve University. Ph.D.in Preventive
Medicine/Epidemiology, 1996, Keck School of Medicine,
University of Southern California; M.S. in Applied Biometry,
1995, Keck School of Medicine; M.P.H., 1989, Tongji Medical
University in China, M.D., 1986, Tongji Medical University
in China.
Lyle Palmer
J. Sunil Rao
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Division of Health Services
Research
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David C. Aron
Professor. Professor of Medicine. M.D., Columbia University, 1975;
M.S. (Clinical Research Design and Statistical Analysis, University
of Michigan, 1995. Clinical epidemiology of endocrine disorders;
quality of care and quality improvement; medical decision making.
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Randall D. Cebul
Professor. Associate Professor of Medicine. M.D., Yale University,1976.
Clinical epidemiology, medical decision making (health policy, clinical
strategies, diagnostic technology assessment); screening, prevention,
and primary care in populations; vascular disease, chronic illness,
and common problems in primary care.
Neal V. Dawson
Associate Professor. Associate Professor of Medicine. M.D., University
of Missouri School of Medicine, 1976. Human judgment in medical
decision making; decision making in the care of seriously ill
hospitalized adults; health services research.
Douglas Einstadter
Assistant Professor. M.P.H., University of Washington, 1992; M.D.,
University of Illinois, 1986. Clinical epidemiology, health services
and outcomes research using large administrative and clinical
datasets. Epidemiologic and clinical trial methodology.
Susan Flocke
Assistant Professor of Family Medicine. MA Organizational Psychology,
Cleveland State University, 1990. Ph.D. Health Services Research,
Case Western Reserve University, 1997. Research interests: health
promotion and health behavior change including smoking cessation,
exercise, diet, weight management; patient-doctor communication;
integrating quantitative and qualitative research methods; practice-based
research networks; cancer prevention.
Mei-Po Kwan
David Litaker
Associate Professor of Medicine. M.D., Duke University, 1984; M.S., Epidemiology,
Case Western Reserve University, 1992; Ph.D. Health Services Research,
Case Western Reserve University, 2002. Research interests: Delivery and
implementation of preventive services; factors within the health system and
community context that influence the quantity and quality of care provided
Richard Matzen
Patrick Murray
Ashwini Sehgal
Assistant Professor. Assistant Professor of Medicine. M.D., Harvard
University, 1986. Chronic and stage renal disease in the elderly;
the prevalence of mental impairment among hemodialysis patients.
J.B. Silvers
Professor. Treuhaft Professor of Management. Professor of Finance.
Ph.D., Stanford University, 1971; M.S., Purdue University, 1966.
Evolution of the health care market, government policy; provider
and strategy financing; hospital capital investment decisions;
changes in the demand for nurses; following the decision making
process on several levels regarding growth hormone utilization.
Joseph Sudano
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Division of Public Health
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Scott Frank, Director,
Division of Public Health
Associate Professor, Department of Family Medicine; Associate Professor
(Secondary), Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, M.D.,
M.S.; Director of Health, City of Shaker Heights, Ohio; Director,
Division of Public Health and Master of Public Health Program in
the Department of Epidemiology & Biostatistics. Research areas include
behavior change, smoking cessation, substance abuse, clinical assessment
of stress and the role of spirituality and religion in the medical
setting.
Terrence M. Allan
Adjunct Assistant Professor, Dept. of Epidemiology & Biostatistics.
M.P.H.
David Bruckman
Adjunct Instructor, Dept. of Epidemiology and Biostatistics.
Chief Biostatistician and Systems Analyst, City of Cleveland Department of Public Health. M.S., University of Michigan,
1996; B.Sc., Cleveland State University. M.T., Fairview School of Medical Technology, 1987; ASCP,
American Society of Clinical Pathologists Board of Registry Certification, 1987. B.S. University of Cincinnati, 1985.
Research interests include health services research related to access, delivery and quality of care for chronic diseases,
peri-conceptional care, HIV/STD surveillance and SAS programming.
Nancy Callahan
Matthew P. Carroll
Adjunct Assistant Professor, Dept. of Epidemiology & Biostatistics. JD Director, Department of Public Health, City of Cleveland; J.D., Georgetown University Law Center, 1989; A.B., Brown University, 1986; departmental areas of priority include reducing and preventing lead poisoning, addressing obesity and overweight, and improving access to health care; Co-Chair of Ryan White Title I Planning Council.
Sharon Danann
Kathleen Fagan
Adjunct Assistant Professor, Dept. of Epidemiology & Biostatistics.
M.D.
Antonette Grahm
Timothy Horgan
Adjunct Assistant Professor. Director of Cuyahoga County Health
Department. M.P.H.
Kristina Knight
Joy Marshall
Senior Clinical Instructor, Department of Family Medicine; Adjunct
Senior Instructor (Secondary), Department of Epidemiology & Biostatistics.
MA, M.D.
Masahiro Morikawa
Assistant Professor, Department of Family Medicine; Assistant
Professor (Secondary), Department of Epidemiology & Biostatistics.
M.D, M.P.H.
Robert Ronis
Associate Professor, Department of Psychiatry; Assistant Professor
(Secondary), Department of Epidemiology & Biostatistics. M.D,
M.P.H.
Susan Wentz
Assistant Professor, Department of Family Medicine; Assistant Professor (Secondary), Department of Epidemiology & Biostatistics. M.D., M.S.
Carlyn Yanda
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