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BCC Members

The BCC consists of PhD-level faculty and Master’s level statisticians. Our faculty hold their own grants as PI, are leaders in professional organizations, include fellows of the American Statistical Association, and are internationally recognized biostatisticians. Our Master's level members, better known as Statistical Analysts, have several years of experience and are knowledgeable in numerous statistical software programs, including SAS, STATA, and R.

BCC Faculty

Leah J Welty, PhD

Leah J Welty, PhD

BCC Director, Professor, Department of Preventive Medicine (Biostatistics)

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Interests
Longitudinal, multi-level and mixed models; Reproducible Research; Health Disparities; Psychiatric Epidemiology; Environmental Health; Software Development
Shaina Alexandria, PhD

Shaina Alexandria, PhD

Assistant Professor, Department of Preventive Medicine (Biostatistics)

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Interests
Causal Inference; Cardiovascular Disease; Environmental Health; Health Policy; Infectious Disease; Methods for Exposure Mixtures; Statistical Learning
Adin-Cristian Andrei, PhD

Adin-Cristian Andrei, PhD

Professor, Department of Preventive Medicine (Biostatistics)

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Interests
Causal Interference; Health-related Quality-of-life; Machine Learning; Observational Studies; Pulmonary and Critical Care Research; Risk Estimation and Prediction
Lauren Balmert Bonner, PhD

Lauren Balmert Bonner, PhD

Associate Professor, Department of Preventive Medicine (Biostatistics)

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Interests
Time-to-event Analysis; Nonparametric Methodology; Pediatrics; Overdose Mortality; Health Disparities; Longitudinal Data Analysis
Margaret Banker, PhD

Margaret Banker, PhD

Assistant Professor, Department of Preventive Medicine (Biostatistics)

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Interests
Longitudinal Data Analysis, Wearable Device Data, Functional Data Analysis, Accelerometry, Metabolomics Data, Maternal/Child Health
Jody D Ciolino, PhD

Jody D Ciolino, PhD

Associate Professor, Department of Preventive Medicine (Biostatistics)

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Interests
Clinical Trial Methodology; (Cluster) Randomization, Covariate Imbalance, Interim Analyses; Database Design/REDCap; Perinatal Health; Mood Disorders; Gastroenterology; Pediatrics
Nathan Gill, PhD

Nathan Gill, PhD

Assistant Professor, Department of Preventive Medicine (Biostatistics)

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Interests
Longitudinal Data Analysis, Mixed and Multi-level Models, Study Design
Kwang-Youn A Kim, PhD

Kwang-Youn A Kim, PhD

Associate Professor, Department of Preventive Medicine (Biostatistics)

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Interests
Statistical Genetics Methodology; Asthma; Cancer; Cardiovascular Disease; Genetics; Genomics; Health Literacy; Health Policy; Infectious Diseases; Pediatrics
Masha Kocherginsky, PhD

Masha Kocherginsky, PhD

Professor, Department of Preventive Medicine (Biostatistics)

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Interests
Clinical Trial Design and Analysis; Study design; Survival Analysis; Competing Risks; Accelerometry; Rehabilitation Medicine; Cancer;
Mary J Kwasny, ScD

Mary J Kwasny, ScD

Professor, Department of Preventive Medicine (Biostatistics)

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Interests
Anthropometric Measures; Gastroenterology; Behavioral Interventions; Neurology; Gestational Weight Gain; Statistical Outreach; Missing Data; Measurement Error; Longitudinal Data Analysis; Study Design
Julia Lee, PhD, MPH

Julia Lee, PhD, MPH

Professor, Department of Preventive Medicine (Biostatistics)

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Interests
Osteoarthritis; Physical Activity; Accelerometer; Methodological Issues for Risk Prediction; Statistical Methods in Epidemiology; Longitudinal Data Analysis
Lutfiyya Muhammad, PhD, MPH

Lutfiyya Muhammad, PhD, MPH

Assistant Professor, Department of Preventive Medicine (Biostatistics)

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Interests
Linear Mixed Models; Truncated Data; Missing Data; Rheumatology; Health Disparities
Lucia C Petito, PhD

Lucia C Petito, PhD

Assistant Professor, Department of Preventive Medicine (Biostatistics)

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Interests
Statistics in Epidemiology; Survival Analysis; Study Design; Longitudinal Data Analysis; Cardiovascular Disease; Observational Data; Reproducible Research; Causal Inference
Jacob Schauer, PhD

Jacob Schauer, PhD

Assistant Professor, Department of Preventive Medicine (Biostatistics)

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Interests
Replication, Meta-analysis, Mixed-effects and Multilevel Models, Cluster and Multisite Randomized Trials, Data Privacy, Statistical Learning

BCC Master's-level Staff

David Aaby, MS

David Aaby, MS

BCC Assistant Director, Senior Biostatistician

Interests
Statistical Programming; Data Visualization; Longitudinal, Multi-level and Mixed Models; Health Disparities; Missing Data; Measurement Error; Reproducible Research
Software
R, SAS, Stata
Jennifer Cheung, MS

Jennifer Cheung, MS

Statistical Analyst

Interests
Survival Analysis; Longitudinal Analysis; Clinical Trials; Cardiovascular Disease; Nutrition
Software
R, SAS, Stata
Siyuan Dong, MS

Siyuan Dong, MS

Statistical Analyst

Interests
Survival Analysis; Multi-level Modeling; Clinical Trials; Oncology; Surgery
Software
R, Stata, SAS
Daniel Erickson, MBA

Daniel Erickson, MBA

Database Team Leader

Interests
Database Design; Data Quality Control; Lupus; HIV/AIDS; Cardiovascular Disease; Geographical Information Systems
Software
Oracle, SQL, REDCap, ArcGIS
Elizabeth Gray, MS

Elizabeth Gray, MS

Biostatistician

Interests
Longitudinal Data Analysis; Statistical Methods in Epidemiology; Study Design; Database Design/REDCap; Health Disparities
Software
R, SAS, Stata
Miranda Gurra, MS

Miranda Gurra, MS

Statistical Analyst

Interests
Longitudinal Analysis, Database Design, Multi-level Modeling, Maternal Health and Gestational Diabetes; Liver Cirrhosis
Software
R, SAS, REDCap
Ann Kan, MS

Ann Kan, MS

Statistical Analyst

Interests
Database Design/REDCap; Data Quality Assurance & Control; Health Disparities; Longitudinal Data Analysis; Reproducible Research; Linear Mixed Modeling
Software
R, SAS
Nicola Lancki, MPH

Nicola Lancki, MPH

Biostatistician

Interests
Statistical Methods in Epidemiology; Study Design; Social Network Analysis; Database Design/REDCap; Health Disparities; HIV/Infectious diseases; Cardiovascular Disease
Software
Stata, SAS, R, SQL
Maxwell Shramuk, MS

Maxwell Shramuk, MS

Statistical Analyst

Interests
Database Design, Statistical Learning, Mixed Effects Models, Basic Science, and Health Disparities.
Software
R, SAS, Python
Jing Song, MS

Jing Song, MS

Biostatistician

Interests
Statistical Methods in Epidemiology; Longitudinal Data Analysis; Physical Activity; Pain; Rheumatology
Software
SAS, R, Stata

BCC Administration

Laurel Kaish, MA

Laurel Kaish, MA

Assistant Research Administrator

Interests
Grants Management; Marketing; Outreach
Sam Paulson

Sam Paulson

Financial Administrator

Interests
Recharge Billing; Financial Operations; Marketing and Outreach