Providing statistical support for health-related research to advance science and make lives healthier. We are a team of 6 professional statisticians with a wide range of statistical expertise including trial design, randomization schemes, data management, statistical modeling and analysis, and visualization. We love helping to pull meaning out of the data and communicating findings back to you and your audience. Our specialties include linear mixed models, logistic regression, network analyses, spatial analysis, functional data analysis, statistical genetics, and bayesian methods. Our work spans a wide range of areas including Public Health, Medicine, Biology and Life Sciences, and Environmental Health.
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Nice work Xiwei C., with one of our BCC VIP's Molly Rosenberg! 😀
To what degree could money equal prevention? #IUSPHB Associate Professor Molly Rosenberg, Ph.D. and co-authors Erika Beidelman and Xiwei Chen from the Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics examine the effect of #cash transfers on #memorydecline in aging South African households. Read their extraordinary findings: https://bit.ly/3TFVoRo. #StayTuned #MoreToCome #Discovery
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Dean, Distinguished Professor, and Provost Professor at Indiana University Bloomington
THIS IS EDITORIAL INTEGRITY IN ACTION. Editor-in-Chief Joseph “Joey” Skelton issues “Retraction of: Body Mass Index and Gut Microbiome: A Cluster-Randomized, Controlled, Pilot Feasibility Study (doi: 10.1089/chi.2022.0171)” - https://lnkd.in/gTzkQ32U The retraction was prompted by a letter to the editor from Yu Zhang, Colby Vorland, Lilian Golzarri Arroyo, and me (which can be viewed here https://lnkd.in/gkWr5qK6 ). The editor wrote: “The Editor made the decision to retract the paper based on the following: (a) the distinction between a weakness or limitation in research vs invalid or incorrect methods is important; (b) weaknesses and limitations can be addressed by acknowledging them, whereas errors merit correction of the scientific record; and (c) the author response did not indicate that their original paper used correct and valid methods and it was therefore judged to be unreliable and meriting retraction.” On the glass is half empty side, this is sadly another example of exaggerated evidence in the childhood obesity intervention literature (c.f: https://lnkd.in/ghqb9ndN ) and another example of invalid use of a cluster randomized trial (c.f: https://lnkd.in/gxqZNxsU ). On the glass is half full side, this is a shining example of editorial courage in upholding the integrity of the scientific record. Some who may wish to comment include: Diana Thomas, Moonseong Heo, J. Michael Oakes, Tapan Mehta, Jennifer Heimberg, Lehana Thabane, PhD, Gary Smith, Kevin Fontaine, Steven N. Goodman, Brian Nosek, Frank Harrell, Stephen Senn, Ayanbola Elegbe, Gwen Twillman, Nikhil Dhurandhar, Carmen Tekwe-Zoh, Christopher Lynch, Raphiel Murden, David L. Katz, MD, MPH, Dr David Ludwig, MD, Arne Astrup, Stan Young, Dan Larhammar, Layla Esposito, Stuart Buck, Wendy Chung, Lawrence Cheskin, James Sallis, Ted Kyle, Stanley Ulijaszek, Thorkild Sørensen, Berit L Heitmann, Carolyn Summerbell, Julia Belluz, Thomas Robinson, Anthony G. Comuzzie. Image from: https://lnkd.in/gk3qkW7k
We can't wait, Evan! #btownbiostats
Associate Professor and Associate Chair of Strategic Initiatives at Indiana University Bloomington
Boy am I excited about this. Over the next five years we’re going to be working to determine how the stress we experience in the places we live, work, and play impact aging and brain health - with a special focus on the differences between urban and rural environments. Extremely glad to be working with Stephanie Dickinson, Patrick C. Shih, Erik Nelson, Zina BenMiled, Fred Unverzagt, Malaz Boustani, Paul Dexter, and Mario Schootman on this project. Special thanks to Elizabeth Ellis for telling our story!
Welcome to new IU faculty! 😍 We loved meeting everyone at the New Faculty Orientation and Picnic on Friday! Reach out to tell us about your health-related research and see how we can help with all things data! https://lnkd.in/gCHyTmvT #btownbiostats
So proud of our longtime collaborators Roger S. Zoh , Carmen Tekwe-Zoh , Nana Gletsu Miller , Stephen Carter with support from BCC’s Xiwei C. on this NIH R01 for “Novel Bayesian assessments of device-based physical activity and self-reported dietary intake in joint models of all-cause mortality and type 2 diabetes in a cohort of biracial older US adults”. Congratulations 🎉 We can’t wait to be part of the fun!
#IUSPHB is very proud to share that Associate Professor Roger S. Zoh was awarded a four-year The National Institutes of Health (NIH) R01 grant in the amount of $2,382,456 to support the development of #statistical models to better estimate the impact of imprecisely measured #physicalactivity and other modifiable behaviors on the risk of developing #diabetes and other chronic diseases – as well as their impact on overall individual survival. Dr. Zoh will be collaborating with colleagues from our school as well as Columbia University and The University of Alabama at Birmingham, thanks in large part to the support of Dean David Allison "We can make better-informed recommendations on physical activity regimens without individuals having to overdo or underdo it to improve their #health status," says Dr. Zoh. "It is critical that we understand, as best as we can, the effect of physical activity on health and disease status." Read the full story here: https://go.iu.edu/8q2q
Appreciate the shout out from Dr. Andrew Gelman highlighting our work on corrections of statistical methods in the literature...even when it takes over 3 years 😉 with David Allison, Colby Vorland, Andrew Brown, Stephanie Dickinson, Greyson Foote https://lnkd.in/gHnmirtD #itsaboutknowing #btownbstats
Great work, team! with Beate Henschel , Stephanie Dickinson, Luis Mestre , Erik Parker, PhD #btownbiostats
Dean, Distinguished Professor, and Provost Professor at Indiana University Bloomington
New article led by Dr. Daniel Smith, my former mentoree and now distinguished colleague: "Impact of sustained calorie restriction and weight cycling on body composition in high-fat diet-fed male and female C57BL/6J mice." Read more here: https://lnkd.in/gnc2AyZ3 Some who may wish to comment include: John Speakman, Dr David Ludwig, MD, Thorkild Sørensen, Steven Heymsfield, Kevin Hall, Arne Astrup, Kevin C. Maki, PhD, Richard DiMarchi, Louis Aronne, Diana Thomas, Mads Krogsgaard Thomsen.
Congratulations Debby Herbenick and Kei Kawata!
I'm thrilled to share that my research on the rise in prevalence and mainstreaming of sexual choking/strangulation is covered in today's The New York Times in an article by highly acclaimed journalist Peggy Orenstein. The article shares our team's research including groundbreaking neurological research led by my colleague Dr. Kei Kawata. Read the article - for free (gift link!) - here: https://lnkd.in/gkTPvpVi
Maria Litvinova is #hiring at Indiana University School of Public Health-Bloomington . Join us in the Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics!
Calling all statisticians! Come work with us! ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ #btownbiostats #IUSPHB #livingthedream #hoosiers Apply here! https://lnkd.in/d8j7BrKv See yourself here: https://lnkd.in/dhiWZgSP