Current Appointments & Affiliations
James B. Duke Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Statistical Science
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2018 - Present
Statistical Science,
Trinity College of Arts & Sciences
Professor Emeritus of Statistical Science
·
2018 - Present
Statistical Science,
Trinity College of Arts & Sciences
Recent Publications
On prior smoothing with discrete spatial data in the context of disease mapping.
Journal Article Statistical methods in medical research · October 2025 Disease mapping attempts to explain observed health event counts across areal units, typically using Markov random field models. These models rely on spatial priors to account for variation in raw relative risk or rate estimates. Spatial priors introduce s ... Full text CiteHierarchical Modeling and Analysis for Spatial Data
Book · September 23, 2025 Hierarchical Modeling and Analysis for Spatial Data, Third Edition is the latest edition of this popular and authoritative text on Bayesian modeling and inference for spatial and spatial-temporal data. The text presents a comprehensive and up-to-date treat ... Full text CiteZero-inflated multivariate tobit regression modeling
Journal Article Journal of Statistical Planning and Inference · May 1, 2025 A frequent challenge encountered in real-world applications is data having a high proportion of zeros. Focusing on ecological abundance data, much attention has been given to zero-inflated count data. Models for non-negative continuous abundance data with ... Full text CiteRecent Grants
Process based data fusion for Marine mammal science
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Office of Naval Research · 2023 - 2026Double MOCHA: Phase II Multi-study Ocean acoustic Human effects Analysis
ResearchCo-Principal Investigator · Awarded by University of St. Andrews · 2018 - 2023EAGER-NEON: Probabilistic forecasting of biodiversity response to intensifying drought: A proposal to combine NEON with national climate, species, and trait data bases
ResearchInvestigator · Awarded by National Science Foundation · 2015 - 2018View All Grants
Education, Training & Certifications
Stanford University ·
1969
Ph.D.
Stanford University ·
1967
M.S.
City College of New York ·
1965
B.S.