Current Appointments & Affiliations
Professor of Biostatistics & Bioinformatics
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2022 - Present
Biostatistics & Bioinformatics, Division of Biostatistics,
Biostatistics & Bioinformatics
Recent Publications
Novel approaches to recruiting clinical sites for embedded pragmatic clinical trials: Insights from the AIM-back trial.
Journal Article Contemp Clin Trials Commun · June 2025 BACKGROUND: Embedded pragmatic clinical trials (ePCTs) assess interventions in real-world settings. Best practices for recruiting clinical sites for ePCTs are unknown, especially for sites that aren't known to the study team or familiar with clinical resea ... Full text Link to item CiteChanges in weight and physical function for older African American women in Take Off Pounds Sensibly (TOPS): Study protocol for a randomized clinical trial.
Journal Article Contemp Clin Trials · March 2025 BACKGROUND: Obesity and frailty are positively linked. Compared to other groups, older African American women have the highest rates of both obesity and frailty. Several academic weight loss interventions have shown that older adults can lose weight and im ... Full text Link to item CiteExploration of heterogeneity of treatment effects across exercise-based interventions for knee osteoarthritis.
Journal Article Osteoarthr Cartil Open · March 2025 OBJECTIVE: Variability exists in the degree of improvement patients experience following exercise-based interventions (EBIs) for knee osteoarthritis (KOA), but understanding of this heterogeneity is limited. Using a machine learning approach, this study le ... Full text Link to item CiteRecent Grants
Biopsychosocial Influence on Shoulder Pain
ResearchCo Investigator · Awarded by National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases · 2023 - 2028Testing a Clinician and Patient Intervention to Promote smoking Cessation Among Pregnant Women
ResearchCo Investigator · Awarded by National Cancer Institute · 2021 - 2026Improving Veteran Access To Integrated Management of Chronic Back Pain (AIM Back)
ResearchStatistical Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2017 - 2026View All Grants
Education, Training & Certifications
North Carolina State University ·
1997
Ph.D.
North Carolina State University ·
1993
M.B.A.
West Virginia University ·
1984
B.S.