Overview
Samantha is the manager of the Duke Cancer Institute (DCI) Biostatistics Shared Resource. Collaboratively, she primarily works with physicians in DCI, specifically in research of Endocrine Neoplasia and Breast Cancer. She is also the director of the Biostatistics, Epidemiology, Research, and Design Methods (BERD) Core Training and Internship Program (BCTIP). Her professional experience involves study design, analysis, and reporting of clinical trials and observational studies. Her specific areas of interest include training of collaborative biostatisticians, modeling of non-linear associations, and application of partitioning analyses to identify homogeneous patient groups.
Office Hours
DCI members who are interested in collaborating with a biostatistician should contact Samantha directly, or the Director of the DCI Biostatistics Shared Resource, Donna Niedzwiecki.
Current Appointments & Affiliations
Biostatistician, Principal
Biostatistics & Bioinformatics,
Basic Science Departments
Recent Publications
Impact of Multiple Episodes of Cytomegalovirus Infection on Patient Outcomes in Allogeneic Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplant Using a Pre-emptive Monitoring Strategy
Preprint · August 28, 2024 Full text CiteAxillary nodal disease burden is not associated with an elevated 21-gene recurrence score in post-menopausal women presenting with a clinically negative axilla.
Journal Article Am J Surg · July 2024 BACKGROUND: The predictive and prognostic value of the recurrence score (RS) has emphasized the importance of tumor biology and has reduced the prognostic implications of limited nodal burden in post-menopausal women with HR+/HER2-invasive breast cancer (I ... Full text Link to item CitePatient Characteristics Impact Performance of AI Algorithm in Interpreting Negative Screening Digital Breast Tomosynthesis Studies.
Journal Article Radiology · May 2024 Background Artificial intelligence (AI) is increasingly used to manage radiologists' workloads. The impact of patient characteristics on AI performance has not been well studied. Purpose To understand the impact of patient characteristics (race and ethnici ... Full text Link to item CiteRecent Grants
Symptom Management and Transitioning to Engagement with Post-treatment Care for Adolescent and Young Adult Cancer Survivors (AYA STEPS)
ResearchBiostatistician · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2024 - 2029Planning grant for Take Off Pounds Sensibly (TOPS) for African American (AA) Cancer Survivors
ResearchBiostatistician III · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2024 - 2027Defining Actionable Opportunities in Malignant Phyllodes via Genomic Profiling
ResearchBiostatistician · Awarded by Food and Drug Administration · 2024 - 2027View All Grants