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case western reserve university

DEPT. OF EPIDEMIOLOGY
& BIOSTATISTICS

 

JEFFREY M. ALBERT, PH.D.


Associate Professor
Division of Biostatistics

Longitudinal data analysis
Design and analysis of randomized trials
Mediation analysis
Causal inference

Office: School of Medicine, WG-43
Phone: (216) 368-1968
E-mail: jma13@case.edu
Education
Ph.D. 1990, Biostatistics, University of Michigan
M.S. 1986, Biostatistics, University of Michigan


Research Interests
Longitudinal data analysis; design and analysis of randomized trials; mediation analysis; causal inference.


Courses Taught
EPBI 458: Statistical Methods for Clinical Trials
EPBI 459: Longitudinal Data Analysis


Professional Memberships
American Statistical Association
Philosophy of Science Association
Society for Clinical Trials


Selected Publications

Albert, J.M. , Kshirsagar, A.M. (1993). The reduced-rank growth curve model for discriminant analysis of longitudinal data. Australian Journal of Statistics , 35 (3), 345-357.

Albert, J.M. , DeMets, D.L. (1994). On a model-based approach to estimating efficacy in clinical trials. Statistics in Medicine , 13 , 2323-2335.

Albert, J.M. (1996). A control-conditional test for assessing HIV vaccine efficacy in small-sample preclinical studies. Statistics in Medicine, 15 , 2371-2378.

Kovacs, J.A., Vogel, S., Albert, J.M. , Falloon, J., Davey, R.T., Walker , R.E., Polis, M.A., Spooner, K., Metcalf, J.A., Baseler, M., Fyfe, G., Lane, H.C. (1996). Controlled trial of interleukin-2 infusions in patients infected with the human immunodeficiency virus. New England Journal of Medicine , 335 , 1350-1356.

Albert, J.M. , Ioannidis, J.P.A., Reichelderfer, P, et al. (1998) Statistical Issues for HIV Surrogate Markers: Point/Counterpoint. Statistics in Medicine, 17 (21), 2435-2462 .

Albert, J.M. , Yun, H. (2001) Statistical advances in AIDS therapy trials. Statistical Methods in Medical Research , 10 , 85-100.

Albert, J.M. (2002) Estimating efficacy in clinical trials with clustered binary responses. Statistics in Medicine , 21 , 649-661.

Baker, D.W., Sudano, J.J, Albert, J.M ., Borawski, E.A., Dor, A. (2002) Lack of health insurance and decline in overall health in late middle age. New England Journal of Medicine . Oct 11; 345(15):1106-12.

Gadbury, G.L, Iyer, H.K., and Albert, J.M . (2004). Individual treatment effects in randomized trials with binary outcomes. Journal of Statistical Planning and Inference . 121, 163-174.

Tamayo-Sarver, J.H., Albert, J.M ., Tamayo-Sarver, M, and Cydulka, R.K. (2005). How to determine if your intervention is different, at least as effective as, or equivalent: a basic introduction. Academic Emergency Medicine , 12, 536-542.

Albert, J.M., Gadbury, G.L, Mascha, E.J. (2005). Assessing treatment effect heterogeneity in clinical trials with blocked binary outcomes. Biometrical Journal , 47, 662-673.

Leon , J.B., Albert, J.M. , Gilchrist, G., Kushner, I. , Lerner, E., Mach, S., Majerle, A., Porter, D., Ricanati, E., Sperry, L, Sullivan, C., Zimmerer, J., Sehgal, A.R. (2006). Improving albumin levels among hemodialysis patients: a community-based randomized controlled trial. American Journal of Kidney Disease , 48, 28-36.

Mascha, E.J., Albert, J.M. (2006). Properties of bound estimators on treatment effect heterogeneity for binary outcomes. Journal of Modern Applied Statistical Methods , 5, 181-193.

Mascha, E.J., Albert, J.M. (2007). Estimation of treatment effect heterogeneity for binary outcomes via Dirichlet multinomial constraints. Biometrical Journal , 49, 378-393.

Maciunas, RJ, Maddux, B.N., Riley, D.E., Whitney, C.M., Schoenberg, M.R., Ogrocki, P.J., Albert, J.M. , Gould, D.J. (2007). A Prospective Randomized Double-Blind Trial of Bilateral Thalamic Deep Brain Stimulation in Adults with Tourette Syndrome. Journal of Neurosurgery , 107, 1004-1014.

Kalayjian, R.C., Franceschini, N., Gupta, S.K., Szczech, L.A., Mupare, E., Bosch, R.J., Smurzynski, M., Albert, J.M. (2008). Suppression of HIV-1 replication by antiretroviral therapy improves renal function in persons with low CD4 cells and chronic kidney disease. AIDS , 22, 481-487.

Albert, J.M. (2008). Mediation analysis via potential outcomes models. Statistics in Medicine , 27, 1282-1304.

Last Updated: July 15, 2008