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Graduate:
Ph.D., 1984, Biostatistics, Medical College of Virginia, Virginia Commonwealth University,
Richmond, VA. Advisor: W. Hans Carter, Jr.
M.A., 1978, Quantitative Psychology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC. Advisor: Forrest Young
Undergraduate:
B.S. with Honors, 1973, Mathematics and
Psychology, University of Tennessee, Knoxville TN
9/84–Present: Associate Professor, Department of Biostatistics, School of Medicine and the emerging School of Public Health, Medical Center at Virginia Commonwealth University. (Assistant Professor until 1993).
7/91 - 9/: Department of Psychiatry,
Commonwealth Institute for Child and Family Studies, and Virginia Treatment Center for
Children, Medical Center at Virginia Commonwealth University.
Statistician with responsibility for experimental design, data management, and statistical
analysis.
8/81 - 7/93 Clinical Research Center for Periodontal Diseases,
School of Dentistry, Medical Center
at Virginia Commonwealth University.
Statistician with responsibility for experimental design, data management, and statistical
analysis (part time since Jan'88).
8/79 - 7/81 Planning and Development Department, Richmond Public Schools.
Community Data Analyst with responsibilities for enrollment projections and management
information systems for pupil transportation and for facilities planning. SAS Installation
representative.
7/77 - 8/79 Research and Development Department, National Board of Medical Examiners,
Philadelphia PA.
Research Associate for projects developing methods for the assessment of physician
interpersonal skills and problem solving skills.
8/76 - 6/77 Biostatistics Department,
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill and the Instituto de Nutrition de Centro America
y Panama, Guatemala.
Data Manager and Assistant Statistician for a water quality and public health research project. Responsible for
maintaining the ongoing census data on the study population.
6/76 - 7/76 Research Department, Educational Testing Service, Princeton, New Jersey.
Intern in research with responsibilities in the development and scaling of a test for
evaluating problem solving ability (now part of the GRE).
8/73 - 5/76 L. L. Thurstone
Psychometric Laboratory, Psychology
Department, University of Tennessee.
Research Assistant working in applied statistical programming and analysis of problem
solving. Teaching Assistant for graduate courses in Analysis of Variance and in
Introduction to Multivariate Statistics.
1/71 - 6/73 Learning Research
Center, University of Tennessee, Knoxville.
Assistant to the Director for research and development of a campus-wide teacher and course
evaluation system.