Al Best's biosketch
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Degrees
EMT curriculum, J Sargeant Reynolds Community College, Richmond VA USA
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
Employment
8/18–present: retired. Professor Emeritus, Virginia Commonwealth University. Affiliate Professor, Departments of Emergency Medicine and Biostatistics, School of Medicine, Virginia Commonwealth University.
3/11–7/18: Professor, Department of Periodontics, School of Dentistry and Director of Faculty Research Development. (Associate Professor until 2013).
9/84–Present: Affiliate Professor, Department of Biostatistics, School of Medicine and the emerging School of Public Health, Medical Center at Virginia Commonwealth University. (Assistant Professor until 1993, Affiliate Associate Professor since 2011, Associate Professor until 2013)).
7/91–9/00: 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, 1/98–Present: 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.
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.
Publications
