Robert L. Strawderman, Sc.D.
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Robert L. Strawderman, Sc.D.
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Dr. Strawderman moved to the University of Rochester to become chair in 2012. He has previously...
Dr. Strawderman moved to the University of Rochester to become chair in 2012. He has previously held tenured professorial appointments at Cornell University - Ithaca (2000-2012) and the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor (1992-2000). He received his masters and doctoral degrees in Biostatistics from Harvard University in 1990 and 1992, respectively.
Dr. Strawderman's academic honors include being named as: Fellow of the American Statistical Association (2006), the Distinguished Alumni Award from the Department of Biostatistics at Harvard University (2008), Fellow of the Institute of Mathematical Statistics (2012), and Dean's Professor at the University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry (2012-2014).
Faculty Appointments
Professor - Department of Biostatistics and Computational Biology (SMD)
Chair - Department of Biostatistics and Computational Biology (SMD)
Donald M. Foster, MD Distinguished Professorship in Biostatistics - Department of Biostatistics and Computational Biology (SMD)
Professor - Center for Health and Technology - Joint
Professor - Department of Neurology (SMD) - Joint
Credentials
Education
DSc | Harvard University. Biostatistics. 1992
MS | Harvard University. Biostatistics. 1990
BA | Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey. Mathematics. 1988
Awards
Donald M. Foster Distinguished Professor of Biostatistics. 2014
Deans Professorship. 2012 - 2014
Elected Fellow of the Institute of Mathematical Statistics. 2012 - 2012
Distinguished Scholars Lecturer. 2009 - 2009
Distinguished Alumni Award. 2008 - 2008
Elected Fellow of the American Statistical Association. 2006 - 2006
Journal of the American Statistical Association Theory and Methods Special Invited Paper. 1998 - 1998
John Van Ryzin Award. 1992 - 1992
Robert Reed Prize. 1992 - 1992
Harvard University Teaching Fellow. 1989 - 1992
National Library of Medicine Training Grant recipient. 1988 - 1990
Magna Cum Laude. 1988 - 1988
Research
Publications
Journal Articles
Strawderman RL, Baer BR
Lifetime data analysis.. 2024 July 30 (3):649-666. Epub 03/21/2024.
Baer BR, Strawderman RL, Ertefaie A
Biometrics.. 2023 June 79 (2):554-558. Epub 11/29/2022.
Maeng D, Tsun ZY, Lesch E, Jacobowitz DB, Strawderman RL, Harrington DK, Li Y, Weisman RL, Lamberti JS
Psychiatric services : a journal of the American Psychiatric Association.. 2023 April 174 (4):358-364. Epub 09/06/2022.
Tankut SS, Huang DT, Zareba W, Aktas MK, Rosero SZ, Steinberg J, Henchen J, Kutyifa V, Strawderman RL, Goldenberg I
Annals of noninvasive electrocardiology : the official journal of the International Society for Holter and Noninvasive Electrocardiology, Inc.. 2023 March 28 (2):e13043. Epub 01/31/2023.
Cho Y, Molinaro AM, Hu C, Strawderman RL
The international journal of biostatistics.. 2022 November 118 (2):397-419. Epub 03/25/2022.
Rice JD, Johnson BA, Strawderman RL
Lifetime data analysis.. 2022 October 28 (4):605-636. Epub 06/24/2022.
Ertefaie A, McKay JR, Oslin D, Strawderman RL
Journal of the American Statistical Association.. 2021 116 (533):368-381. Epub 06/08/2020.
Desa DE, Strawderman RL, Wu W, Hill RL, Smid M, Martens JWM, Turner BM, Brown EB
BMC cancer.. 2020 December 1020 (1):1217. Epub 12/10/2020.
Kang J, Coates JT, Strawderman RL, Rosenstein BS, Kerns SL
Medical physics.. 2020 June 47 (5):e203-e217. Epub 1900 01 01.
Desa DE, Bhanote M, Hill RL, Majeski JB, Buscaglia B, D'Aguiar M, Strawderman R, Hicks DG, Turner BM, Brown EB
Journal of biomedical optics.. 2019 August 24 (8):1-9. Epub 1900 01 01.
Rice JD, Johnson BA, Strawderman RL
Biostatistics.. 2019 April 120 (2):183-198. Epub 1900 01 01.
Statistical Analysis of Zero-Inflated Nonnegative Continuous Data: A Review
Liu L, Shih Y, Strawderman RL, Zhang D, Johnson B, Chai H.
Statistical Science. 2019; 34(2): 253-279.
Genomics models in radiotherapy: From mechanistic to machine learning
Kang J, Coates JT, Strawderman RL, Rosenstein BL, Kerns SL.
Journal of Medical Physics. 2019; .
Steingrimsson JA, Diao L, Strawderman RL
Journal of the American Statistical Association.. 2019 114 (525):370-383. Epub 07/09/2018.
Vidula H, Kutyifa V, Johnson BA, Strawderman RL, Harrington D, Polonsky B, Papernov A, Alexis JD
The American journal of cardiology.. 2018 September 15122 (6):1021-1027. Epub 06/21/2018.
Rice JD, Strawderman RL, Johnson BA
Biometrics.. 2018 June 74 (2):566-574. Epub 10/09/2017.
Ertefaie A, Strawderman RL.
Biometrika. 2018; 105(4): 963-977.
Steingrimsson J, Diao L, Strawderman RL.
Journal of the American Statistical Association. 2018; 114(525): 370-383.
Olshen AB, Strawderman RL, Ryslik G, Lostritto K, Arnold AM, Molinaro AM.
Journal of Computational and Graphical Statistics. 2018; 27(1): 146-156.
Kutyifa V, Rice J, Jones R, Mathias A, Yoruk A, Vermilye K, Johnson B, Strawderman R, Lowenstein C
Cardiology journal.. 2018 25 (6):691-700. Epub 1900 01 01.
Lamberti JS, Weisman RL, Cerulli C, Williams GC, Jacobowitz DB, Mueser KT, Marks PD, Strawderman RL, Harrington D, Lamberti TA, Caine ED
Psychiatric services : a journal of the American Psychiatric Association.. 2017 October 168 (10):1016-1024. Epub 06/01/2017.
Steingrimsson JA, Strawderman RL.
Estimation in the semiparametric accelerated failure time model with missing covariates: improving efficiency through
Sherazi S, Kutyifa V, McNitt S, Papernov A, Hallinan W, Chen L, Storozynsky E, Johnson BA, Strawderman RL, Massey T, Zareba W, Alexis JD.
American Journal of Cardiology. 2017; 119(2): 297-301.
You K, Strawderman RL, Li Y
Journal of aging & social policy.. 2017 29 (4):297-310. Epub 11/23/2016.
Steingrimsson JA, Strawderman RL
Journal of the American Statistical Association.. 2017 112 (519):1221-1235. Epub 04/25/2017.
Liu L, Strawderman RL, Johnson BA, O'Quigley JM
Statistical methods in medical research.. 2016 February 25 (1):133-52. Epub 04/02/2012.
Doubly Robust Survival Trees
Steingrimsson JA, Diao L, Molinaro AM, Strawderman RL.
Statistics in Medicine. 2016; 35(20): 3595-3612.
Hurtado Rúa SM, Mazumdar M, Strawderman RL
Statistics in medicine.. 2015 December 3034 (30):4083-104. Epub 08/24/2015.
THE CARE SPAN - Lower Hispanic Participation In Medicare Part D May Reflect Program Barriers.
McGarry B, Strawderman RL, Li Y.
Health Affairs. 2014; 33(5): 856-862.
Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer After Breast Cancer: A Population-Based Study of Clinicopathologic Characteristics and Survival Outcomes in 3,529 Women.
Milano MT, Strawderman RL, Venigalla S, Ng K, Travis LB.
Journal of Thoracic Oncology. 2014; 9(8): 1081-1090.
Implementation of a Mortality Prediction Rule for Real Time Decision-Making: Feasibility and Validity.
Cowen ME, Czerwinski JL, Posa PJ, Van Hoek E, Mattimore J, Halasyamani LK, Strawderman RL.
Journal of Hospital Medicine. 2014; 9(11): 720-726.
Cowen ME, Strawderman RL, Czerwinski JL, Smith MJ, Halasyamani LK
Journal of hospital medicine.. 2013 May 8 (5):229-35. Epub 12/19/2012.
Hierarchical Bayes, maximum a posteriori estimators, and minimax concave penalized likelihood estimation.
Strawderman RL, Wells MT, Schifano ED.
Electronic Journal of Statistics. 2013; 7: 973-990.
A randomized controlled eectiveness trial of reciprocal peer support in heart failure.
Heisler M, Halasyamani L, Cowen ME, Davis MD, Resnicow K, Strawderman RL, Choi H, Mase R, Piette JD.
Circulation: Heart Failure. 2013; 6(2): 246-253.
Continuity of Care and Risk of Preventable Hospitalization in Older Adults.
Nyweide DJ, Anthony DL, Bynum JPW, Strawderman RL, Weeks WB, Casalino LP, Fisher ES.
Journal of the American Medical Association: Internal Medicine. 2013; 173: 1879-1885.
Lostritto K, Strawderman RL, Molinaro AM
Biometrics.. 2012 December 68 (4):1146-56. Epub 04/22/2012.
Strawderman RL, Wells MT.
On hierarchical prior specications and penalized likelihood. In Contemporary Developments in Bayesian Analysis and
Ryan A, Burgess J, Strawderman RL, Dimick J.
Health Services Research. 2012; 47(4): 1699-1718.
A smoothing expectation substitution algorithm for the semiparametric accelerated failure time frailty model
Johnson LM, Strawderman RL.
Statistics in Medicine. 2012; 31(21): 2335-2358.
Menda G, Bar HY, Arthur BJ, Rivlin PK, Wyttenbach RA, Strawderman RL, Hoy RR
The Journal of experimental biology.. 2011 September 1214 (Pt 17):2864-70. Epub 1900 01 01.
Aronow H, Strawderman RL, Moscucci M, Cowen ME.
International Journal of Cardiology. 2011; 153(3): 262-266.
Classical conditioning through auditory signals in Drosophila: methods and models
Menda G, Bar HY, Arthur BJ, Rivlin PK, Wyttenbach RA, Strawderman RL, Hoy RR.
Journal of Experimental Biology. 2011; 214: 2864-2870.
Liu L, Strawderman RL, Cowen ME, Shih YC
Journal of health economics.. 2010 January 29 (1):110-23. Epub 11/22/2009.
Bayesian adaptive B-spline estimation in proportional hazards frailty models.
Sharef E, Strawderman RL, Ruppert D, Cowen ME, Halasyamani, L.
Electronic Journal of Statistics. 2010; 4: 606-642.
Smith RL, Strawderman RL, Schukken YH, Wells SJ, Pradhan AK, Espejo LA, Whitlock RH, Van Kessel JS, Smith JM, Wolfgang DR, Grohn YT.
Journal of Dairy Science. 2010; 93(8): 3513-3524.
MM algorithms for minimizing nonsmoothly penalized objective functions
Schifano ED, Strawderman RL, Wells MT.
Electronic Journal of Statistics. 2010; 4: 110-123.
Liu L, Strawderman RL, Cowen ME, Shih, Y.
Journal of Health Economics. 2010; 29(1): 110-123.
DeLeone FY, Lichter DT, Strawderman RL
Perspectives on sexual and reproductive health.. 2009 September 41 (3):166-72. Epub 1900 01 01.
Johnson LM, Strawderman RL
Biometrika.. 2009 September 96 (3):577-590. Epub 06/25/2009.
Clement DY, Strawderman RL
Biostatistics.. 2009 July 10 (3):451-67. Epub 03/18/2009.
Hubbard BL, Vedala G, Strawderman RL, Cowen ME
The American journal of cardiology.. 2007 January 1599 (2):197-201. Epub 11/15/2006.
A regression model for dependent gap times.
Strawderman RL.
The International Journal of Biostatistics. 2006; 2(1).
Nelson KP, Lipsitz SR, Fitzmaurice GM, Ibrahim J, Parzen MI, and Strawderman RL.
Use of the probability integral transformation tofit nonlinear
Huang X and Strawderman RL.
Journal of Nonparametric Statistics. 2006; 18(1): 45-56.
Proling pharmacy expenditures in managed health care: Bayesian inference for a two-part hierarchical model.
Zhang M, Strawderman RL, Cowen M, and Wells MT.
Journal of the American Statistical Association. 2006; 101(475): 934-945.
Lim U, Peng K, Shane B, Stover PJ, Litonjua AA, Weiss ST, Gaziano JM, Strawderman RL, Raiszadeh F, Selhub J, Tucker KL, Cassano PA
The Journal of nutrition.. 2005 August 135 (8):1989-94. Epub 1900 01 01.
Bayesian estimation of input parameters of a nitrogen cycle model applied to a forested reference watershed.
Hong B, Strawderman RL, Swaney DP, and Weinstein DA.
Water Resources Research. 2005; 41(3): Citation # W03007.
Strawderman RL.
Computing tail probabilities by numerical Fourier inversion:
Maizon DO, Oltenacu PA. Grohn YT, Strawderman RL, and Emanuelson U.
Preventive Veterinary Medicine. 2004; 66(1-4): 113-126.
Stogis S, Hirth RA, Strawderman RL, Banaszak-Holl J, Smith DG
Health services research.. 2002 October 37 (5):1329-44. Epub 1900 01 01.
Cowen ME, Strawderman RL
Medical care.. 2002 August 40 (8):650-61. Epub 1900 01 01.
Jain AK, Strawderman RL
Biostatistics.. 2002 March 3 (1):101-18. Epub 1900 01 01.
Clinical significance of histological classification of idiopathic interstitial pneumonia
K.R. Flaherty, G.B. Toews, W.D. Travis, T.V. Colby, E.A. Kazerooni, B.H. Gross, A. Jain, R.L. Strawderman III, R. Paine, A. Flint, J.P. Lynch III, F.J. Martinez.
European Respiratory Journal. 2002; 19: 275-283.
Jain AK and Strawderman RL.
Flexible hazard regression models for medical
Cowen M and Strawderman RL.
Medical Care. 2002; 40: 650-661.
Telegraphic review of "Projecting Statistical Functionals" by T Rychlik.
Strawderman RL.
Journal of the American Statistical Association. 2002; 97: 659.
Flaherty KR, Travis WD, Colby TV, Toews GB, Kazerooni EA, Gross BH, Jain A, Strawderman RL, Flint A, Lynch JP, Martinez FJ
American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine.. 2001 November 1164 (9):1722-7. Epub 1900 01 01.
Flaherty KR, Toews GB, Lynch JP, Kazerooni EA, Gross BH, Strawderman RL, Hariharan K, Flint A, Martinez FJ
The American journal of medicine.. 2001 March 110 (4):278-82. Epub 1900 01 01.
Nonparametric estimation with recurrent event data.
Pena EA, Strawderman RL, and Hollander M.
Journal of the American Statistical Association. 2001; 96(456): 1299-1315.
A simple GCV method of span selection for periodogram smoothing.
Ombao H, Raz J, Strawderman RL, and von Sachs R.
Biometrika. 2001; 88(4): 1186-1192.
Flaherty KR, Colby TV, Travis WD, Toews GB, Flint A, Strawderman RL, Jain AK, Lynch JP, and Martinez FJ.
CHEST. 2001; 120(1): S76-S77.
Review of "Monte Carlo Methods in Statistical Physics,
Strawderman RL.
Review of
Strawderman RL.
Continuous Multivariate Distributions, Volume
Telegraphic review of
Strawderman RL.
Encyclopedia of Biopharmaceutical
Review of
Strawderman RL.
Stochastic Population Models: A
Telegraphic review of
Strawderman RL.
Stochastic Processes in
Telegraphic review of "Blind Estimation Using Higher Order Statistics" by AK Nandi
Strawderman RL.
Journal of the American Statistical Association. 2001; 96: 1532.
Leavey SF, Strawderman RL, Young EW, Saran R, Roys E, Agodoa LY, Wolfe RA, Port FK
Kidney international.. 2000 November 58 (5):2119-28. Epub 1900 01 01.
Higher-order asymptotic approximation: Laplace, saddlepoint, and related methods.
Strawderman RL.
Journal of the American Statistical Association. 2000; 95(452): 1358-1363.
Strawderman RL.
Estimating the mean of an increasing stochastic process at
Review of "Regression Analysis of Count Data
Strawderman RL.
by A
Review of
Strawderman RL.
Model Selection and Inference: A Practical
Review of "A Probability Path" by S Resnick
Strawderman RL.
Journal of
Review of
Strawderman RL.
Markov Chain Monte Carlo: Stochastic
Review of
Strawderman RL.
Fourier Analysis and Applications: Filtering,
Telegraphic review of
Strawderman RL.
Perplexing Problems in Probability;
Telegraphic review of "A Dictionary of Inequalities
Strawderman RL.
by P
Review of
Strawderman RL.
Fast Reliable Algorithms for Matrices with
Telegraphic review of
Strawderman RL.
Measuring the Prices of Medical
Martinez FJ, Strawderman RL, Flaherty KR, Cowan M, Orens JB, Wald J
American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine.. 1999 August 160 (2):480-6. Epub 1900 01 01.
Wolfe RA, Port FK, Webb RL, Bloembergen WE, Hirth R, Young EW, Ojo AO, Strawderman RL, Parekh R, Stack A, Tedeschi PJ, Hulbert-Shearon T, Ashby VB, Callard S, Hanson J, Jain A, Meyers-Purkiss A, Roys E, Brown P, Wheeler JR, Jones CA, Greer JW, Agodoa LY
American journal of kidney diseases : the official journal of the National Kidney Foundation.. 1999 August 34 (2 Suppl 1):S1-3. Epub 1900 01 01.
Review of
Strawderman RL.
The DFT: An Owner's Manual for the Discrete
Review of "Accuracy and Stability of Numerical Algorithms" by N Higham.
Strawderman RL.
Journal of the American Statistical Association. 1999; 94: 349-350.
Numerical Analysis: A Second Course
Strawderman RL.
by J
Telegraphic review of
Strawderman RL.
Recent Advances in Life-Testing and
Leavey SF, Strawderman RL, Jones CA, Port FK, Held PJ
American journal of kidney diseases : the official journal of the National Kidney Foundation.. 1998 June 31 (6):997-1006. Epub 1900 01 01.
Approximately exact inference for the common odds ratio in several 2 2 tables (with discussion and rejoinder)
Strawderman RL and Wells MT.
Journal of the American Statistical Association. 1998; 93(444): 1294-1306.
Review of
Strawderman RL.
Continuous-Markov Chains and Applications: A
Strawderman RL, Parzen MI, Wells MT
Biometrics.. 1997 December 53 (4):1399-415. Epub 1900 01 01.
Turenne MN, Port FK, Strawderman RL, Ettenger RB, Alexander SR, Lewy JE, Jones CA, Agodoa LY, Held PJ
American journal of kidney diseases : the official journal of the National Kidney Foundation.. 1997 August 30 (2):193-203. Epub 1900 01 01.
Woods JD, Turenne MN, Strawderman RL, Young EW, Hirth RA, Port FK, Held PJ
American journal of kidney diseases : the official journal of the National Kidney Foundation.. 1997 July 30 (1):50-7. Epub 1900 01 01.
Turenne M, Port FK, Strawderman RL.
Growth Rates in Pediatric Dialysis Patients and Renal
Accurate bootstrap condence limits for the cumulative hazard and survivor functions.
Strawderman RL; Wells, MT.
Journal of the American Statistical Association. 1997; 92(440): 1356-1375.
Accurate condence limits for quantiles under random censoring.
Strawderman RL, Parzen M, and Wells, M.T.
Biometrics. 1997; 53: 1399-1415.
Strawderman RL
Lifetime data analysis.. 1997 3 (3):225-49. Epub 1900 01 01.
Strawderman RL, Levine G, Hirth RA, Port FK, Held PJ
Kidney international.. 1996 August 50 (2):571-8. Epub 1900 01 01.
Wolfe RA, Strawderman RL
American journal of kidney diseases : the official journal of the National Kidney Foundation.. 1996 January 27 (1):124-9. Epub 1900 01 01.
Practical small sample asymptotics for regression problems.
Strawderman RL, Casella G, and Wells MT.
Journal of the American Statistical Association. 1996; 91(434): 643-655.
On the asymptotic properties of a flexible hazard estimator.
Strawderman RL and Tsiatis AA.
Annals of Statistics. 1996; 24(1): 41-63.
On consistency in parameter spaces of expanding dimension: an application of the Inverse Function Theorem
Strawderman RL and Tsiatis AA.
Statistica Sinica. 1996; 6(4): 917-924.
Using USRDS generated hospitalization tables to compare facility-specific ESRD hospitalization rates to national rates.
Strawderman RL, Levine G, Hirth R, Port FK, and Held PJ.
Kidney International. 1996; 50(2): 571-578.
Discussion of
Strawderman RL.
Statistical inference and Monte Carlo
Strawderman RL.
A note on necessary and sufficient conditions for proving
Strawderman RL and Mehta CR.
On the validation of exact tests for
Books
Quantitative Methods for HIV/AIDS Research (2017)
Chapter: Statistical Tests of Regularity among Groups with HIV Self-Test Data.
Authors: Rice J, Strawderman RL, Johnson BA
Publisher: CRC PRESS 2017
Statistics in the 21st Century (2002)
Chapter: Higher-order asymptotic approximation: Laplace, saddlepoint, and related methods.
Authors: Strawderman RL
Publisher: Chapman and Hall 2002
Recent Advances in Reliability Theory (2000)
Chapter: A weak convergence result relevant in recurrent and renewal models.
Authors: Pena EA, Strawderman RL, and Hollander M
Publisher: Birkhäuser, Boston, MA 2000
Handbook of Statistics (1998)
Chapter: A semiparametric bootstrap for extreme order statistics and a useful saddlepoint approximation
Authors: Strawderman RL and Zelterman D
Publisher: Elsevier B.V. 1998
AIDS Epidemiology: Methodological Issues. (1992)
Chapter: The relationship of CD4 counts over time to survival in patients with AIDS: is CD4 a good surrogate marker?
Authors: Tsiatis A.A., Dafni U., DeGruttola V., Propert K.J., Strawderman R.L., Wulfsohn M.
Publisher: Birkhäuser, Boston, MA 1992