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Sarah W. Thurston, Ph.D.

Contact Information

Phone Numbers

Office: (585) 275-2406

Fax: (585) 273-1031

Faculty Appointments

Credentials

Education

1978
AB | Oberlin College
Biology

1991
MS | Cornell University
Natural Resources

1992
AM | Harvard University
Statistics

1997
PhD | Harvard University
Statistics

Post-doctoral Training & Residency

2000 - 2002
Research Associate, Department of Biostatistics, Harvard School of Public Health

1997 - 2000
Research Fellow- Department of Biostatistics, Harvard School of Public Health

Awards

2006
Elected Member of International Statistical Institute

2001
Award for best contributed paper to the Risk Analysis Section
Sponsor: Joint Statistical Meetings

2001
American Journal of Epidemiology
Sponsor: Special Recognition for excellence as a reviewer

1990
Radcliffe Prize Scholarship
Sponsor: Emeline Bigelow Conland Fellowship

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Publications

Journal Articles

4/2014
van Wijngaarden E, Harrington D, Kobrosly R, Thurston SW, O'Hara T, McSorley EM, Myers GJ, Watson GE, Shamlaye CF, Strain JJ, Davidson PW. "Prenatal exposure to methylmercury and LCPUFA in relation to birth weight." Annals of epidemiology.. 2014 Apr; 24(4):273-8. Epub 2014 Jan 16.

1/1/2014
Xiao L, Thurston SW, Ruppert D, Love TM, Davidson PW. "Bayesian Models for Multiple Outcomes in Domains with Application to the Seychelles Child Development Study." Journal of the American Statistical Association.. 2014 Jan 1; 109(505):1-10.

12/1/2013
Yu Y, Thurston SW, Hauser R, Liang H. "Model Averaging Procedure for Partially Linear Single-index Models." Journal of statistical planning and inference.. 2013 Dec 1; 143(12):2160-2170.

Books & Chapters

2013
Chapter Title: DNA Adducts
Book Title: Encyclopedia of Environmetrics
Author List: Thurston, SW
Edited By: A.-H. El-Shaarawi & W. Piegorsch
Published By: John Wiley & Son, LTD 2013 in Chichester, UK

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