Biostatistics faculty

Biostatistics faculty

Core faculty

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Harold Bae, PhD

Harold Bae, PhD
Associate Professor

Not accepting new PhD students
Accepting new MPH students

Harold's research focuses on statistical genetics and Bayesian statistics aimed at developing advanced modeling to understand the genetic basis of complex polygenic traits.

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Adam Branscum, PhD

Adam Branscum, PhD
Professor

Not accepting new PhD students
Accepting new MPH students

Adam's research focuses on bayesian nonparametric and semiparametric modeling, medical test evaluation, bone health and kidney disease.

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John Molitor, PhD

John Molitor, PhD
Associate Professor

Not accepting new PhD students
Accepting new MPH students

John's research focuses on Bayesian methods, latent variable modeling, measurement error models, spatial modeling, genetic epidemiology, and Markov Chain Monte Carol estimation methods.

Adjunct faculty

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Claudio Fuentes, PhD

Claudio Fuentes, PhD
Associate Professor
Statistics Department, Oregon State University

Research interests:

  • Clustering and classification problems
  • Post-selection inference
  • Bayesian methods
  • Applied statistics
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Katherine McLaughlin, PhD

Katherine McLaughlin, PhD
Associate Professor
Statistics Department, Oregon State University

Research interests:

  • Sampling methods
  • Social network analysis
  • Network sampling
  • Respondent-driven sampling
  • Social science applications of statistics

Recent publications

(This is not an exhaustive list. We are still rebuilding our database of faculty publications. Visit individual faculty profiles for more extensive lists of their publications.)

2025

Kerr, D.C., Kasimanickam, M.R., Bradford, D.E., Bae, H., Parks, K.A.  (2025)  Problematic alcohol behaviors and sexual assault on college campuses: How are student reports and institution-reported crime data related?  Journal of American College Health  
Kerr, D.C., Naimi, T.S., Lira, M.C., Bae, H.  (2025)  Associations of state-level alcohol policies and population use rates with alcohol use and binge drinking among U.S. 4-year college students, 2008-2019  Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs  
Turner, R.T., Kuah, A., Trevisiol, C.H., Howe, K.S., Branscum, A.J., Iwaniec, U.T.  (2025)  Chronic heavy alcohol consumption impairs the ability of demineralized allogenic bone matrix to support osteoinduction in alcohol-naïve rats  Bone Reports  25
Turner, R.T., Philbrick, K.A., Wong, C.P., Fichter, A.R., Branscum, A.J., Iwaniec, U.T.  (2025)  Leptin potentiates bone loss at skeletal sites distant from focal inflammation in female ob/ob mice  Journal of Endocrinology  
Hystad, P., Hill, E.L., Larkin, A., Schrank, D., Harleman, M., Volkin, E.T., Campbell, E.J., Molitor, J., Harris, L., Ritz, B.R., Willis, M.D.  (2025)  Changes in traffic-related air pollution exposures and associations with adverse birth outcomes over 20 years in Texas  International Journal of Epidemiology  54(1)
Gurinovich, A., Song, Z., Bae, H., Leshchyk, A., Li, M., Lords, H.J., Andersen, S.L., Nygaard, M., Christensen, K., Daw, E.W., Arbeev, K.G., Brent, M.R., Perls, T.T., Sebastiani, P.  (2025)  SNP rs6543176 is associated with extreme human longevity but increased risk for cancer  GeroScience  

2024

Sebastiani, P., Monti, S., Lustgarten, M.S., Song, Z., Ellis, D., Tian, Q., Schwaiger-Haber, M., Stancliffe, E., Leshchyk, A., Short, M.I., Ardisson Korat, A.V., Gurinovich, A., Karagiannis, T.T., Li, M., Lords, H.J., Xiang, Q., Marron, M.M., Bae, H., Feitosa, M., Wojczynski, M.K., O’Connell, J., Montasser, M.E., Schupf, N., Arbeev, K., Yashin, A.I., Schork, N., Christensen, K., Andersen, S.L., Ferrucci, L., Rappaport, N., Perls, T.T., Patti, G.J.  (2024)  Metabolite signatures of chronological age, aging, survival, and longevity  Cell Reports  43(11)
Beaver, L.M., Wong, C.P., Hudson, L.G., Ho, E., Branscum, A.J., Turner, R.T., Iwaniec, U.T.  (2024)  Combinatorial Effects of Zinc Deficiency and Arsenic Exposure on Bone in Growing Female Mice  Current Developments in Nutrition  8
Kuah, A.H., Sattgast, L.H., Grant, K.A., Gonzales, S., Khadka, R., Damrath, J.G., Allen, M.R., Burr, D.B., Wallace, J.M., Maddalozzo, G.F., Benton, M.L., Beaver, L.M., Branscum, A.J., Turner, R.T., Iwaniec, U.T.  (2024)  Six months of voluntary alcohol consumption in male cynomolgus macaques reduces intracortical bone porosity without altering mineralization or mechanical properties  Bone