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.)

2026

Adjorlolo, P.K., Attey-Yeboah, P., Molitor, J., Coker, E.S., Aheto, J.M., Amegah, A.K.  (2026)  Spatial variability in the association of ambient PM2.5 exposure with acute respiratory infection among children in Sub-Saharan Africa.  Environmental Research  

2025

Paul, K., Molitor, J., Yu, Y., Batteate, C.M., Stafoggia, M., Mitra, S., Meng, Q.  (2025)  Investigating the Aliso Canyon gas blowout disaster and adverse birth outcomes: A quasiexperimental approach  Science Advances  11
Bae, H., Song, Z., Ali, A., Sasaki, T., Tesi, N., Lords, H., Leshchyk, A., Abe, Y., Hirose, N., Arai, Y., Barzilai, N., Weiss, E.F., Hulsman, M., van der Lee, S.J., van Schoor, N.M., Huisman, M., Pijnenburg, Y.A., van der Flier, W.M., Reinders, M.J., Holstege, H., Milman, S., Perls, T., Andersen, S.L., Sebastiani, P.  (2025)  Increased Genetic Protection Against Alzheimer’s Disease in Centenarians  bioRxiv  
Sebastiani, P., Reed, E.R., Chandler, K.B., Lopez, P., Lords, H., Bae, H., Costello, C.E., Au, M., Deng, L.L., Li, M., Xiang, Q., Noh, H., Pflieger, L., Funk, C.C., Rappaport, N., Nygaard, M., Short, M.I., Brent, M., Monti, S., Andersen, S.L., Perls, T.T.  (2025)  Robust Serum Proteomic Signatures of APOE2  bioRxiv  
Turner, R.T., Wong, C.P., Philbrick, K.A., Keune, J.A., Labut, E.M., Menn, S.A., Branscum, A.J., Iwaniec, U.T.  (2025)  Adoptive Transfer of Lepr+ Bone Marrow Cells Attenuates the Osteopetrotic Phenotype of db/db Mice  International Journal of Molecular Sciences  26(11)
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