Research
Research interests include: epidemiology, breast disease, cancer, genetics, hormonal replacement therapy, screening, power and sample calculations, data management, data quality assurance, clinical trials, stopping rules, foundations of statistical inference, likelihood methods
Honors
Academy for Excellence in Education (elected 2021)
Fellow, American Statistical Association (elected 2009)
Ernest W. Goodpasture Award for Groundbreaking Research, 2003
In the News
Hurley, Dan. "Pregabalin for Chronic Pain Linked to Increased Rate of Heart Failure Compared to Gabapentin." Neurology Today, November 6, 2025.
Wilemon, Tom. "Study discovers that tumor mutation burden predicts survival outcome." VUMC News, June 5, 2023.
Humphrey, Nancy. "Study finds early RSV infection linked to significantly increased risk of asthma in children." VUMC News, April 24, 2023.