Present | Faculty Member, Georgia Southern University ‐ Department of Biostatistics, Epidemiology and Environmental Health Sciences | |
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Disciplines
Research Interests
Grants
2021 | The Training in Informatics for Underrepresented Minorities in Public Health (TRIUMPH). |
University of Minnesota, Georgia Southern University, Bethune-Cookman University, University of South Florida, and 4 public health organizations (Georgia Coastal; HealtHIE Georgia; Minnesota Department of Health; and Volusia County Health Department) | |
Role: Investigator | |
Colleague(s): G. Shah (PI) | |
2017 - 2018 | Reducing Food Waste as Part of Sustainability Efforts on Georgia Southern Campus |
Georgia Southern University | |
Role: Co-PI | |
Colleague(s): Evans Afriyie-Gyawu (PI), Becky Larson (Co-PI) & Joseph Telfair (Co-I) | |
$26,470 | |
2014 - 2015 | Developing new method of evaluating and testing mediation effect when the mediators and the outcome variables are dichotomous |
Research Seed Funding Award | |
Role: PI | |
Colleague(s): Daniel Linder (Co-PI) | |
$10,000 | |
2012 - 2014 | Identifying Risk Factors Contributing to Obesity in Chatham County, GA Neighborhoods (RIMI SSU NIH Grant) |
NIH, Federal | |
Role: PI | |
Colleague(s): Robert L. Vogel (Co-PI) | |
$32,750 | |
2010 - 2011 | Travel grant for Faculty Development |
Center for Teaching, Learning and Scholarship, Georgia Southern University | |
Role: PI | |
$1,147 | |
2010 | Strengthening Research Collaborations in Health Disparities |
NIH, Federal - 1P20MD003941 | |
Role: PI | |
Colleague(s): Robert L. Vogel (PI) | |
$9,746 | |
2009 - 2010 | Developing more efficient tests of symmetry based on ordered samples and overlapping measures: Application to Public Health Problems |
Georgia Southern University | |
Role: PI | |
$12,354 | |
2009 | Verification of the Neutralizer process as a PFRP equivalent process for biosolids Disinfection |
BioChem Resources | |
$1,100 | |
2008 - 2009 | Simulation Study to Investigate the Performance of Runs Test for Symmetry Using Median Ranked Set Sampling and its Applications to Public Health Problems |
Georgia Southern University | |
Role: PI | |
$7,008 | |
2006 | Relationship Between Water Intake and Children Health Issues in Jordan |
WHO | |
$12,000 | |
2001 - 2004 | Statistical consultation and data analysis on voice and speech pathology |
Center for the Neural Basis of Cognition | |
Role: Co-PI | |
Colleague(s): Katherine Verdolini (PI) | |
$20,000 | |
1997 | Attitudes of Jordanian people toward the new rules of the 1996 election for the lower house of Parliament |
Jordanian Statistics Department | |
$13,000 |
Professional Service and Affiliations
2018 - Present | Member, College Curriculum Committee, GSU | 2017 - Present | Member, Research Committee, GSU | 2016 - Present | Member, Ad-hoc P&T Rubric Development Committee, GSU | 2018 - 2019 | Chair, P&T committee, GSU | 2017 - 2019 | Member, University Level Senate, GSU | 2016 - 2019 | Member, JPHCOPH award of excellence committee, GSU | 2015 - 2019 | Member, College Award Committee, GSU | 2017 - 2018 | Member, College P&T Committee, GSU | 2016 - 2017 | Chair, College P&T Committee, GSU | 2016 - 2017 | Member, University Level Senate, GSU | 2015 - 2016 | Chair, College P&T Committee, GSU | 2015 - 2016 | Member, University Level Senate, GSU | 2014 - 2016 | Member, Teaching Committee, GSU | 2010 - 2016 | Member, Library Committee, GSU | 2014 - 2015 | Chair, College P&T Committee, GSU | 2014 - 2015 | Committee member, College P&T Processing Committee, GSU | 2014 - 2015 | Member, Committee of Academic Standard, GSU | 2014 - 2015 | Member, Faculty Welfare Committee, GSU | 2013 - 2014 | Member, College P&T Committee, GSU | 2012 - 2013 | Member, College P&T Committee, GSU |
Honors and Awards
- Academic Outstanding Award, Yarmouk University, Outstanding Performance in Master Degree (1986)
- Henry Award for Outstanding Performance on Ph.D. Qualifying Examination, University of Iowa (1990)
- Award for Scholarship, Jiann-Ping Hsu College of Public Health, Georgia Southern University (2012-2013)
- Georgia Southern University Award for Excellence in Research Nominee (2013, 2014, 2015)
- Award Recipient for Excellence in Research/Creative Scholarly Activity, Georgia Southern University (2017-2018)
Courses
- Bayesian Statistics I (BIOS 9231)
- Statistical Consultation (BIOS 9130)
- Data Analysis with SAS (BIOS 7535)
- Regression Analysis in Biostatistics (BIOS 6331)
- Biostatistics I (PUBH 6541 online)
- Advanced Topics in Biostatistics (PUBH 8130 blended online)
- Experimental Design in Biostatistics (BIOS 6332)
- Data Management for Biostatistics (BIOS 7534)
- Advance Statistical Inference Biostatistics I (BIOS 9131)
- Advance Statistical Inference Biostatistics II (BIOS 9133)
- Meta-Analysis (BIOS 9331)
- Probability (MATH 3337)
- Stat and Prob for K-8 Teachers (MATH 5130)
- Biostatistics I (PUBH 6541)
- Selected Topics in Public Hlth (PUBH 7090)
- Introduction to Statistics I (STAT 2231)
- Sampling & Survey Methods (STAT 5130)
- Sampling & Survey Methods (STAT 5130G)
- Statistical Methods I (STAT 5531)
- Statistical Methods I (STAT 5531G)
- Design of Experiments I (STAT 7231)
- Actuarial Mathematics (STAT 7430)
1994 | Ph.D. in Biostatistics, University of Iowa | |
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1991 | M.S. in Applied Statistics, University of Iowa | |
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1986 | M.S. in Statistics, Yarmouk University | |
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1981 | B.S. in Mathematics/Statistics, Yarmouk University | |
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Contact Information
PO Box 8015
Statesboro, GA 30460
Phone: (912) 478-1345
Office: Hendricks Hall
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