Robert D. Gibbons is a professor in the field of statistics, with expertise in biostatistics, environmental statistics, and psychometrics.[1] He holds the position of Blum-Riese Professor and Pritzker Scholar at the University of Chicago, with appointments in the Departments of Medicine,[2] Public Health Sciences (Biostatistics),[3] and Comparative Human Development.[4] Gibbons is a Fellow of the American Statistical Association, the International Statistical Institute, and the Royal Statistical Society, and a member of the National Academy of Medicine of the National Academy of Sciences. He has made contributions to statistical work spanning areas such as longitudinal data analysis, item response theory, environmental statistics, and drug safety, with over 350 peer-reviewed scientific papers[5] and several books[6][7][8][9] to his name.

Robert D. Gibbons
BornJune 28, 1955 (age 68)
OccupationBlum-Riese Professor of Biostatistics
Academic background
EducationUniversity of Denver
Alma materUniversity of Chicago
Academic work
DisciplineStatistician
Sub-disciplineBiostatistics, environmental statistics, psychometrics
InstitutionsThe University of Chicago

Education edit

  • Ph.D. (Statistics and Psychometrics), University of Chicago, 1981
  • B.A. (Chemistry and Mathematics), University of Denver, 1976

Selected Publications edit

  • Gibbons R.D., Meltzer D., Duan N., Penhoet E.D., Dubler N.N., Francis C.K., Gill, B., Guinan E., Henderson M., Ildstad S.T., King, P.A., Martinez-Maldonado M., Mclain G.E., Murray J.E., Nelkin D. Spellman M.W, Pope A. and Pitluck S. Waiting for Organ Transplantation, Science, 287, 237-238, 2000.[10]
  • Bhaumik D.K., Amatya A., Normand S.L., Greenhouse J, .Kaizar E., Neelon B., Gibbons R.D. Metaanalysis of rare binary adverse event data. Journal of the American Statistical Association, 107, 555-567, 2012.[11]
  • Gibbons R.D., Hur K., Lavigne J., Wang J., Mann J.J. Medications and Suicide: High Dimensional Empirical Bayes Screening (iDEAS). Harvard Data Science Review, 1(2), 2019.[12]
  • Gibbons R.D. and Bhaumik D. Weighted random-effects regression models with application to interlaboratory calibration. Technometrics, 43, 192-198, 2001.[13]
  • Gibbons R.D., & Hedeker D.R. Full-information item bi-factor analysis. Psychometrika, 57, 423-436, 1992.[14]
  • Gibbons R.D., Hur K., Lavigne J.E., Mann J.J. Association Between Folic Acid Prescription Fills and Suicide Attempts and Intentional Self-harm Among Privately Insured US Adults. JAMA Psychiatry. 79(11), 1118-1123, 2022.[15]

Awards edit

  • Youden Prize for Contributions to Inter-laboratory Calibration (ASA, 2006)[3]
  • University of Illinois at Chicago - Distinguished Faculty Award, 2009[3][16]
  • Professor Emeritus of Biostatistics, University of Illinois, 2010[3]
  • Pritzker Scholar, University of Chicago, 2011[3][2]
  • Endowed Chair University of Chicago – The Blum-Riese Professorship, 2016[3][17]
  • Distinguished Achievement Medal for the ASA’s Section on Statistics and the Environment, 2016[3][18]

References edit

  1. ^ "Robert D. Gibbons". Cornerstone Research. Retrieved 2024-02-06.
  2. ^ a b "Robert Gibbons | Profiles RNS". profiles.uchicago.edu. Retrieved 2024-02-05.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g "| Public Health Sciences | The University of Chicago". pbhs.uchicago.edu. Retrieved 2024-02-05.
  4. ^ "Robert Gibbons | Department of Comparative Human Development". humdev.uchicago.edu. Retrieved 2024-02-05.
  5. ^ "Robert D. Gibbons". scholar.google.com. Retrieved 2024-02-05.
  6. ^ "Item Response Theory | Wiley". Wiley.com. Retrieved 2024-02-05.
  7. ^ "Longitudinal Data Analysis | Wiley". Wiley.com. Retrieved 2024-02-05.
  8. ^ "Statistical Methods for Groundwater Monitoring, 2nd Edition | Wiley". Wiley.com. Retrieved 2024-02-05.
  9. ^ Amatya, Robert D. Gibbons, Anup (2015-07-23). Statistical Methods for Drug Safety. New York: Chapman and Hall/CRC. doi:10.1201/b18698. ISBN 978-0-429-09968-7.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  10. ^ Gibbons, Robert D.; Meltzer, David; Duan, Naihua (2000-01-14). "Waiting for Organ Transplantation". Science. 287 (5451): 237–238. doi:10.1126/science.287.5451.237. ISSN 0036-8075. PMID 10660422. S2CID 40799564.
  11. ^ Bhaumik, Dulal K.; Amatya, Anup; Normand, Sharon-Lise T.; Greenhouse, Joel; Kaizar, Eloise; Neelon, Brian; Gibbons, Robert D. (2012). "Meta-Analysis of Rare Binary Adverse Event Data". Journal of the American Statistical Association. 107 (498): 555–567. doi:10.1080/01621459.2012.664484. ISSN 0162-1459. PMC 3665366. PMID 23734068.
  12. ^ Gibbons, Robert; Hur, Kwan; Lavigne, Jill; Wang, Jiebiao; Mann, J. John (2019-11-01). "Medications and Suicide: High Dimensional Empirical Bayes Screening (iDEAS)". 1.2. doi:10.1162/99608f92.6fdaa9de.
  13. ^ Gibbons, Robert D; Bhaumik, Dulal K (2001). "Weighted Random-Effects Regression Models With Application to Interlaboratory Calibration". Technometrics. 43 (2): 192–198. doi:10.1198/004017001750386305. ISSN 0040-1706. S2CID 207015356.
  14. ^ Gibbons, Robert D.; Hedeker, Donald R. (1992). "Full-information item bi-factor analysis". Psychometrika. 57 (3): 423–436. doi:10.1007/bf02295430. ISSN 0033-3123. S2CID 126182511.
  15. ^ Gibbons, Robert D.; Hur, Kwan; Lavigne, Jill E.; Mann, J. John (2022-11-01). "Association Between Folic Acid Prescription Fills and Suicide Attempts and Intentional Self-harm Among Privately Insured US Adults". JAMA Psychiatry. 79 (11): 1118–1123. doi:10.1001/jamapsychiatry.2022.2990. ISSN 2168-622X. PMC 9520442. PMID 36169979.
  16. ^ "Faculty Awards | College of Medicine | University of Illinois College of Medicine". Retrieved 2024-02-06.
  17. ^ "UChicago faculty members receive named, distinguished service professorships | University of Chicago News". news.uchicago.edu. 2016-02-17. Retrieved 2024-02-06.
  18. ^ "ASA Community". community.amstat.org. Retrieved 2024-02-06.