Jacob Oleson

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University of Iowa
College of Public Health
Biostatistics
Assistant ProfessorAppointed: 2004
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Mailing Address

Department of Biostatistics
C22 General Hospital
College of Public Health
University of Iowa
Iowa City, Iowa 52242-1009
United States

Qualifications

Ph.D., University of Missouri-Columbia, Statistics, 2002.
M.A., University of Missouri-Columbia, Statistics, 1999.
B.A., Central College, Mathematics, 1997.

Expertise and Research Interests

My current research interests include:

  • Spatial statistics
  • Bayesian methods
  • Small area estimation

Keywords

COS Keywords:

Applied Statistics, Biostatistics, Mathematics, Spatial Data Or Analysis, Statistics, Surveys and Survey Research.

Additional Terms:

Cochlear Implants, Speech and Lanuage.

Memberships

American Statistical Association
Institute of Mathematical Statistics
Internation Association of Survey Statisticians
International Biometric Society

Honors and Awards

2008, Thank a Teacher note of appreciation, Center for Teaching, University of Iowa
2005, Who's Who in Health Sciences Education (WWHSE), AcademicKeys
2002, Graduate Research Assistant Award, Donald K. Anderson, University of Missouri – Columbia
2000, Graduate Student Teaching Award, Donald K. Anderson, University of Missouri-Columbia

Previous Positions

2002-2004, Assistant Professor, Arizona State University, Mathematics & Statistics
2000-2002, Research Assistant, University of Missouri-Columbia, Conservation
1999-2002, Research Assistant, University of Missouri-Columbia, Biostatistics

Funding Received

  • American Statistical Association, Biometrics Section: Developing the Next Generation of Biostatisticians: The Iowa Field of Dreams Conference 2009, $3,000, 2008 to 2009.
  • NIH: Biostatistician, Moderators of Functional Outcomes in Children with Mild to Severe Hearing Loss, Bruce Tomblin, PI, $7,287,756, 2008 to 2012.
  • NIH: Mentor, Research Training Program for Otolaryngology, Bruce Gantz, PI, $2,436,450 total, 2008 to 2009.
  • US EPA: Co-I, Iowa-Ottawa Project on Airborne PM Modeling and Epidemiology, Charles Stanier, PI, $899,401, 2008 to 2012.
  • National Institute on Deafness and OTher Communication Disorders: Iowa Cochlear Implant Center Project V, Bruce Gantz, PI, 2006 to 2011.
  • NIH: Co-PI, Cognitive Function in Dialysis Patients: Ancillary Study to the FHN Trial, John Stokes, PI, 2006 to 2010.
  • College of Liberal Arts and Sciences at Arizona State University: Bayesian Modeling for Survey Nonresponse., $6,000, 2004 to 2004.
  • Central Area Phoenix: Long Term Ecological Research Program, $6,000, 2004 to 2004.
  • CDC: Co-Investigator, Smart Start, Jane Pendergast PI of subcontract, $2,957,955, 2004 to 2008.
  • Central Area Phoenix: Long Term Ecological Research program, $6,000, 2003 to 2003.

Publications

  • Gantz BJ, Hansen MR, Turner CW, Oleson JJ, Reiss LA, Parkinson AJ (2009) Hybrid 10 clinical trial: preliminary results., Audiology & neuro-otology, 14 Suppl 1, 32-8 Abstract
  • Driscoll V, Oleson JJ, Jiang D, Gfeller KG (2009) The effects of training on recognition of musical instruments presented through cochlear implant simulations, Journal of the American Academy of Audiology, In Press
  • Gantz BJ, Hansen MR, Turner CV, Oleson JJ, Reiss LA, Parkinson AJ (2009) Hybrid 10 clinical Trials: Preliminary Results., Audiology and Neurotology, In Press
  • Oleson JJ, Breheny PJ, Pendergast JF, Ryan S, Litchfield R (Jul 2008) Impact of travel distance on WISEWOMAN Intervention attendance for a rural population., Preventive medicine Abstract
  • Spencer LJ, Oleson JJ (Apr 2008) Early listening and speaking skills predict later reading proficiency in pediatric cochlear implant users., Ear and hearing, 29 (2), 270-80 Abstract
  • Oleson JJ, He CZ (Feb 2008) Adjusting nonresponse bias at subdomain levels using multiple response phases., Biometrical journal. Biometrische Zeitschrift, 50 (1), 58-70 Abstract
  • Kim J, Oleson JJ (2008) A Bayesian dynamic spatio-temporal interaction model: An application to prostate cancer incidence, Geographical Analysis, 40, 77-96
  • Gfeller KG, Oleson JJ, Knutson JF, Breheny P, Driscoll V, Olszewski C (2008) Multivariate predictors of music perception and appraisal by adult cochlear implant users, Journal of the American Academy of Audiology, 19 (2), 120-34
  • Smith BJ, Oleson JJ (2008) Geostatistical heirarchial model for temporally integrated data measured with error, Journal of Agricultural, Biological, and Environmental Statistics, 13, 140-58
  • Tyler RS, Oleson J, Noble W, Coelho C, Ji H (2007) Clinical trials for tinnitus: Study populations, designs, measurement variables, and data analysis, Progress in Brain Research, 166, 499-509
  • Oleson JJ, Smith BJ, Kim H (2007) Joint spatio-temporal modeling of low incidence cancers sharing common risk factors, Journal of Data Science, 6 (1), 105-23
  • Gfeller K, Turner C, Oleson J, Zhang X, Gantz B, Froman R, Olszewski C (2007) Accuracy of Cochlear implant recipients on pitch perception, melody recognition, and speech reception in noise, Ear and Hearing, 28 (3), 412-23
  • Oleson JJ, He CZ, Sun D, Sheriff S (2007) Bayesian estimation in small areas when the sampling sub-domain differs from the study sub-domain, Survey Methodology, 33, 173-86
  • Gfeller KE, Olszewski C, Turner C, Gantz B, Oleson JJ (2006) Music perception with cochlear implants and residual hearing, Audiology & Neurology, 11 (Suppl 1), 12-5
  • Oleson JJ, Hope D, Gries C, Kaye J (2006) Estimating soil properties in heterogeneous land-use patches: A Bayesian approach, Environmetrics, 17, 517-25
  • Hope D, Gries D, Warren P, Katti M, Stuart G, Oleson J, Kaye J (2005) How do humans restructure the biodiversity of the Sonoran desert?, Connecting Mountain Islands and Desert Seas: Biodiversity and Management of the Madrean Archipelago II, RMRS-P-26, 189-94
  • Hope D, Gries C, Oleson JJ, Kaye J, Jenerette D, Zhu W, Grimm N, Baker L (2006) Spatial variation in soil inorganic nitrogen across an arid urban ecosystem, Urban Ecosystems, 8, 251-73
  • Oleson,JJ, He CZ, Hierarchical Bayesian Modeling in Dichotomous Processes in the Presence of Nonresponse, Biometrics, 60, 50-59, 2004
  • Oleson JJ, He CZ, Space-time modeling for the Missouri Turkey Hunting Survey, Environmental and Ecological Statistics, 11, 85-101, 2004
  • Blinn-Pike, L., Berger, T. J., Hewett, J. E., and Oleson, J. J, Sexually abstinent adolescents: An 18 month follow-up, Journal of Adolescent Research, 19, 495-511, 2004
  • Cavanaugh, J. E., and Oleson, J. J, A diagnostic for assessing the influence of cases on the prediction of missing data, Journal of the Royal Statistical Society, D(50), 1-14, 2001

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