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
C22D 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
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

  • NIH: Biostatistician, Mortality and Air Quality Regulation in Two Indian Cities, Naresh Kumar, PI, $100,000, 2009 to 2010.
  • Iowa Department of Public Health/Bureau of Health Promotion: Biostatistician, Breast and Cervical Cancer Early Detection Program: Data Entry and Analysis: WISEWOMAN Enhanced Study Design: Data Entry and Analysis, Jane Pendergast, PI, $100,000, 2009 to 2010.
  • American Statistical Association, Biometrics Section: PI, 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.
  • EPA: Co-Investigator, Applying Data Assimilation and Adjoint Sensitivity to Epidemiological and Policy Studies, Charles Stanier, PI, $893,453 - 4 years, 2008 to 2012.
  • National Institute on Deafness and OTher Communication Disorders: Iowa Cochlear Implant Center Project V, Bruce Gantz, PI, $10,000,000, 2006 to 2011.
  • NIH: Co-PI, Cognitive Function in Dialysis Patients: Ancillary Study to the FHN Trial, John Stokes, PI, 2006 to 2010.
  • NIH/NIGMS: Mentor, Statistics in Microbiology, Infectious Diseases and Bioinformatics, Kathryn Chaloner, PI, $96,685 - 1 year, 2006 to 2011.
  • 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

  • Driscoll V, Oleson JJ, Jiang D, Gfeller KG (2010) The effects of training on recognition of musical instruments presented through cochlear implant simulations, Journal of the American Academy of Audiology
  • Oleson JJ (2009) Bayesian credible intervals for two correlated binomial proportions, Statistial Methods in Medical Research, In Press
  • 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
  • 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, 47, 565-9 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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