Scott W. Keith

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Thomas Jefferson University
Department of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics
Division of Biostatistics
Assistant ProfessorAppointed: 2008
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Mailing Address

Thomas Jefferson University
Department of Pharmacology
Division of Biostatistics
1015 Chestnut St., Suite M100
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19107
United States

Contact Information

Phone: (205) 503-9876
Fax: (205) 503-3804
scott.keith@jefferson.edu
http://www.jefferson.edu/clinpharm/faculty_profile.cfm?key=swk001

Qualifications

Ph.D., University of Alabama at Birmingham, Biostatistics, 2008.
M.S., University of New Orleans, Mathematics, 2004.
B.A., University of Vermont, Mathematics, 1998.

Expertise and Research Interests

My research interests include nonlinear modeling methodology for binary and survival outcomes, latent variable modeling, and the clinical and epidemiological investigation of the effects of obesity and weight loss on health outcomes including mortality, cardiovascular disease, diabetes, and headaches.

Keywords

COS Keywords:

Computer Programming, Computer Software, Statistics.

Additional Terms:

Biostatistics; Epidemiology; Nonlinear Modeling; Survival An.

Memberships

American Statistical Association
International Biometric Society (ENAR)
The Obesity Society (formerly NAASO)

Honors and Awards

2008, The Samuel B. Barker Award for Excellence in Graduate Studies at the Doctoral Level, University of Alabama at Birmingham
2007, Sponsorship to attend the NIH Student Research Festival, National Institutes of Health (NIH)
2004, Mathematics Faculty Award, Department of Mathematics, University of New Orleans, Mathematics
2004-2008, T32 Predoctoral Training Fellowship, National Heart Lung and Blood Institute (NHLBI), National Institutes of Health (NIH)
2003, Mathematics and Computer Science Award, Department of Mathematics, University of New Orleans, Mathematics
1998, Departmental Honors for Outstanding Scholarship in Statistical Science, Deptarment of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Vermont, Statistics

Previous Positions

2004-2008, NHLBI T32 Predoctoral Fellowship Trainee, University of Alabama at Birmingham, School of Public Health, Biostatistics
2002-2004, Graduate Teaching Assistant, University of New Orleans, Mathematics
1999-2002, IT Analyst, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, Computer Services

Funding Received

  • National Heart Lung and Blood Institute (NHLBI): NIH T32 Predoctoral Training Fellowship, annual living expens, 2004 to 2008.

Publications

  • Fontaine KR, Keith SW, Greenberg JA, Olshansky SJ, Allison DB (2009) Years of Life Lost Due to Obesity, Handbook of Disease Burdens and Quality of Life Measures, New York, Springer-Verlag (bookchapter)
  • Keith SW, Free-knot splines and bootstrapping for nonlinear modeling in complex samples (Dissertation), 2008
  • G, Supapapkorn T, Coffey CS, Keith SW, Allison DB (2008) Application of potential outcomes to an intentional weight loss latent variable problem, Statistics and Its Interface, 1, 87-97
  • Muzumdar R, Allison DB, Ma X, Atzmon G, Einstein FH, Fishman S, McVei T, Keith SW, Nir Barzilai (2008) Visceral Adipose Tissue Modulates Mammalian Longevity, Aging Cell, 7, 438-40
  • Keith SW, Wang C, Fontaine KR, Allison DB (2008) Body mass index and headache among women: Results from 11 epidemiologic datasets, Obesity, 16, 377-83
  • Elobeid MA, Desmond R, Thomas O, Keith SW, Allison DB (2007) Waist circumference values are increasing beyond that expected from body mass index increases, IJO, 15, 2380-83
  • Brock DW, Keith SW, Elobeid MA, Allison DB (2007) Does Intentional Weight Loss Influence Mortality and Other Hard End Points Favorably? Confessions of a Closet Bayesian and Occam-ite, International Congress on Obesity, Proceedings of the 2006 International Congress on Obesity
  • Keith SW, Redden DT, Katzmarzyk P, Boggiano MM, Hanlon EC, Benca RM, Ruden D, Pietrobelli A, Barger J, Fontaine K, Wang C, Arronne L, Wright S, Baskin M, Dhurandhar N, Lijoi M, Grilo CM, De Luca M, Allison DB (2006) Putative Contributors to the Secular Increase in Obesity: Exploring the Roads Less Traveled, IJO, 30 (11), 1585-94
  • Wang C, Keith SW, Fontaine KR, Allison DB (2006) Statistical Issues for Longevity Studies in Animal Models, Handbook of Models for Human Aging, New York, Academic Press (bookchapter)
  • Yi N, Ding S, Keith SW, Coffey CS, Allison DB, Bayesian Analysis of the Effect of Intentional Weight Loss on Mortality Rate, International Journal of Body Composition, In Press

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