Research

In the broadest sense I am a methodologist with an interest in developmental lifespan research on health and behavior. A major interest in quantitative methods and research design issues, and an interest in interdisciplinary collaborations is found in all of my work. My publication record also reflects my long-term interest in what are often seen as marginalized or under-served populations, including individuals with disabilities, ethnic minority groups, immigrants, and "at-risk" youth.

My primary research interests are in Developmental Epidemiology, particularly in the area of hearing loss in newborn children. I have also done research related to birth defects and other developmental disabilities. This work also encompasses my strong interest in Biobehavioral Informatics, specifically the development and evaluation of data linkage protocols and the design of population-based public health information systems involving child data.

As a methodologist with an interest in developmental lifespan research, I have been been fortunate to be involved with a variety of teams over the years, with additional ongoing projects in the areas of Adolescent Health and Fitness and Math Education and Computerized Intelligent Tutoring Systems.

As this suggests, I have a general interest in Quantitative Methods and Research Methodology. In particular, I am interested in growth modeling, epidemiological statistics, and the integration of developmental growth models with epidemiological measures of effect. I am also interested in probabilistic estimation methods for record linkage, geometric interpretations of multivariate statistics, and curvilinear and nonlinear modeling.

Further information on each of these is available through the links in the drop-down menu on the left.