Roland Brown, PhD

Professional Interests

Mobile Sensor Data

My dissertation research involved developing methods for smartphone sensor data, specifically for the Daynamica smartphone application. I am currently continuing this research as a research statistician at the University of Minnesota, as well as doing more data-sciency work developing SQL-backed web dashboards and visualizations for smartphone-based data collection.

Statistical Consulting

I worked as an applied statistical consultant for five years in the University's Biostatistical Design and Analysis Center (BDAC), where I assisted researchers in grant preparation, study design, statistical analysis, and manuscript publication. I was fortunate enough to work on a diverse set of problems including:

• factors affecting short and long term mortality and morbidity in human lung transplants

• testing perfusion devices for keeping lungs viable outside the body

• clinical trial for a device administering surfactant to prevent intubation in newborn children

• MRI imaging and depression in adolescents

• testing mindfulness-based stress reduction in cardiac rehab patients

• cell culture drug discovery for potential Parkinson's disease treatments