A Bayesian Spatial Scan Statistic for Normal Data, Laasya Velamakanni
Theses and Dissertations

Statistical Methods for Single Cell Sequencing Data Analysis, Fei Qin
Theses and Dissertations

Approaches to Detecting and Modeling Over-and Underdispersion in Alternative Count Data Distributions and an Application of Logistic Regression and Random Forest Modeling to Improve Screening Tools for Tic Disorders in Children, Rebecca C. Wardrop
Theses and Dissertations

Wernicke's Encephalopathy: Mapping the Risk Factors Throughout the State of South Carolina, Shannon M. Rychener
Senior Theses

Sparse Partitioned Empirical Bayes ECM Algorithms for High-Dimensional Linear Mixed Effects and Heteroscedastic Regression, Anja Zgodic
Theses and Dissertations

Detecting Spatially Varying Coefficient Effects With Conditional Autoregressive Models: A Simulation Study Using Social Determinants of Health Screening Data, Reid J. DeMass
Theses and Dissertations

Survival Models With Background Mortality, Shujie Chen
Theses and Dissertations

Extensions of Discrete Choice Experiment Theory for Public Health, Farahnaz Islam
Theses and Dissertations

Topics in Multilevel Mediation Analysis, Chung Li Wu
Theses and Dissertations

Quantile Differences in the Age-Related Decline in Cardiorespiratory Fitness Between Sexes in Adults Without Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus in the United States, Andrew Ortaglia, Melissa Stansbury, Michael David Wirth, Xuemei Sui, Matteo Bottai
Faculty Publications

Complex Functional Joint Models for Longitudinal Electronic Health Record, Siyuan Guo
Theses and Dissertations

Modified EM Algorithm in SMCURE Package Based on Proportional Hazards Mixture Cure Model With Offset Terms, Jiaying Yi
Theses and Dissertations

Food Insecurity and Suicidal Behaviors Among Us High School Students*, Andrea D. Brown, Hilary Seligman, Sarah Silwa, Ellen Barnidge, Kathryn L. Krupsky, Zewiditu Demissie, Angela D. Liese
Faculty Publications

The Classification of Basket Neural Cells in the Mammalian Neocortex, Sreya Pudi
Senior Theses

Marginally Interpretable Models and Multilevel Models For Quantile Regression With Random-Effects, Nahid Sultana Sumi
Theses and Dissertations

Bayesian Calibration of the ICRP Zirconium Biokinetic Model and Use of Canned Priors for the Evaluation of Bioassay, Thomas Raymond LaBone
Theses and Dissertations

Association Between the Beta Band Neural Response and the Behavioral Performance in Aphasic and Neurologically Intact Individuals, Yilun Zhang
Theses and Dissertations

Multiple Frailty Model for Spatially Correlated Interval-Censored, Wanfang Zhang
Theses and Dissertations

Correcting for Measurement Error in the Outcome When Estimating the Distribution of Time to Pregnancy With the Current Duration Approach, Nicole Nasrallah
Theses and Dissertations

Associations Between Fasting Duration, Timing of First and Last Meal, and Cardiometabolic Endpoints in the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, Michael David Wirth, Longgang Zhao, Gabrielle Turner-McGrievy, Andrew Ortaglia
Faculty Publications

Accurate and Integrative Detection of Copy Number Variants With High-Throughput Data, Xizhi Luo
Theses and Dissertations

A Comparison of Spatial Clustering Assessment Methods, Nadeesha Dilhani Vidanapathirana
Theses and Dissertations

Diet Quality and Risk of Lung Cancer in the Multiethnic Cohort Study, Song-Yi Park, Carol J. Boushey, Yurii B. Shvetsov, Michael David Wirth MSPH,Ph.D., Nitin Shivappa Ph.D., James R. Hébert Sc.D., Christopher A. Haiman, Lynee R. Wilkens, Loic Le Marchand
Faculty Publications

Association Between Dietary Inflammatory Index, Dietary Patterns, Plant-Based Dietary Index and the Risk of Obesity, Yoko B. Wang, Nitin Shivappa, James R. Hébert ScD, Amanda J. Page, Yohannes Adama Melaku
Faculty Publications

A Simulation-Based Study of Location-Shift Models Under Non-Normal Conditions, Ummay Khayrunnesa Anika
Theses and Dissertations

The Dietary Inflammatory Index Is Associated With Low Muscle Mass and Low Muscle Function in Older Australians, Marlene Gojanovic, Kara L. Holloway-Kew, Natalie K. Hyde, Mohammadreza Mohebbi, Nitin Shivappa MBBS, MPH, Ph.D., James R. Hébert ScD., Adrienne O'Neil, Julie A. Pasco
Faculty Publications

The Association of Dietary Patterns With Dietary Inflammatory Index, Systemic Inflammation, and Insulin Resistance, in Apparently Healthy Individuals With Obesity, Maryam Saghafi-Asl, Susan Mirmajidi, Mohammad Asghari Jafarabadi, Farhad Vahid, Nitin Shivappa, James R. Hébert ScD, Vahideh Ebrahimzadeh Attari
Faculty Publications

The Association of Dietary Patterns With Dietary Inflammatory Index, Systemic Inflammation, and Insulin Resistance, in Apparently Healthy Individuals With Obesity, Maryam Saghafi-Asl, Susan Mirmajidi, Mohammad Asghari Jafarabadi, Farhad Vahid, Nitin Shivappa, James Hébert ScD, Vahideh Ebrahimzadeh Attari
Faculty Publications

Change in Dietary Inflammatory Index Score Is Associated With Control of Long-Term Rheumatoid Arthritis Disease Activity in a Japanese Cohort: The TOMORROW Study, Yoshinari Matsumoto, Nitin Shivappa MBBS, MPH, Ph.D., Yuko Sugioka, Masahiro Tada, Tadashi Okano, Kenji Mamoto, Kentaro Inui, Daiki Habu, James R. Hébert ScD, Tatsuya Koike
Faculty Publications

Dietary Inflammatory Index Is Associated With Inflammation in Japanese Men, Ayaka Kotemori, Norie Sawada, Motoki Iwasaki, Taiki Yamaji, Nitin Shivappa MBBS, MPH, Ph.D., James Hébert ScD, Junko Ishihara, Manami Inoue, Shoichiro Tsugane
Faculty Publications

Disparities in Meeting USPSTF Breast, Cervical, and Colorectal Cancer Screening Guidelines Among Women in the United States, Gabriel A. Benavidez, Anja Zgodic, Whitney Zahnd, Jan Eberth
Faculty Publications

Relationship Between Diet Quality Scores and the Risk of Frailty and Mortality in Adults Across a Wide Age Spectrum, Kulapong Jayanama, Olga Theou, Judith Godin, Leah Cahill, Nitin Shivappa MBBS, MPH, Ph.D., James Hébert, Michael David Wirth MSPH, PhD, Yong-Moon Park, Teresa T. Fung, Kenneth Rockwood
Faculty Publications

The Intersection of Rural Residence and Minority Race/Ethnicity in Cancer Disparities in the United States, Whitney Zahnd, Cathryn Murphy, Marie Knoll, Gabriel A. Benavidez, Kelsey R. Day, Radhika Ranganathan, Parthenia Luke, Anja Zgodic, Kewei Shi, Melinda A. Merrell, Elizabeth L. Crouch, Heather M. Brandt, Jan Eberth
Faculty Publications

Dietary Quality and Dietary Inflammatory Potential During Pregnancy and Offspring Emotional and Behavioral Symptoms in Childhood: An Individual Participant Data Meta-Analysis of Four European Cohorts, Kinga Polanska, Pawel Kaluzny, Adrien M. Aubert, Liesbeth Duijts, Hanan El Marroun, Wojciech Hanke, James R. Hébert, Barbara Heude, Agnieszka Jankowska, Giulia Mancano, Sara M. Mensink-Bout, Caroline Relton, Nitin Shivappa MBBS, MPH, Ph.D., Matthew Suderman, Elzbieta Trafalska, Ewelina Wesolowska, Raquel Garcia-Esteban, Mònica Guxens, Maribel Casas, Catherine M. Phillips
Faculty Publications

Maternal Dietary Quality, Inflammatory Potential and Childhood Adiposity: An Individual Participant Data Pooled Analysis of Seven European Cohorts in the Alphabet Consortium, Ling-Wei Chen, Adrien M. Aubert, Nitin Shivappa, Jonathan Y. Bernard, Sara M. Mensink-Bout, Aisling A. Geraghty, John Mehegan, Matthew Suderman, Kinga Polanska, Wojciech Hanke, Agnieszka Jankowska, Caroline L. Relton, Sarah R. Crozier, Nicholas C. Harvey, Cyrus Cooper, Mark Hanson, Keith M. Godfrey, Romy Gaillard, Liesbeth Duijts, Barbara Heude, James Hébert ScD, Fionnuala M. McAuliffe, Cecily Kelleher, Catherine M. Phillips
Faculty Publications

Nutritional Approach for Increasing Public Health During Pandemic of COVID-19: A Comprehensive Review of Antiviral Nutrients and Nutraceuticals, Vahideh Ebrahimzadeh-Attari, Ghodratollah Panahi, James R. Hébert ScD, Alireza Ostadrahimi, Maryam Saghafi-Asl, Neda Lotfi-Yaghin, Behzad Baradaran
Faculty Publications

Time-Varying Insomnia Symptoms and Incidence of Cognitive Impairment and Dementia Among Older Us Adults, Nicholas V. Resciniti, Valerie Yelverton, Bezawit Eyob Kase, Jiajia Zhang, Matthew C. Lohman
Faculty Publications

Neighborhood Characteristics and the Mental Health of Caregivers Cohabiting With Care Recipients Diagnosed With Alzheimer’s Disease, Dana M. Alhasan, Jana A. Hirsch, Chandra L. Jackson, Margaret Chandlee Miller, Bo Cai Ph.D., Matthew C. Lohman Ph.D.
Faculty Publications

Incorporation and Measurement of Uncertainty in Clustered and Spatial Data, Yuan Hong
Theses and Dissertations

Network-Based Statistical Analysis of Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging Data From Aphasia Patients, Xingpei Zhao
Theses and Dissertations

The Practical Advantages and Disadvantages of Laplace Regression as an Alternative to Cox Proportional Hazards Model: A Comparison via Simulation, Sydney Smith
Theses and Dissertations

Bayesian Zero-Inflated Model for Ordinal Data, Huizhong Yang
Theses and Dissertations

Multivariate Joint Models and Dynamic Predictions, Md Akhtar Hossain
Theses and Dissertations

Dietary Inflammatory Index and Its Relationship with Cervical Carcinogenesis Risk in Korean Women: A Case-Control Study, Sundara Raj Sreeja, Hyun Yi Lee, Minji kwon, Nitin Shivappa, James R. Hébert, Mi Kyung Kim
Faculty Publications

Increased Dietary Inflammatory Index Is Associated with Schizophrenia: Results of a Case–Control Study from Bahrain, Haitham Jahrami, Moez Al-Islam Faris, Hadeel Ghazzawi, Zahra Saif, Layla Habib, Nitin Shivappa, James R. Hébert
Faculty Publications

Dietary Inflammatory Index and Non-Communicable Disease Risk: A Narrative Review, Catherine M. Phillips, Ling-Wei Chen, Barbara Heude, Jonathan Y. Bernard, Nicholas C. Harvey, Liesbeth Duijts, Sara M. Mensink-Bout, Kinga Polanska, Giulia Mancano, Matthew Suderman, Nitin Shivappa, James R. Hébert
Faculty Publications

Extension of Risk-Based Measure of Time-Varying Prognostic Discrimination for Survival Models, Shujie Chen
Theses and Dissertations

An Interdisciplinary Weight Loss Program Improves Body Composition and Metabolic Profile in Adolescents With Obesity: Associations With the Dietary Inflammatory Index, Yasmin Alaby Martins Ferreira, Ana Claudia Pelissari Kravchychyn, Sofia de Castro Ferreira Vicente, Raquel Munhoz da Silveira Campos, Lian Tock, Lila Missae Oyama, Valter Tadeu Boldarine, Deborah Cristina Landi Masquio, David Thivel, Nitin Shivappa, James R. Hébert, Ana R. Dâmaso
Faculty Publications

Dietary Inflammatory Index and Sleep Quality in Southern Italian Adults, Justyna Godos, Raffaele Ferri, Filippo Caraci, Filomena I. I. Cosentino, Sabrina Castellano, Nitin Shivappa, James R. Hébert, Fabio Galvano, Giuseppe Grosso
Faculty Publications

Dietary Inflammatory Index and Sleep Quality in Southern Italian Adults, Justyna Godos, Raffaele Ferri, Filippo Caraco, Filomena Irene Ilaria Cosentino, Sabrina Castellano, Nitin Shivappa, James R. Hébert, Fabio Galvano, Giuseppe Grosso
Faculty Publications

Dietary Inflammatory Index, Dietary Non-Enzymatic Antioxidant Capacity, and Colorectal and Breast Cancer Risk (MCC-Spain Study), Mireia Obon-Santacana, Dora Romaguera, Esther Gracia-Lavedan, Amaia Molinuevo, Esther Molina-Montes, Nitin Shivappa, James R. Hébert, Adonina Tardon, Gemma Castano-Vinyals, Ferran Moratalla, Elisabet Guino, Rafael Marcos-Gragera, Mikel Azpiri, Leire Gil, Rocio Olmedo-Requena, Macarena Lozano-Lorca, Juan Alguacil, Tania Fernandez-Villa, Vicente Martin, Antonio J. Molina, Maria Ederra, Conchi Moreno-Iribas, Beatriz Perez, Nuria Aragones
Faculty Publications

Dietary Inflammatory Index, Dietary Non-Enzymatic Antioxidant Capacity, and Colorectal and Breast Cancer Risk(Mcc-Spain Study), Mireia Obón-Santacana, Dora Romaguera, Esther Gracia-Lavedan, Amaia Molinuevo, Esther Molina-Montes, Nitin Shivappa, James R. Hébert, Adonia Tardón, Gemma Castaño-Vinyals, Ferran Moratalla, Elisabet Guinó, Rafael Marcos-Gragera, Mikel Azpiri Leire Gil, Rocío Olmedo-Requena, Macarena Lozano-Lorca, Juan Alguacil, Tania Fernández-Villa, Vicente Martín, Antonio J. Molina, María Ederra, Beatriz Perez, Nuria Aragonés, Adela Castello, José Mª Huerta, Trinidad Dierssen-Sotos, Ana Molina-Barceló, Marina Pollán, Manolis Kogevinas, Victor Moreno, Pilar Amiano
Faculty Publications

Dietary Inflammatory Index and Odds of Colorectal Cancer and Colorectal Adenomatous Polyps in a Case-Control Study from Iran, Pegah Rafiee, Nitin Shivappa, James R. Hébert, Saeede Jaafari Nasab, Alireza Bahrami, Azita Hekmatdoost, Bahram Rashidkhani, Amir Sadeghi, Mohammad Houshyari, Ehsan Hejazi
Faculty Publications

Adiposity Mediates the Association Between the Dietary Inflammatory Index and Markers of Type 2 Diabetes Risk in Middle-Aged Black South African Women, Asanda Mtintsilana, Lisa K. Micklesfield, Elin Chorell, Tommy Olsson, Nitin Shivappa, James R. Hebert, Andre P. Kengne, Julia H. Goedecke
Faculty Publications

Randomization Analysis Driven Software, Steph-Yves Louis
Theses and Dissertations

Positive Association between Dietary Inflammatory Index and the Risk of Osteoporosis: Results from the KoGES_Health Examinee (HEXA) Cohort Study, Hye Sun Kim, Cheongmin Sohn, Minji Kwon, Woori Na, Nitin Shivappa, James R. Hébert, Mi Kyung Kim
Faculty Publications

Modification of Asphalt Rubber with Nanoclay towards Enhanced Storage Stability, Song-Yi Park, Minji Kang, Lynne Wilkens, Yurii Shvetsov, Brook Harmon, Nitin Shivappa, Michael Wirth, James R. Hébert, Christopher Haiman, Loïc Le Marchand, Carol Boushey
Faculty Publications

Dietary Inflammatory Index and Biomarkers of Lipoprotein Metabolism, Inflammation and Glucose Homeostasis in Adults, Catherine Phillips, Nitin Shivappa, James R. Hébert, Ivan Perry
Faculty Publications

Design, Development and Construct Validation of the Children’s Dietary Inflammatory Index, Samira Khan, Micheal D. Wirth, Andrew Ortaglia, Christian R. Alvarado, Nitin Shivappa, Thomas Hurley, James R. Hébert
Faculty Publications

Dietary Inflammatory Index and Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus in Adults: The Diabetes Mellitus Survey of Mexico City, Edgar Denova-Gutiérrez, Paloma Muñoz-Aguirre, Nitin Shivappa, James R. Hébert, Lizbeth Tolentino-Mayo, Carolina Batis, Simón Barquera
Faculty Publications

Lower Dietary Inflammatory Index Scores Are Associated with Lower Glycemic Index Scores among College Students, Yeonsoo Kim, Jie Chen, Michael Wirth, Nitin Shivappa, James R. Hébert
Faculty Publications

Dietary Inflammatory Index and Cardiovascular Risk and Mortality—A Meta-Analysis, Nitin Shivappa, Justyna Godos, James R. Hébert, Michael Wirth, Gabriele Piuri, Attilio Speciani, Giuseppe Grosso
Faculty Publications

Estimation Procedures for Complex Survival Models and Their Applications in Epidemiology Studies, Jie Zhou
Theses and Dissertations

Adjusting For Mis-Reporting In Count Data, Gelareh Rahimighazikalayeh
Theses and Dissertations

Comparison of the Performance of Simple Linear Regression and Quantile Regression with Non-Normal Data: A Simulation Study, Marjorie Howard
Theses and Dissertations

Dietary Inflammatory Index and Colorectal Cancer Risk – A Meta-Analysis, Nitin Shivappa, Justyna Godos, James R. Hébert, Michael David Wirth, Gabriele Piuri, Attilio Speciani, Giuseppe Grosso
Faculty Publications

The Relationship of Plasma Trans Fatty Acids with Dietary Inflammatory Index Among US Adults, Mohsen Mazidi, Hong-kai Gao, Nitin Shivappa, Michael David Wirth, James R. Hébert, Andre Pascal Kengne
Faculty Publications

Pre-Pregnancy Body Mass Index Is Associated with Dietary Inflammatory Index and C-Reactive Protein Concentrations during Pregnancy, Dayeon Shin, Junguk Hur, Eun-Hee Cho, Hae-Kyung Chung, Nitin Shivappa, Michael D. Wirth, James R. Hébert, Kyung Won Lee
Faculty Publications

Neighborhood Environment and Falls Among Community-Dwelling Older Adults, Emily Joy Nicklett, Matthew C. Lohman Ph.D., Matthew Lee Smith
Faculty Publications

Evaluation of Goodness-of-fit Tests for the Cox Proportional Hazards Model with Time-Varying Covariates, Shanshan Hong
Theses and Dissertations

Marginal Structural Cox Model for Survival Data with Treatment-Confounder Feedback, Yanan Zhang
Theses and Dissertations

Statistical Methods for Multivariate and Correlated Data, Xinling Xu
Theses and Dissertations

Longitudinal And Geographical Modeling Of Circular Data With An Application To Sudden Infant Death Syndrome, Xinyan Cai
Theses and Dissertations

Inflammatory Properties of Diet and Glucose-Insulin Homeostasis in a Cohort of Iranian Adults, Nazanin Moslehi, Behnaz Ehsani, Parvin Mirmiran, Nitin Shivappa, Maryam Tohidi, James R. Hébert, Fereidoun Azizi
Faculty Publications

Novel Methods for Analyzing Longitudinal Data with Measurement Error in the Time Variable, Caroline Munindi Mulatya
Theses and Dissertations

Semiparametric Estimation Methods For Complex Accelerated Failure Time Model, Yinding Wang
Theses and Dissertations

Parametric Reversed Hazards Model for Left Censored Data with Application to HIV, Farahnaz Islam
Theses and Dissertations

The Reflected-Shifted-Truncated-Gamma Distribution for Negatively Skewed Survival Data with Application to Pediatric Nephrotic Syndrome, Sophia D. Waymyers
Theses and Dissertations

Score Test Derivations and Implementations for Bivariate Probability Mass and Density Functions with an Application to Copula Functions, Roy Bower
Theses and Dissertations

Regression Models for Count Data Based on the Double Poisson Distribution, Rebecca Wardrop
Theses and Dissertations

Spatio-Temporal Analysis Of The Occupational Fatal Victimization Of Law Enforcement Officers In The US, Xueyi Xing
Theses and Dissertations

Sample Size Calculation For PH Mixture Cure Model, Yihong Zhan
Theses and Dissertations

Dietary Inflammatory Index and Incidence of Cardiovascular Disease in the PREDIMED Study, Ana Garcia-Arellano, Raul Ramallal, Miguel Ruiz-Canela, Jordi Salas-Salvadó, Dolores Corella, Nitin Shivappa, Helmut Schröder, James R. Hébert, Emilio Ros, Enrique Gómez-Garcia, Ramon Estruch, José Lapetra, Fernando Arós, Miquel Fiol, Lluis Serra-Majem, Xavier Pintó, Nancy Babio, José I. González, Montse Fitó, J. Alfredo Martínez, Miguel A. Martínez-González, the PREDIMED investigators
Faculty Publications

Association between Nutritional Awareness and Diet Quality: Evidence from the Observation of Cardiovascular Risk Factors in Luxembourg (ORISCAV-LUX) Study, Ala'a Alkerwi, Nicolas Sauvageot, Leoné Malan, Nitin Shivappa, James R. Hébert
Faculty Publications

Methods for Identifying Regions of Brain Activation Using FMRI Meta-Data, Meredith A. Ray
Theses and Dissertations

Simulation Based Evaluation of Multiscale Small Area Health Models, Purbasha Dasgupta
Theses and Dissertations

Heaped Data In Count Models, Tammy Harris
Theses and Dissertations

A New Method For the Comparison Of Survival Distributions, Jaymie Shanahan
Theses and Dissertations

Advanced Methodology Developments in Mixture Cure Models, Chao Cai
Theses and Dissertations

Models and Software Development For Interval-Censored Data, Chun Pan
Theses and Dissertations

Simulation Comparisons of Semi-Parametric Accelerated Failure Time Model With Different Bandwidths, Yinding Wang
Theses and Dissertations

Semi-Parametric Testing of Single-Nucleotide Polymorphism Effects On Continuous Outcome, Hong He
Theses and Dissertations

Random Effects Selection In Bayesian Accelerated Failure Time Model With Correlated Interval Censored Data, Nusrat Harun
Theses and Dissertations

Comparison of Intracluster Correlation Coefficient Estimates For Binary Variables, Yang Gao
Theses and Dissertations

Joint Modeling of Tumor Size and Time-to-Event, Weichao Bao
Theses and Dissertations

Variable Selection for DNA Methylation Data Using Model-Based Clustering, Genevieve Ray
Theses and Dissertations

Methods For Constructing Confidence Intervals For Quantile Regression Coefficients, Junlong Wu
Theses and Dissertations

Clustering Analysis of Zernike Coefficients Through Quantile Regression, Xin Tong
Theses and Dissertations

The Censored Heterogeneous Negative Binomial Model, Candace N. Porter
Theses and Dissertations

Inferential Methods For Quantile Regression With Applications to Infant Birth Weight, Andrew Ortaglia
Theses and Dissertations

Semiparametric Bayesian Joint Model With Variable Selection, Haikun Bao
Theses and Dissertations

Percentiles of Traditional and New Measures of Physical Activity Based On Accelerometry, Rahnuma Muneer Hassan
Theses and Dissertations

Estimations of Relative Risk: Simulation Comparisons of Popular Methods In Sas and R, Han Sun
Theses and Dissertations

Cancer Disability Adjusted Life Years in South Carolina, Sarah Leighann Lashley
Theses and Dissertations

Bayesian Measurement Error Modeling, Jianjun Gan
Theses and Dissertations

Clustering Analysis of Zernike Coefficients From High Order Aberration Patients, Weichao Bao
Theses and Dissertations

Extending Space-Time Putative Hazard Models to Detect Latent Risk Features, Ahmed Yahya Al-Hadhrami
Theses and Dissertations

Conditional Quantile Estimation With Ordinal Data, Li Zhou
Theses and Dissertations

Laplace Regression For Censored Data, Andrew Ortaglia
Theses and Dissertations