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Rodney Sparapani, PhD

Rodney Sparapani, PhD

Associate Professor, Biostatistics

Locations

  • Biostatistics

Contact Information

Education

PhD, Biostatistics, 皇家华人, Milwaukee, WI, 2011
MS, Mathematics, Marquette University, Milwaukee, WI, 1991
BS, Mathematics, Michigan Technological University, Houghton, MI, 1989

Biography

Dr. Rodney Sparapani is an Associate Professor, Institute for Health and Equity, Biostatistics at the 皇家华人. He joined the division in December 2013.

Research Experience

  • Administrative Claims, Healthcare
  • Clinical Trials Data Monitoring Committees
  • Electronic Health Records
  • Observational Study
  • Randomized Controlled Trial

Methodologies and Techniques

  • Bayesian Analysis
  • Biostatistics
  • Causality
  • Machine Learning
  • Medical Informatics
  • Statistics, Nonparametric
  • Survival Analysis

MCW Program / Core Facilities

  • Research Computing Center Faculty Advisory Committee

Educational Expertise

  • Education, Graduate
  • Teaching Biostatistics

Research Interests

Dr. Sparapani's research applies Bayesian methodology to modern biostatistical problems such as survival analysis, health services research, causal inference, comparative effectiveness research and big data/omics. Recently, he has focused on Bayesian machine learning, Bayesian nonparametrics and the surrounding challenges of efficient computation with large data sets. His collaborative research has involved the analysis of cancer treatments, cardiovascular disease and a wide variety of other conditions such as diabetes, osteoporosis, hepatitis, hip fracture, sinus surgery and spine surgery.

Publications

  • (Spellman SR, Sparapani R, Maiers M, Shaw BE, Laud P, Bupp C, He M, Devine SM, Logan BR.) Blood Adv. 2024 Oct 05 PMID: 39368807 10/06/2024

  • (Peterson KJ, Drezdzon MK, Sparapani R, Calata JF, Ridolfi TJ, Ludwig KA, Peterson CY.) J Surg Res. 2024 Oct;302:916-924 PMID: 39265279 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85203426182 09/13/2024

  • (Al Tannir AH, Pokrzywa CJ, Sparapani R, Maring M, Saltzman C, Tignanelli CJ, Duthie E, Haines K, Nattinger A, Carver TW, de Moya MA, Morris RS.) J Surg Res. 2024 Sep;301:269-279 PMID: 38986192 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85198034792 07/11/2024

  • (Bagherimohamadipour M, Hammad M, Visotcky A, Sparapani R, Kulinski J.) medRxiv. 2024 Jul 27 PMID: 39108506 PMCID: PMC11302710 08/07/2024

  • (Rubin MJ, Wakinekona NA, Reilly MA, Canales B, Sparapani R, Dyer M, Kibbe MR, Mansukhani NA.) J Vasc Surg. 2024 Jun 18 PMID: 38901638 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85199130838 06/21/2024

  • (Singh A, Szabo A, Lian Q, Pezzin L, Sparapani R, D'Souza A.) Blood Cancer J. 2024 May 26;14(1):61 PMID: 38796476 PMCID: PMC11127981 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85194268737 05/26/2024

  • (Patel S, Visotcky A, Devine A, Kode V, Kotlo S, Aljadah M, Sparapani R, Kulinski J.) J Am Heart Assoc. 2024 May 21;13(10):e032572 PMID: 38726904 PMCID: PMC11179823 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85194013390 05/10/2024

  • (Sparapani RA, Maiers M, Spellman SR, Shaw BE, Laud PW, Devine SM, Logan BR.) medRxiv. 2024 May 09 PMID: 38766030 PMCID: PMC11100939 05/20/2024

  • (Polovneff A, Shah N, Janardan A, Smith E, Pasillas I, Mortensen N, Holt JM, Somai M, Sparapani R, Crotty B.) Am J Manag Care. 2024 Feb 01;30(2):e32-e38 PMID: 38381546 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85185825033 02/21/2024

  • (Brown SA, Sparapani R, Osinski K, Zhang J, Blessing J, Cheng F, Hamid A, MohamadiPour MB, Lal JC, Kothari AN, Caraballo P, Noseworthy P, Johnson RH, Hansen K, Sun LY, Crotty B, Cheng YC, Echefu G, Doshi K, Olson J, Cardio-Oncology Artificial Intelligence Informatics & Precision (CAIP) Research Team Investigators.) Am Heart J Plus. 2023 Aug;32:100306 PMID: 38510201 PMCID: PMC10946054 03/21/2024

  • (Brown SA, Sparapani R, Osinski K, Zhang J, Blessing J, Cheng F, Hamid A, MohamadiPour MB, Lal JC, Kothari AN, Caraballo P, Noseworthy P, Johnson RH, Hansen K, Sun LY, Crotty B, Cheng YC, Echefu G, Doshi K, Olson J.) American Heart Journal Plus: Cardiology Research and Practice. August 2023;32 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85163019573 08/01/2023