James A. Shaffer
University of Michigan Graduate Student
School of Public Health
Department of Biostatistics
1415 Washington Heights
Ann Arbor, MI 48103
Contact:
jshaf@umich.edu
Current Research Project:
Expanding
the National Health Accounts
Graduate Student Research Assistant
September 2012 - Present
Investigator: Trivellore Raghunathan
Funding: National Institute on Aging
Perform analyses that contribute to the measurement
of population health and medical spending, understanding spending
growth at the disease level, and the cost of particular services.
These analyses required the creation of multiply imputed sets of
claims data and a calibration methodology to improve the
measurement of certain under-reported conditions in the claims.
Particular analyses include a
multivariate technique for multiply imputing missing values ,
principal component analysis, propensity score matching,
non-linear modeling, and integrated summaries of disease cost
and prevalence.
Related Experience:
Axio
Research LLC
Biostatistics Intern, Seattle, WA
June 2011 - August 2011
Performed
statistical analyses, including preparations for Data Monitoring
Committee reports, integrated summaries of efficacy or safety,
and final study reports, by retrieving the needed data from the
database, creating analysis data sets, creating output in the
appropriate format, and providing summaries and interpretation
of results.
West
Chester University of Pennsylvania
Department of Applied Statistics
Graduate
Assistant, West Chester, PA
September 2010 - May 2012
Held
regular office hours for statistics majors. Responsible for
grading assignments and exams. Contributed to data collection
and report development for a study on the changes in university
library usage as compared to ten years previous.
Education:
M.S. Applied Statistics, West Chester University of
Pennsylvania 2012
B.S. Mathematics, West Chester University of Pennsylvania 2010
Last Updated: 8/8/2013