Epidemiologist Ii/Project Manager
Greater Detroit Area
• Assist in the design and analysis of epidemiological studies • Oversee database development and management• Utilize SPSS and Microsoft Access to manipulate data sets and perform analyses • Monitor the recruitment of study subjects and/or acquisition of data for biomedical studies• Manage projects with as many as 18 study staff• Train and oversee study personnel • Prepare reports, publications, posters, abstracts and proposalsAccepted Abstracts• Lois Lamerato, Andrew G. Glass, Kathryn E. Richert-Boe, John Edelsberg, Greg G. Wolff, Natalie Czapski, Tracy Dodge, Andrea Lopez, Karen Chung, Akshara Richhariya, Gerry Oster. Trends in Use of Intravenous Bisphosphonates in Patients with Prostate Cancer and Newly Diagnosed Metastases to Bone in Two Large US Integrated Health Systems. ASCO Genitourinary Cancers Symposium, February 14-16, Orlando, FL.Publications:• CDC. Interim Adjusted Estimates of Seasonal Influenza Vaccine Effectiveness — United States, February 22, 2013. MMWR 2013;62(07):119-123.• Oster G, Lamerato L, Glass AG, Richert-Boe KE, Lopez A, Chung K, Richhariya A, Dodge T, Wolff GG, Balakumaran A, Edelsberg J. Natural history of skeletal-related events in patients with breast, lung, or prostate cancer and metastases to bone: a 15-year study in two large US health systems. Support Care Cancer. 2013 Dec;21(12):3279-86. doi: 10.1007/s00520-013-1887-3• Oster G, Lamerato L, Glass AG, Richert-Boe KE, Lopez A, Chung K, Richhariya A, Dodge T, Wolff GG, Balakumaran A, Edelsberg J. Use of intravenous bisphosphonates in patients with breast, lung, or prostate cancer and metastases to bone: a 15-year study in two large US health systems. Support Care Cancer. 2014 May;22(5):1363-1373. Doi:10.1007/s00520-013-2094-y• Taneja C, Berger A, Inglese GW, Lamerato L, Sloand J, Wolff GG, Sheehan M, Oster G. Can Dialysis Patients Be Accurately Identified Using Healthcare Claims Data? Peritoneal Dialysis International. 2014 Feb 4.