James Bost Email & Phone Number

Washington D.C. Metro Area

As Division Chief I built and oversee a staff of 20 including faculty and staff biostatisticians and data managers as well as a systems engineer and data scientist. We offer the following• proposal development, analyses, and data management to all CNH clinicians• support for the large NIH CTSI-CN grant as the Biostatistics, Epidemiology and Research Design Core• education seminars• access to large national databases for research including the Cerner Healthfacts database of over 500 inpatient encounters• support for multiple machine learning and advanced modeling efforts• support for single and multi-site Phase I through Phase III clinical trials• support for pragmatic clinical trials and observational studies using the EMR system• survey and instrument design and psychometric assessmentsCurrently leading a joint partnership between CNH, Cerner and Amazon Web Services (AWS) to build a cloud based Children’s National Data Lake. Here researchers will have access to multiple large datasets stored in the cloud, custom data extracts using Jupiter Notebook and automated data pulls using AWS tools.

Greater Atlanta Area

Director of the Children's Healthcare of Atlanta Outcomes Center (2012 - present)The Outcomes Center has a multimillion dollar budget and over 30 staff within the Quality and IS&T departments. We offer the following services to our nine service lines and various departments:• outcomes and measures development• data mining to improve care• the design and administration of quality and care improvement initiatives• primary data collection• design and administer value based care initiatives• pediatric research support• registry and datamart development and support• statistical support• support of CHOA's strategic planning initiativesIn 2013 we completed almost 900 report and analysis requests, highlights include:• Value demonstration project for asthma and kidney transplant• Assessment of a rapid response RSV test in the ED• Support and analysis of Intensive Care Unit registries• Implementation of RedCAP as a data collection tool• Guideline and pathway development support• Scorecard measure development

Greater Pittsburgh Area

Associate Professor of Medicine, Biostatistics, Clinical and Translational Science, University of Pittsburgh (2005-2011). Coordinating and data coordinating center principal investigatorPI of the Coordinating Center for the HALT Polycystic Kidney Disease (HALT-PKD) Study. The Study consists of seven sites, two randomized clinical trials and 1044 participants followed for five years.• Managed an annual $1,000,000 budget, 2 full time and several part time staff• Oversaw the development of a start of the art web data collection and reporting system• Negotiated and monitored several vendor contracts.• Conducted annual DSMB open and closed reports.• Ran Steering Committee meetings and conducted site visits• Lead statistician on all abstracts, presentations, and manuscripts.Co-PI of the Data Coordinating Center for the Consortium for Radiologic Imaging Studies of Polycystic Kidney Disease (CRISP). CRISP is a cohort study now in its 10th year to assess use of MRI to monitor kidney changes in people with ADPKD.Biostatistician in the Center for Research on Healthcare Data Center where I assist in grant submissions and serve as the primary statistician on several grants.Biostatistician for the University of Pittsburgh Clinical and Translational Science InstituteStatistician and psychometrician for the School of Medicine Clinician EducatorsCourse Director for Meta-Analysis and Best Practices in Clinical Research

Little Rock, Arkansas Area

Associate Professor of Biostatistics, College of Public Health at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) and Associate Director of Health Data and Statistics, Arkansas Center for Health Improvement (ACHI) (2003-2005)Primary statistician/psychometrician for:• Two studies with the Department of Dermatology.• Patient-Centered Medication Adherence for Schizophrenia grant• UAMS Memory Research Center.Established the Arkansas Health Data Initiative (AHDI). Built a staff of six with programming, statistics and publication skills.Wrote and lobbied for the passing of Arkansas Act 1035 which gave ACHI access to confidential state health data.Implemented the Act 1220 BMI component. The Act required collection of body mass index for every public school age child in the state. We designed data collection forms, procured a scale and stadiometer for every school in the state, linked with the Arkansas Public School database, collected, validated and processed over 400,000 forms, created a child BMI letter sent to every parent, developed 1100 school reports, 300 district reports and an overall statewide child BMI assessment report Copies of each of these can be found at www.achi.net.Designed a state employee health assessment questionnaire with scoring system to be used in setting premium costs.Developed and analyzed the second Arkansas Household Ins Survey. Supported BRFSS and NHANES projects.

Washington D.C. Metro Area

Assistant Vice President, Research and Analysis, National Committee for Quality Assurance, Washington DC. (2000-2003)Developed and implemented NCQA's research plan. This included grant work and developing research collaborations with academic and non-academic institutionsOversaw NCQA's Statistical Analysis Unit which is responsible for the analysis of all HEDIS clinical and survey data, review of Quality Improvement studies, and development of methodologies for collecting and reporting health care information.Supported the development of NCQA's data warehouse.Oversaw NCQA's Quality Solutions Group, the unit responsible for all state and federal contracts.Supervised a staff of 18 including statisticians, epidemiologists, health care analysts and survey methodologists.On development teams for AHRQ CAHPS surveys and CMS Health of Seniors and CAHPS Surveys.Lead developer of NCQA's Quality Dividend Calculator (QDC)Director of Analysis, National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA), Washington DC (1997-2003)Provided technical expertise in the development of HEDIS clinical and survey measures.Analyzed health plan clinical performance, member satisfaction and NCQA accreditation scores for technical and research publications, state and federal report cards, and quality improvement initiatives.Provided statistical and methodological support to all NCQA staff.

Doctor Of Philosophy (Phd), Research Methodology And Quantitative Methods

Master Of Science (Ms), Statistics

Bachelor Of Science (Bs), Business And Mathematics