National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
  National Institutes of Health
NIAID Home Health & Science Research Funding Research News & Events Labs at NIAID About NIAID

About NIAID
 Overview
 Organization
  Organizational Charts
  Office of the Director
  DAIDS
  DAIT
  DCR
   BRB
    Recent Work
    Resources
    Staff
   PPAB
   RCHSPB
  DEA
  DIR
  DMID
  VRC
 Director's Page
 Working at NIAID
 Finding People
 Visitor Information


Biostatistics Research Branch (BRB)

Rebecca DerSimonian

Mathematical Statistician


Interests

Major research interests include meta-analysis, empirical Bayes, and mixture models. Areas of applications include HIV/AIDS, maternal and child health, and clinical trials.

Additional Information

Curriculum Vitae (PDF)
Selected Publications
All Publications
Recent Work
Meta-Analysis Software

Selected Publications

DerSimonian, R., Charette, L. J., et al. (1982). Reporting on Methods in Clinical Trials. The New England Journal of Medicine 306: 1327-1332.

DerSimonian, R. (1988). Two-Process Models for Discrete-Time Serial Categorical Response. Statistics in Medicine 7: 965-974.

DerSimonian, R., Clemens, J., Spirtas, R., and Perlman, J. (1993). Vasectomy and Prostate Cancer Risk: Methodological Review of the Evidence. J Clin Epidemiol 46(2): 163-172.

DerSimonian, R. (1996). Meta-Analysis in the Design and Monitoring of Clinical Trials. Statistics in Medicine 15: 1237-1248.

DerSimonian, R., and Levine, R. J. (1999). Resolving Discrepancies between a Meta-Analysis and a Subsequent Large Controlled Trial. JAMA 282: 664-670.

All Rebecca DerSimonian Publications

Recent Work

Sereti, I., Sklar, P., Ramchandani, M. S., Read, S. W., Aggarwal, V., Imamichi, H., Natarajan, V., Metcalf, J. A., Joseph, A., Kovacs, J. A., Tavel, J., Davey, R. T., DerSimonian, R., and Lane, H. C. (2007). CD4+ T Cell Responses to Interleukin-2 Administration in HIV-Infected Patients Are Directly Related to the Baseline Level of Immune Activation. The Journal of Infectious Diseases 196: 677-683.

DerSimonian, R., and Kacker, R. (2007). Random-Effects Model for Meta-Analysis of Clinical Trials: An Update. Contemporary Clinical Trials 28: 105-114.

back to top

Meta-Analysis Software

Meta_Analysis.xls

User Guide to Meta_Analysis.xls (PDF)

DerSimonian, R., and Laird, N. (1986). Meta-Analysis in Clinical Trials. Controlled Clinical Trials 7: 177-188.

DerSimonian, R., and Kacker, R. (2007). Random-Effects Model for Meta-Analysis of Clinical Trials: An Update. Contemporary Clinical Trials 28: 105-114.

back to top

Rebecca DerSimonian photo

Contact Info

Phone: 301-435-7181
Fax: 301-480-0912
E-mail: rdersimonian@niaid.nih.gov
Mail:
6700B Rockledge Drive MSC 7609
Bethesda, MD 20892

Overnight mail address:
6700-A Rockledge Drive #5136
Bethesda, MD 20817


See Also

 DCR Contact Information

Search in About NIAID
 
E-mail Icon E-mail this page
Print Icon Print this page
Plug-ins and Viewers
To open PDFs on this page, download and install the Adobe Acrobat Reader.
Rebecca DerSimonian photo

Contact Info

Phone: 301-435-7181
Fax: 301-480-0912
E-mail: rdersimonian@niaid.nih.gov
Mail:
6700B Rockledge Drive MSC 7609
Bethesda, MD 20892

Overnight mail address:
6700-A Rockledge Drive #5136
Bethesda, MD 20817


See Also

 DCR Contact Information