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.
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Curriculum Vitae (PDF)
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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.
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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.
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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.
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