Research & Interest

My specific interests lie in a mix of several areas. I do research in Bayesian data analysis, diagnostics, residual analysis, model development and model checking, sample size calculations, statistical graphics. I do most of this in the context of repeated measures random effects models. I work with collaborators in several application areas, Death Penalty Charging, Environmental Modeling, Pediatric Pain and Paleontology. I especially enjoy teaching my classes in Statistical Graphics and Applied Bayesian Analysis. Most of my classes have computing and writing components, because there isn't much point to statistical practice unless you can calculate what you need to on the computer and then communicate what you have learned. I particularly like working in an academic environment because I get to work with students on various research projects, paper writing, and as advisor.

Selected Publications

• Newman, P. A., Rhodes, F., and Weiss, R. E. (2004). Correlates of Sex Trading Among Men who have Sex with Men. American Journal of Public Health, 94, 1998 - 2003.
• Whaley, S. E., Sigman, M., Neumann, C., Bwibo, N., Guthrie, D., Weiss, R. E., Alber S. and Murphy, S. P. (2003). The Impact of Dietary Intervention on the Cognitive Development of Kenyan Schoolchildren. Journal of Nutrition, 133, 3965S - 3971S.
• Neumann, C., Bwibo, N. O., Murphy, S. P., Sigman, M., Whaley, S. E., Allen, L. H., Guthrie, D., Weiss, R. E., and Montague, W. (2003). Animal Source Foods Improve Dietary Quality, Micronutrient Status, Growth and Cognitive Function in Kenyan School Children: Background, Study Design and Baseline Findings. Journal of Nutrition, 133, 3941S - 3949S.
• Sinsheimer, J.S., Suchard, M. A., Dorman, K. S., Fang, F., and Weiss R.E. (2003). Are You My Mother? Bayesian Phylogenetic Inference of Recombination Among Putative Parental Strains. Applied Bioinformatics, 2, 131 - 144.
• Basu, I., Jana, S., Rotheram-Borus, M. J., Swendeman, D., Das, S., Lee, S. J., Newman, P., and Weiss, R. (2004). HIV Prevention among Sex Workers in India. JAIDS, 36, 845 - 852.
• Sherbourne, C.D., Weiss, R. E., Duan, N., Bird, C. E., Wells, K. B. (2004). Do the Effects of Quality Improvement for Depression Care Differ for Men and Women? Results of a Group-Level Randomized Controlled Trial. Medical Care, 42, 1186 - 1193.
• Rotheram-Borus, M. J., Swendeman, D., Comulada, S. Weiss, R. E., and Lightfoot, M. (2004). Prevention for HIV Positive Young People: Telephone and In-person Delivery. JAIDS, 37, S68 - S77.
• Lightfoot, M., Swendeman, D., Rotheram-Borus, M. J., Comulada, S. and Weiss, R. E. (2005). Variation in the Risk Behaviors of Youth Living with HIV: Pre- and Post-HAART. American Journal of Health Behavior, to appear.
• Rotheram-Borus, M. J., Weiss, R., Alber, S., and Lester. P. (2004). Adolescent Adjustment Before and After HIV-related Parental Death. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, to appear.
• Suchard, M. A., Weiss, R. E., Sinsheimer, J. S., and Tai, Y. C. (2005). Models for Estimating Bayes Factors with Applications to Phylogeny and Tests of Monophyly. Biometrics, to appear.