Robert Weiss, PhD
Robert E. Weiss, PhD, is Professor with tenure in the Department of Biostatistics in the UCLA School of Public Health and an elected fellow of the American Statistical Association, the Institute of Mathematical Statistics and the International Society for Bayesian Analysis. His biostatistical research areas include (i) development of hierarchical regression models for discrete and continuous outcomes, (ii) modeling of discrete and continuous univariate and multivariate longitudinal data, (iii) Bayesian methodology and (iv) diagnostics and graphics. He specializes in analysis of data on human behavior, particularly sex and drug behaviors and for HIV+ and HIV-at risk populations and is author of a textbook Modeling Longitudinal Data (2005) published by Springer.
FEATURED PUBLICATIONS:
1. Schrode, K. M., Edwards, G. G., Moghanian, B., Weiss, R. E., Reback, C. J., McWells, C., Hilliard, C. L., & Harawa, N. T. (2025). Randomized Controlled Trial Testing an HIV/STI Prevention Intervention Among People Leaving Incarceration Who Were Assigned Male at Birth, Have Sex with Men and A Substance Use Disorder. AIDS and behavior, 29(12), 3806–3821. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10461-025-04818-4
2. Goodman-Meza, D., Weiss, R. E., Poimboeuf, M. L., Feng, J., Vijayan, T., Martinello, M., Matthews, G. V., & Dore, G. J. (2025). Comparative Effectiveness of Long-Acting Lipoglycopeptides vs Standard-of-Care Antibiotics in Serious Bacterial Infections. JAMA network open, 8(5), e2511641.
3. Arnold, E. M., Rotheram-Borus, M. J., Christodoulou, J., Yalch, M. M., Murphy, D. A., Norwood, P., Comulada, W. S., Swendeman, D., & ATN CARES Team (2025). Increasing Sustained Viral Suppression Among Youth Living with HIV: A Randomized Controlled Trial of Stepped Care Intervention. AIDS and behavior, 29(7), 2287–2298.
Last updated: 11/25/2025