Sanders-Brown Faculty

Marta S. Mendiondo, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor

Departmental Affiliation(s):

Department of Biostatistics

University of Kentucky College of Public Health

Research Focus:

(1) longitudinal data analysis with a focus in subareas related to Markov transition models, shared random effects, and missing data; (2) prevention trials in Alzheimer’s disease; (3) design and analysis of clinical trials with emphasis on ALS, PD, and traumatic brain injury; (4) screening for early detection of ovarian cancer; and (5) estimating relative risk on the line using nearest neighbor statistics.

IN THE LAB

Erin Abner

LAB MISSION

To provide expert advice on study design and data analysis to all investigators in the Center on Aging and related programs in aging. To conduct research on statistical methodology relevant to Alzheimer’s disease, aging, the neurosciences, and ovarian cancer.

Recent Publications:

Nelson PT, Jicha GA, Schmitt FA, Liu H, Davis DG, Mendiondo MS, Abner EL, Markesbery WR. Clinicopathologic correlations in a large Alzheimer disease center autopsy cohort: neuritic plaques and neurofibrillary tangles "do count" when staging disease severity. J Neuropathol Exp Neurol 66: 1136-1146, 2007.

Salazar JC, Schmitt FA, Yu L, Mendiondo MM, Kryscio RJ. Shared random effects analysis of multi-state Markov models: application to a longitudinal study of transitions to dementia. Stat Med 26: 568-580, 2007.

Teaster PB, Ramsey-Klawsnik H, Mendiondo MS, Abner E, Cecil K, Tooms M. From behind the shadows: a profile of the sexual abuse of older men residing in nursing homes. J Elder Abuse Negl 19: 29-45, 2007.

Tyas SL, Salazar JC, Snowdon DA, Desrosiers MF, Riley KP, Mendiondo MS, Kryscio RJ. Transitions to mild cognitive impairments, dementia, and death: findings from the Nun Study. Am J Epidemiol 165: 1231-1238, 2007.