Robert A. Oster, PhD
Associate Professor
Division of Preventive Medicine
Contact Information:
Medical Towers 650
1717 11th Avenue South
Birmingham, Alabama 35205
Phone: (205) 934-3376
Fax: (205)934-4262
oster@uab.edu
Research Interests
Modern Statistical Computing Methods
Exact Statistical Methods
Categorical Data Analysis
Longitudinal Data Analysis
Statistical Methods in Epidemiology
Clinical Trials
Educational Background
University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH, PhD Biostatistics, 1995
University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, MS Statistics, 1986
Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, BS Mathematics, 1984
Professional Activities
Immediate Past President and Member of the Board of Directors of the Association of General Clinical Research Center / Clinical and Translational Science Statisticians
Publications Officer of the ASA Section on Teaching of Statistics in the Health Sciences
Statistical Computing Software Reviews Editor and Associate Editor for The American Statistician
UAB Cancer Center Clinical Trials Review Committee
Reviewer for The Open Statistics and Probability Journal (2008-Current)
Reviewer for The American Statistician (2006-Current)
Reviewer for the American Journal of Health Behavior (1998-Current)
Selected Recent Publications
Lwin R, Darnell B, Oster R, Lawrence J, Foster J, Azziz R, Gower BA. Effect of oral estrogen substrate utilization in postmenopausal women. Fertility and Sterility 2008; 90: 1275-1278.
Oster RA, Hilbe JM. An examination of statistical software packages for parametric and nonparametric data analyses using exact methods. The American Statistician 2008; 62:74-84.
Taylor LJ, Oster RA, Fritsma GA, Tichenor PH, Reed CE, Eiland BM, Hudson CL, Marques MB. Screening with the activated protein C resistance assay yields significant savings in a patient population with low prevalence of Factor V Leiden. American Journal of Clinical Pathology 2008; 129: 494-499.
Tolwani AJ, Campbell RC, Stofan BS, Lai KR, Oster RA, Wille KM. Standard versus high-dose CVVHDF for ICU-related acute renal failure. Journal of the American Society of Nephrology 2008; 19:1233-1238.
Oster RA, Hilbe JM. Rejoinder to "An Examination of Statistical Software Packages for Parametric and Nonparametric Data Analyses Using Exact Methods." The American Statistician 2008; 62: 173-176.
Baddley JW, Perfect JR, Oster RA, Larsen RA, Pankey GA, Henderson H, Haas DW, Kauffman CA, Patel R, Zaas AK. Pappas PG. Pulmonary cryptococcosis in patients without HIV infection: factors associated with disseminated disease. European Journal of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases 2008; 27:937-943.
Thomas AS, Greene LF, Ard JD, Oster RA, Darnell BE, Gower BA. Physical activity may facilitate diabetes prevention in adolescents. Diabetes Care 2009; 32:9-13.
Appel SJ, Oster RA, Floyd NA. Cardiometabolic risk among African-American women: a pilot study. The Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing (In press).
Jordan SJ, Branch OH, Castro JC, Oster RA, Rayner JC. Genetic diversity of the malaria vaccine candidate Plasmodium falciparum merozoite surface protein-3 in a hypoendemic transmission environment. Tropical Medicine and International Health (In press).
Wille KM, Gaggar A, Hajari AS, Leon KJ, Barney JB, Smith KH, Pajaro O, Wang W, Oster RA, McGiffin DC, Young KR. Bronchiolitis obliterans syndrome and survival following lung transplantation for patients with sarcoidosis. Sarcoidosis Vasculitis and Diffuse Lung Diseases (In press).
Awards
Received the Comer-Reynolds Memorial Award for being the outstanding student in biostatistics at the University of Cincinnati (1992)
Member of International Who's Who of Professionals
Member of Cambridge Who's Who (V.I.P. Member for 2004-2009)
Member of Madison Who's Who (V.I.P. Member for 2004-2007, Member of the Year for 2008-2009)
Member of Windsor Who's Who (Featured Member for 2008-2009)
Member of Presidential Who's Who (V.I.P. Member for 2008-2009)
Member of Sterling Who's Who
Member of American Mensa
