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Beth Ann Griffin

Associate Statistician

Washington Office

Education

Ph.D., Biostatistics, Harvard University, 2006

Fields

Survival analysis; biostatistics; causal modeling; design of clinical and non-clinical studies

Policy Areas

Adolescent substance abuse treatment; HIV/AIDS; Education; Quality of care

Recent Projects

Examination of racial/ethnic and immigration status disparities in major depression among mothers in Los Angeles
Impact of inconsistent reporting of drug use and post-treatment confounders such as institutionalization on estimates of treatment program efficacy among adolescent substance abusers
Patterns and costs of care provided to Tricare For Life beneficiaries
Early detection of bioterrorism events; Evaluation of syndromic surveillance systems in the District of Columbia

Selected Publications

Examining racial and ethnic and immigration status disparities in major depression among mothers in Los Angeles — 2007

Women's Health Issues 17 (2007) 316–324.
Sandraluz Lara-Cinisomo and Beth Ann Griffin

Interpreting Treatment Effects When Cases Are Institutionalized After Treatment — 2007

Drug and Alcohol Dependence 89: 126–138.
Daniel F. McCaffrey, Andrew Morral, Greg Ridgeway and Beth Ann Griffin

Analysis of Failure Time Data Arising from Studies with Alternating Treatment Schedules — 2006

Journal of the American Statistical Association, 101 (474), 510-520
Beth Ann Griffin and Stephen Lagakos

Policies and Practices Related to Breastfeeding in Massachusetts: Hospital Implementation of the Ten Steps to Successful Breastfeeding — 2006

Maternal and Child Health Journal, May 2006, Pages 1 - 17, DOI 10.1007/s10995-005-0065-8
T. Grizzard, M. Bartick, M. Nikolov, B. A. Griffin, and K. Lee

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