Kenneth K. Lopiano, Ph.D.

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1 Kenneth K. Lopiano, Ph.D. Contact Information Affiliation Research Interests Education Honors and Awards Academic Experience SAMSI Voice: (919) TW Alexander Drive Research Triangle Park, NC Website: Statistical and Applied Mathematical Sciences Institute (SAMSI) Data-Driven Decisions in Healthcare Postdoctoral Fellow affiliated with Duke Statistical Sciences Department Healthcare Analytics, Spatial Statistics, Spatio-Temporal Statistics, Disease Dynamics, Nonnegative Matrix Factorization, Sampling Design, Official Statistics, Statistical Consulting, Visualization and Web-applications University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida Ph.D., Statistics, August 2012 Dissertation Topic: Regression Models with Spatially Misaligned Data Advisor: Linda J. Young Master of Statistics, May 2009 B.S. Statistics, Cum Laude, May 2007 B.S. Mathematics, Cum Laude, May 2007 Florida Chapter of the American Statistical Association Lee Award for Outstanding Paper Presentation, 2011 Florida Chapter of the American Statistical Association First Place Student Paper Award, 2010 National Science Foundation Integrative Graduate Education and Research Traineeship (IGERT) Fellowship, $60,000, NSF IGERT Travel Award, $600, 2010 University of Florida College of Liberal Arts and Sciences Valedictorian, 2007 University of Florida Four-Year Scholar Honorable Mention, 2007 University of Florida College of Liberal Arts and Sciences Anderson Scholar with the Highest Distinction, 2006 University of Florida College of Liberal Arts and Sciences W.W. Massey Sr. Presidential Scholar, $1,000, 2006 Statistical and Applied Mathematical Sciences Institute, Research Triangle Park, NC Postdoctoral Fellow, Data-Driven Decisions in Healthcare Aug Present Duke University Department of Statistical Sciences, Durahm, NC Postdoctoral Fellow Fall 2013 Taught STA/BME 102 Introduction to Biostatistics. University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida Research Assistant Aug Dec Worked on a research team to assess the relationship between air quality and asthma incidence in

2 the state of Florida NSF Quantitative Spatial Ecology, Evolution, & Environment IGERT Aug Aug Working on an interdisciplinary research team to develop multi-patch models of malaria dynamics with applications to dynamics on the island of Hispaniola. Teaching Assistant Aug May 2009 Courses: Pre-Calculus, Math for Elementary School Teachers, Introduction to Statistics, Introduction to Statistics II Experience National Agricultural Statistics Service, Washington, District of Columbia Researcher June August 2012 Worked on a research team to develop methodology for the United States Department of Agriculture s Census of Agriculture National Institute of Statistical Sciences/National Agricultural Statistics Service, RTP, North Carolina/Washington, District of Columbia Researcher June May 2011 Worked on a team with university professors and researchers from the National Agricultural Statistics Service to identify and account for sources of error in the United States Department of Agriculture s June Area Survey. Blue Cross Blue Shield of Florida, Jacksonville, Florida Summer Intern May Aug Worked on a team of ASAs and FSAs to develop novel ways to incorporate pharmacy records in underwriting group s insurance rates. Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota Summer Intern May Aug Worked on a team of Master and PhD statisticians in the Division of Biostatistics to provide statistical analysis of medical research and survey data. Peer-Reviewed Publications Lopiano, K.K., Young, L.J., Gotway, C.A. A Pseudo-Penalized Quasi Likelihood Approach to the Spatial Misalignment Problem with Non-Normal Data Biometrics. In Press Garcia, A.J., Pindolia, D.K., Lopiano, K.K. and Tatem, A.J., 2014, Modeling internal migration flows in sub-saharan Africa using census microdata, Migration Studies. In Press Lopiano, Kenneth K. and Young, Linda J. and Gotway, Carol A. (2013) Estimated generalized least squares in spatially misaligned regression models with Berkson error. Biostatistics, doi: /biostatistics/kxt011 Caughlin TT, Ruktanonchai N, Acevedo MA, Lopiano KK, Prosper O, et al. (2013) Place-Based Attributes Predict Community Membership in a Mobile Phone Communication Network. PLoS ONE 8(2): e doi: /journal.pone Lopiano, K.K., Young, L.J., and Gotway, C.A. (2011), A comparison of errors in variables meth-

3 ods for use in regression models with spatially misaligned data, Statistical Methods in Medical Research, 20(1), 29. McIntyre, L.M., Lopiano, K.K., Morse, A., Amin, V., Oberg, A., Young, L.J., and Nuzhdin, S. (2011), RNA-seq: technical variability and sampling, BMC genomics, 12, 293. Young, L.J., Gotway, C.A., and Lopiano, K.K., (2011) A Closer Look at Errors in Variables Methods for Use in Regression Models with Spatially Misaligned Data, Communications in Statistics - Simulation and Computation. In Press. Other Publications Manuscripts in Preparation Abreu, D., Lamas, A.C., Sang, H., Lopiano, K.K., Arroway, P., and Young, L.J. On the Feasibility of Using NASS s Sampling List Frame to Evaluate Misclassification Errors of the June Area Survey, United States Department of Agriculture National Agricultural Statistics Service (USDA NASS) Research Report, #RDD-11-01, Internally Reviewed Sang, H., Arroway, P., Lopiano, K.K., Abreu, D., Lamas, A.C., and Young, L.J. Annual Land Utilization Survey (ALUS): Design and Methodology, USDA NASS Research Report, #RDD-11-02, Internally Reviewed Lopiano, K.K., Abreu, D., Lamas, A.C., Sang, H., Arroway, P., and Young, L.J. Adjusting the June Area Survey Estimate of the Number of U.S. Farms for Misclassification and Non-response, USDA NASS Research Report, #RDD-11-04, Internally Reviewed Abreu, D., Lamas, A.C., Lopiano, K.K., Arroway, P., and Young, L.J. Adjusting an Area Frame Estimate for Misclassification Using a List Frame, USDA NASS Research Report, In Review. Xu, Y., Sun, J, Lopiano, K.K., and Young, S.S. Finding Truth from Noisy Big Data: A Set of Robust Non-Negative Matrix Factorization Procedures Hurwitz, J.E., Lee, J.A., Lopiano, K.K, McKinley, S.A., Keesling, J and Tyndall, J.A. A Comprehensive Simulation Platform to Quantify and Manage Site-Specific Emergency Department Crowding Acevedo, M.A., Prosper, O., Lopiano, K.K., Ruktanonchai, N., Caughlin, T., Martcheva, M., Osenberg, C.W., Smith, D.L., Connectivity, spatial heterogeneity, and vector-borne disease transmission In Revision Sang, H., Young, L.J., Lopiano, K.K., Abreu, D.A., Lamas, A.C., Estimation methodology for three-phase sampling designs Submitted to Survey Methodology, arxiv preprint arxiv: , 2013 Lopiano, K.K., Obenchain, R.L., Young, S.S., Fair Treatment Comparisons in Observational Research Under Revision. Statistical Analysis and Data Mining Lopiano, K.K, Djidonou, D. Models for Describing Tomato Yield Response to Nitrogen Fertilizer: Determining Optimal Nitrogen Values Conference Proceedings Sun, J., Xu, Y., Lopiano, K.K., Young, S.S. (2013) Robust Non-Negative Matrix Factorization Procedures for Analyzing Tumor and Face Image Data In proceedings of the Joint Statistical Meetings Abreu, D., Lamas, A.C., Sang, H., Arroway, P., Lopiano, K.K., and Young, L.J. (2011) Is It Feasible to Use a Sampling List Frame to Evaluate Misclassification Errors on an Area-Frame- Survey? in Proceedings of the Joint Statistical Meetings. Lamas, A.C., Abreu, D., Sang, H., Arroway, P., Lopiano, K.K., and Young, L.J. (2011), Adjusting an Area Frame Estimate for Misclassification Using a List Frame, in Proceedings of the Joint Statistical Meetings. Young, L.J., Gotway, C.A., and Lopiano, K.K. (2010), Challenges associated with integrating

4 data from multiple scales to assess relationships, in Proceedings of The Accuracy 2010 Symposium, July 20-23, Leicester, UK Abreu, D., Arroway, P., Lamas, A.C., Lopiano, K.K., and Young, L.J. (2010), Using the Census of Agriculture list frame to assess misclassification in the June Area Survey, in Proceedings of the Joint Statistical Meetings, p Lamas, A.C., Abreu, D., Arroway, P., Lopiano, K.K., and Young, L.J. (2010), Modeling misclassification in the June Area Survey, in Proceedings of the Joint Statistical Meetings, p Lopiano, K.K., Abreu, D., Arroway, P., Lamas, A.C., and Young, L.J. (2010), Adjusting the June Area Survey for non-response and misclassification, in Proceedings of the Joint Statistical Meetings, p Arroway, P., Abreu, D., Lamas, A.C., Lopiano, K.K., and Young, L.J. (2010), An Alternate Approach to Assessing Misclassification in JAS, in Proceedings of the Joint Statistical Meetings, p Young, L.J., Abreu, D., Arroway, P., Lamas, A.C., and Lopiano, K.K. (2010), Precise Estimates of the Number of Farms in the United States, in Proceedings of the Joint Statistical Meetings, p Conference Presentations Societies Service Opportunities in Data-Driven Healthcare Research with Robert L. Obenchain, Invited Talk, Joint Statistical Meetings, Montreal, QC, Canada, 2013 Two-Stage Methods for Regression with Spatially Misaligned Data with Linda J. Young and Carol A. Gotway, Joint Statistical Meetings, San Diego, CA, 2012 Spatial Misalignment in Linear Models with Linda J. Young and Carol A. Gotway,East North American Region of the International Biometric Society, Washington, DC, 2012 Estimates of Uncertainty in Generalized Linear Regression Models with Spatially Misaligned Data with Linda J. Young and Carol A. Gotway, Joint Statistical Meetings, Miami, FL, 2011 Unbiased Estimates of Uncertainty in General Linear Regression Models with Spatially Misaligned Data with Linda J. Young and Carol A. Gotway, East North American Region of the International Biometric Society, Miami, FL, 2011 Estimates of Uncertainty in General Linear Regression Models with Spatially Misaligned Data with Linda J. Young and Carol A. Gotway, Florida Chapter of the American Statistical Association Annual Meeting, Moffit Cancer Center, Tampa, FL FL, 2011 Unbiased Estimates of Uncertainty in General Linear Regression Models with Spatially Misaligned Data with Linda J. Young and Carol A. Gotway, International Biometric Conference, Florianapolis, Brazil, 2010 Adjusting the June Area Survey for Non-response and Misclassification with Denise Abreu, Andrea C. Lamas, Pam Arroway, and Linda J. Young, Joint Statistical Meetings, Vancouver, BC, 2010 Assessing the Efficacy of Slow Speed Zones with Respect to Manatee Mortality with Linda J. Young, East North American Region of the International Biometric Society, New Orleans, LA, 2010 Accounting for Measurement Error for Spatially Misaligned Data with Linda J. Young and Carol A. Gotway, Florida Chapter of the American Statistical Association Annual Meeting, Tallahassee, FL, 2010 Member - American Statistical Association

5 Reviewer for Molecular Biology and Evolution Reviewer for Environmental Science & Technology Volunteered to speak with Miami Beach Senior High School students about opportunities in statistics and the power of statistics in other disciplines, Organized by East Noth American Region of International Biometrics Society Statistical and Applied Mathematical Sciences Institute Undergraduate Modeling Workshop, Presenter and Mentor, May 2012 Statistical and Applied Mathematical Sciences Institute Industrial Math/Stat Modeling Workshop, with Mark Wolff of SAS Institute, Presenter and Mentor, July 2012 Computer Skills Statistical Packages: SAS, R, S-Plus, WinBUGS, JAGS Operating Systems: Windows, Unix/Linux.