Raphael Fraser, PhD

Assistant Professor

Locations

Biostatistics

Contact Information

Education

PhD, Statistics, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL, 2015
MS, Statistics, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL, 2012
MS, Biostatistics, University of the West Indies, Kingston, 2006
BS, Mathematics, University of the West Indies, Kingston, 2001

Biography

Dr. Raphael Fraser works as a statistician for the Bone Marrow Transplant Clinical Trials Network and the Center for International Blood and Marrow Transplant Research. He joined the Division of Biostatistics in the Fall of 2015 and is also an adjunct professor in the Department of Mathematical Sciences at the University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee. Before joining the Division of Biostatistics, Dr. Fraser worked at the Tropical Medicine Research Institute in Kingston, Jamaica where his research focused primarily on sickle cell disease.

Curriculum Vitae

Research Interests

Dr. Fraser's primary focus is on plasma cell disorders which includes diseases such as multiple myeloma and amyloidosis. His research interests are survival analysis, Bayesian statistics, clinical trials, and sample survey methodology.

Racial disparities of liver cancer mortality in Wisconsin.

(Bemanian A, Cassidy LD, Fraser R, Laud PW, Saeian K, Beyer KMM.) Cancer Causes Control. 2019 Sep 17.
Reported Knowledge and Management of Potential Penicillin Allergy in Children.

(Vyles D, Mistry RD, Heffner V, Drayna P, Chiu A, Visotcky A, Fraser R, Brousseau DC.) Acad Pediatr. 2019 Aug;19(6):684-690.
Autologous Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation for Male Germ Cell Tumors: Improved Outcomes Over 3 Decades.

(Kilari D, D'Souza A, Fraser R, Qayed M, Davila O, Agrawal V, Diaz MA, Chhabra S, Cerny J, Copelan E, Farhadfar N, Freytes CO, Gale RP, Ganguly S, Hildebrandt GC, Holmberg L, Kamble RT, Kapoor P, Lazarus H, Lee C, Murthy HS, Naik S, Nishihori T, Saad A, Savani BN, Seo S, Warwick A, Wirk B, Yared JA, Nieto Y, Hari P.) Biol Blood Marrow Transplant. 2019 Jun;25(6):1099-1106.
Revised International Staging System Is Predictive and Prognostic for Early Relapse (

(Gopalakrishnan S, D'Souza A, Scott E, Fraser R, Davila O, Shah N, Gale RP, Kamble R, Diaz MA, Lazarus HM, Savani BN, Hildebrandt GC, Solh M, Freytes CO, Lee C, Kyle RA, Usmani SZ, Ganguly S, Assal A, Berdeja J, Kanate AS, Dhakal B, Meehan K, Kindwall-Keller T, Saad A, Locke F, Seo S, Nishihori T, Gergis U, Gasparetto C, Mark T, Nieto Y, Kumar S, Hari P.) Biol Blood Marrow Transplant. 2019 04;25(4):683-688.
Three prophylaxis regimens (tacrolimus, mycophenolate mofetil, and cyclophosphamide; tacrolimus, methotrexate, and bortezomib; or tacrolimus, methotrexate, and maraviroc) versus tacrolimus and methotrexate for prevention of graft-versus-host disease with haemopoietic cell transplantation with reduced-intensity conditioning: a randomised phase 2 trial with a non-randomised contemporaneous control group (BMT CTN 1203).

(Bolaños-Meade J, Reshef R, Fraser R, Fei M, Abhyankar S, Al-Kadhimi Z, Alousi AM, Antin JH, Arai S, Bickett K, Chen YB, Damon LE, Efebera YA, Geller NL, Giralt SA, Hari P, Holtan SG, Horowitz MM, Jacobsohn DA, Jones RJ, Liesveld JL, Logan BR, MacMillan ML, Mielcarek M, Noel P, Pidala J, Porter DL, Pusic I, Sobecks R, Solomon SR, Weisdorf DJ, Wu J, Pasquini MC, Koreth J.) Lancet Haematol. 2019 Mar;6(3):e132-e143.
Impact of Medical Scribes on Provider Efficiency in the Pediatric Emergency Department.

(Addesso LC, Nimmer M, Visotcky A, Fraser R, Brousseau DC.) Acad Emerg Med. 2019 Feb;26(2):174-182.
Staging Systems for Newly Diagnosed Myeloma Patients Undergoing Autologous Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation: The Revised International Staging System Shows the Most Differentiation between Groups.

(Scott EC, Hari P, Kumar S, Fraser R, Davila O, Shah N, Gale RP, Diaz MA, Agrawal V, Cornell RF, Ganguly S, Akpek G, Freytes C, Hashmi S, Malek E, Kamble RT, Lazarus H, Solh M, Usmani SZ, Kanate AS, Saad A, Chhabra S, Gergis U, Cerny J, Kyle RA, Lee C, Kindwall-Keller T, Assal A, Hildebrandt GC, Holmberg L, Maziarz RT, Nishihori T, Seo S, Kumar S, Mark T, D'Souza A.) Biol Blood Marrow Transplant. 2018 12;24(12):2443-2449.
Disease burden, complication rates, and health-care costs of heparin-induced thrombocytopenia in the USA: a population-based study.

(Dhakal B, Kreuziger LB, Rein L, Kleman A, Fraser R, Aster RH, Hari P, Padmanabhan A.) Lancet Haematol. 2018 May;5(5):e220-e231.
Early relapse after autologous hematopoietic cell transplantation remains a poor prognostic factor in multiple myeloma but outcomes have improved over time.

(Kumar SK, Dispenzieri A, Fraser R, Mingwei F, Akpek G, Cornell R, Kharfan-Dabaja M, Freytes C, Hashmi S, Hildebrandt G, Holmberg L, Kyle R, Lazarus H, Lee C, Mikhael J, Nishihori T, Tay J, Usmani S, Vesole D, Vij R, Wirk B, Krishnan A, Gasparetto C, Mark T, Nieto Y, Hari P, D'Souza A.) Leukemia. 2018 04;32(4):986-995.
Autologous hematopoietic cell transplantation for multiple myeloma patients with renal insufficiency: a center for international blood and marrow transplant research analysis.

(Mahindra A, Hari P, Fraser R, Fei M, Huang J, Berdeja J, Callander N, Costa L, Diaz MA, Freytes C, Gale RP, Girnius S, Holmberg L, Kharfan-Dabaja M, Kumar S, Kyle R, Lazarus H, Lee C, Maiolino A, Moreb J, Nishihori T, Pawarode A, Saad A, Savani BN, Schriber J, William B, Wirk BM, Krishnan A, Nieto Y, D'Souza A.) Bone Marrow Transplant. 2017 Dec;52(12):1616-1622.
Tandem high-dose chemotherapy and autologous hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (SCT) compared to single SCT for relapsed/refractory germ cell tumors (GCT)

(Kilari, D., Hari, P., Qayed, M., Fraser, R., Davila, O., Kumar, S., Mark, T.M., Nieto, Y. and D'Souza, A..) Journal of Clinical Oncology. 2018 36:6_suppl, 572-572 .
Minimal Residual Disease (MRD) Assessment before and after Autologous Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation (AutoHCT) and Maintenance for Multiple Myeloma (MM): Results of the Prognostic Immunophenotyping for Myeloma Response (PRIMeR) Study

(Hahn, T.E., Wallace, P.K., Fraser, R., Fei, M., Tario, J.D., Howard, A., Zhang, Y., Blackwell, B., Brunstein, C.G., Efebera, Y.A. and Geller, N..) Biology of Blood and Marrow Transplantation , Volume 25 , Issue 3 , S4 - S6. .

Raphael Fraser, PhD