Raphael Fraser, PhD

Assistant Professor

Locations

Biostatistics

Contact Information

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

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

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.

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 Apr;25(4):683-688.
Autologous Hematopoietic 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 Feb 20.
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.
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 Jan 28.
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 Dec;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.
Autologous Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation in Patients With Multiple Myeloma: Effect of Age.

(Dhakal B, Nelson A, Guru Murthy GS, Fraser R, Eastwood D, Hamadani M, Pasquini M, D'Souza A, Hari P.) Clin Lymphoma Myeloma Leuk. 2017 03;17(3):165-172.
Approximate median regression for complex survey data with skewed response.

(Fraser RA, Lipsitz SR, Sinha D, Fitzmaurice GM, Pan Y.) Biometrics. 2016 12;72(4):1336-1347.
Richer but fatter: the unintended consequences of microcredit financing on household health and expenditure in Jamaica.

(Gordon-Strachan G, Cunningham-Myrie C, Fox K, Kirton C, Fraser R, McLeod G, Forrester T.) Trop Med Int Health. 2015 Jan;20(1):67-76.
The effect of antenatal factors and postnatal growth on serum adiponectin levels in children.

(Boyne MS, Thompson DS, Osmond C, Fraser RA, Thame MM, Taylor-Bryan C, Soares-Wynter S, Forrester TE.) J Dev Orig Health Dis. 2013 Aug;4(4):317-23.

Raphael Fraser, PhD