Rodney Sparapani, PhD

Associate Professor, Biostatistics

Locations

Biostatistics

Contact Information

Education

PhD, Biostatistics, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, 2011
MS, Mathematics, Marquette University, Milwaukee, WI, 1991
BS, Mathematics, Michigan Technological University, Houghton, MI, 1989

Biography

Dr. Rodney Sparapani is an Associate Professor, Institute for Health and Equity, Biostatistics at the Medical College of Wisconsin. He joined the division in December 2013.

Curriculum Vitae

                
                    Research Experience
                
                    Administrative Claims, Healthcare
Clinical Trials Data Monitoring Committees
Electronic Health Records
Observational Study
Randomized Controlled Trial

                    Methodologies and Techniques
                
                    Bayesian Analysis
Biostatistics
Causality
Machine Learning
Medical Informatics
Statistics, Nonparametric
Survival Analysis

                    MCW Program / Core Facilities
                
                    Research Computing Center Faculty Advisory Committee

                    Educational Expertise
                
                    Education, Graduate
Teaching Biostatistics

Research Interests

Dr. Sparapani's research applies Bayesian methodology to modern biostatistical problems such as survival analysis, health services research, causal inference, comparative effectiveness research and big data/omics. Recently, he has focused on Bayesian machine learning, Bayesian nonparametrics and the surrounding challenges of efficient computation with large data sets. His collaborative research has involved the analysis of cancer treatments, cardiovascular disease and a wide variety of other conditions such as diabetes, osteoporosis, hepatitis, hip fracture, sinus surgery and spine surgery.

Effects of Singing on Vascular Health in Older Adults with Coronary Artery Disease: A Randomized Trial.

(Bagherimohamadipour M, Hammad M, Visotcky A, Sparapani R, Kulinski J.) medRxiv. 2024 Jul 27 PMID: 39108506 PMCID: PMC11302710 08/07/2024
Can We Actually Predict Long-Term Patient Satisfaction After Traumatic Brain Injury?

(Al Tannir AH, Pokrzywa CJ, Sparapani R, Maring M, Saltzman C, Tignanelli CJ, Duthie E, Haines K, Nattinger A, Carver TW, de Moya MA, Morris RS.) J Surg Res. 2024 Jul 09;301:269-279 PMID: 38986192 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85198034792 07/11/2024
Reporting and analysis of sex in vascular surgery research.

(Rubin MJ, Wakinekona NA, Reilly MA, Canales B, Sparapani R, Dyer M, Kibbe MR, Mansukhani NA.) J Vasc Surg. 2024 Jun 18 PMID: 38901638 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85199130838 06/21/2024
Timing and co-occurrence of symptoms prior to a diagnosis of light chain (AL) amyloidosis.

(Singh A, Szabo A, Lian Q, Pezzin L, Sparapani R, D'Souza A.) Blood Cancer J. 2024 May 26;14(1):61 PMID: 38796476 PMCID: PMC11127981 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85194268737 05/26/2024
Prevalence, Predictors, and Outcomes of Type 2 NSTEMI in Hospitalized Patients With COVID-19.

(Patel S, Visotcky A, Devine A, Kode V, Kotlo S, Aljadah M, Sparapani R, Kulinski J.) J Am Heart Assoc. 2024 May 21;13(10):e032572 PMID: 38726904 PMCID: PMC11179823 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85194013390 05/10/2024
Optimal Donor Selection Across Multiple Outcomes For Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation By Bayesian Nonparametric Machine Learning.

(Sparapani RA, Maiers M, Spellman SR, Shaw BE, Laud PW, Devine SM, Logan BR.) medRxiv. 2024 May 09 PMID: 38766030 PMCID: PMC11100939 05/20/2024
Scaling care coordination through digital engagement: stepped-wedge trial assessing readmissions.

(Polovneff A, Shah N, Janardan A, Smith E, Pasillas I, Mortensen N, Holt JM, Somai M, Sparapani R, Crotty B.) Am J Manag Care. 2024 Feb 01;30(2):e32-e38 PMID: 38381546 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85185825033 02/21/2024
Nonparametric failure time: Time-to-event machine learning with heteroskedastic Bayesian additive regression trees and low information omnibus Dirichlet process mixtures.

(Sparapani RA, Logan BR, Maiers MJ, Laud PW, McCulloch RE.) Biometrics. 2023 Dec;79(4):3023-3037 PMID: 36932826 PMCID: PMC10505620 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85153305626 03/19/2023
The Variation of Withdrawal of Life Sustaining Therapy in Older Adults With Traumatic Brain Injury.

(Pokrzywa CJ, Al Tannir AH, Sparapani R, Rabas MS, Holena D, Murphy PB, Creutzfeldt CJ, Somberg L, Nattinger A, Morris RS.) J Surg Res. 2023 Nov;291:34-42 PMID: 37331190 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85162019379 06/19/2023
Team principles for successful interdisciplinary research teams.

(Brown SA, Sparapani R, Osinski K, Zhang J, Blessing J, Cheng F, Hamid A, MohamadiPour MB, Lal JC, Kothari AN, Caraballo P, Noseworthy P, Johnson RH, Hansen K, Sun LY, Crotty B, Cheng YC, Echefu G, Doshi K, Olson J, Cardio-Oncology Artificial Intelligence Informatics & Precision (CAIP) Research Team Investigators.) Am Heart J Plus. 2023 Aug;32:100306 PMID: 38510201 PMCID: PMC10946054 03/21/2024
Team principles for successful interdisciplinary research teams

(Brown SA, Sparapani R, Osinski K, Zhang J, Blessing J, Cheng F, Hamid A, MohamadiPour MB, Lal JC, Kothari AN, Caraballo P, Noseworthy P, Johnson RH, Hansen K, Sun LY, Crotty B, Cheng YC, Echefu G, Doshi K, Olson J.) American Heart Journal Plus: Cardiology Research and Practice. August 2023;32 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85163019573 08/01/2023

Rodney Sparapani, PhD

Associate Professor, Biostatistics

Locations

Contact Information

Education

Biography

Research Experience

Methodologies and Techniques

MCW Program / Core Facilities

Educational Expertise

Research Interests

Publications