Rodney Sparapani, PhD

Associate Professor, Institute for Health and Equity, 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.

Mandibular advancement reduces pharyngeal collapsibility by enlarging the airway rather than affecting velopharyngeal compliance.

(Garcia GJM, Wolf JJ, Campbell DA, Bailey RS, Sparapani RA, Welzig CM, Woodson BT.) Physiol Rep. 2023 Feb;11(3):e15558 PMID: 36756800 PMCID: PMC9909385 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85147723148 02/10/2023
Patient similarity and other artificial intelligence machine learning algorithms in clinical decision aid for shared decision-making in the Prevention of Cardiovascular Toxicity (PACT): a feasibility trial design.

(Brown SA, Chung BY, Doshi K, Hamid A, Pederson E, Maddula R, Hanna A, Choudhuri I, Sparapani R, Bagheri Mohamadi Pour M, Zhang J, Kothari AN, Collier P, Caraballo P, Noseworthy P, Arruda-Olson A, Cardio-Oncology Artificial Intelligence Informatics and Precision Equity (CAIPE) Research Team Investigators.) Cardiooncology. 2023 Jan 23;9(1):7 PMID: 36691060 PMCID: PMC9869606 01/24/2023
Anatomical determinants of upper airway collapsibility in obstructive sleep apnea: A systematic review and meta-analysis.

(Hartfield PJ, Janczy J, Sharma A, Newsome HA, Sparapani RA, Rhee JS, Woodson BT, Garcia GJM.) Sleep Med Rev. 2022 Dec 30;68:101741 PMID: 36634409 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85146096954 01/13/2023
An Exploration of Cultural-Environmental Interactions with Native American Health Literacy.

(Dellinger MJ, Pingatore N, Chelius T, Visotcky A, Poupart A, Sparapani R.) Environ Health Perspect. 2022 Nov;130(11):117703 PMID: 36416732 PMCID: PMC9683091 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85142939324 11/24/2022
Impact of Reintervention During Stage 1 Palliation Hospitalization: A National, Multicenter Study.

(Handler SS, Chan T, Ghanayem NS, Rudd N, Wright G, Visotcky A, Sparapani R, Mitchell ME, Hoffman GM, Frommelt MA.) Ann Thorac Surg. 2022 Oct 25 PMID: 36306859 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85142376895 10/29/2022
Environmental health literacy for Anishinaabe (Great Lakes Native American) fish consumers: A randomized control trial.

(Dellinger MJ, Pingatore N, Chelius T, Visotcky A, Sparapani R, Ripley M.) Environ Res. 2022 Sep;212(Pt B):113335 PMID: 35447154 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85129809479 04/22/2022
Novel Pediatric Height Outlier Detection Methodology for Electronic Health Records via Machine Learning With Monotonic Bayesian Additive Regression Trees.

(Sparapani RA, Teng BQ, Hilbrands J, Pipkorn R, Feuling MB, Goday PS.) J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr. 2022 Aug 01;75(2):210-214 PMID: 35641892 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85135203067 06/02/2022
Effects of music on the cardiovascular system.

(Kulinski J, Ofori EK, Visotcky A, Smith A, Sparapani R, Fleg JL.) Trends Cardiovasc Med. 2022 Aug;32(6):390-398 PMID: 34237410 PMCID: PMC8727633 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85110519644 07/09/2021
Improved Prediction of Older Adult Discharge After Trauma Using a Novel Machine Learning Paradigm.

(Morris RS, Tignanelli CJ, deRoon-Cassini T, Laud P, Sparapani R.) J Surg Res. 2022 Feb;270:39-48 PMID: 34628162 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85116716480 10/11/2021
Prolonged endothelial-dysfunction in human arterioles following infection with SARS-CoV-2.

(Nishijima Y, Hader SN, Hanson AJ, Zhang DX, Sparapani R, Gutterman DD, Beyer AM.) Cardiovasc Res. 2022 Jan 07;118(1):18-19 PMID: 34755839 PMCID: PMC8689948 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85123651313 11/11/2021
Establishing an interdisciplinary research team for cardio-oncology artificial intelligence informatics precision and health equity.

(Brown SA, Sparapani R, Osinski K, Zhang J, Blessing J, Cheng F, Hamid A, Berman G, Lee K, BagheriMohamadiPour M, Lal JC, Kothari AN, Caraballo P, Noseworthy P, Johnson RH, Hansen K, Sun LY, Crotty B, Cheng YC, Olson J, Cardio-Oncology Artificial Intelligence Informatics & Precision (CAIP) Research Team Investigators.) Am Heart J Plus. 2022 Jan;13 PMID: 35434676 PMCID: PMC9012235 04/19/2022
Lisinopril Mitigates Radiation-Induced Mitochondrial Defects in Rat Heart and Blood Cells.

(Ortiz de Choudens S, Sparapani R, Narayanan J, Lohr N, Gao F, Fish BL, Zielonka M, Gasperetti T, Veley D, Beyer A, Olson J, Jacobs ER, Medhora M.) Front Oncol. 2022;12:828177 PMID: 35311118 PMCID: PMC8924663 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85126780777 03/22/2022

Rodney Sparapani, PhD

Associate Professor, Institute for Health and Equity, Biostatistics

Locations

Contact Information

Education

Biography

Research Experience

Methodologies and Techniques

MCW Program / Core Facilities

Educational Expertise

Research Interests

Publications