Education
Research Interests
Courses
Awards
Professional Societies
Selected Publications
Selected Presentations
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Education

BA, Douglass College, 1969 
MA, University of Kansas, 1972
MS, Montana State University, 1979
PhD, University of Washington, 1986

Research Interests

Generalized linear models, survival analysis, multi-level models, statistical methods for occupational and environmental epidemiology, guideline implementation, cluster-randomized studies. (Health Sciences Faculty Research Interests Project)

Courses

BIOST 2046: Analysis of Cohort Studies
BIOST 2049: Applied Linear Regression
BIOST 2084: Discrete Multivariate Analysis

Awards

2003 Pittsburgh Statistician of the Year, American Statistical Association, Pittsburgh Chapter

2000 Outstanding Teacher Award, Graduate School of Public Health, University of Pittsburgh 

1998, 2001 Chapter Service Award, American Statistical Association

Professional Societies

ENAR Correspondent to the International Biometric Society (2004-2008)

Program Committee Chair, VA Statistician's Association (2006-2008)

Secretary/Treasurer, Pittsburgh Chapter, American Statistical Association (1995-2003) 

Regional Advisory Board, International Biometric Society, ENAR (1997-1999) 

Chair, Local Arrangements Committee, International Biometric Society, ENAR (1997-1998)

Selected Publications

Ibrahim SA, Stone RA, Obrosky DS, Geng M, Fine MJ, Aujesky D.  Thrombolytic therapy and mortality in patients with acute pulmonary embolism. Arch Intern Med (to appear).

Sevick MA, Stone RA, Novak M, Piraino B, Snetselaar L, Marsh RM, Hall B, Lash H, Bernardini J, Burke LE.  A PDA-based dietary self-monitoring intervention to reduce sodium intake in an in-center hemodialysis patient: a case study. Patient Preference and Adherence (to appear).

Walbrown MA, Aspinall SL, Bayliss NK, Stone RA, Cunningham F, Squier CL, Good CB.  Evaluation of Clostridium difficile associated diarrhea with a drug formulary change in preferred fluoroquinolones. Journal of Managed Care Pharmacy 2008;14(1):34-40.

Aujesky D, Stone RA, Kim S, Crick EJ, Fine MJ.  Length of hospital stay and post-discharge mortality in patients with pulmonary embolism:  a state-wide perspective.  Arch Intern Med 2008;168(7):706-712.

Labarere J, Stone RA, Obrosky DS, Yealy DM, Meehan TP, Fine JM, Graff LG, Fine MJ.  Comparison of outcomes for low-risk outpatients and inpatients with pneumonia:  a propensity-adjusted analysis. CHEST 2007;131:480-488.

Tuboi SH, Brinkhof MWG, Egger M, Stone RA, Braitstein P,  Nash D, Sprinz E, Dabis F,  Harrison LH, Schechter M. Discordant responses to potent antiretroviral treatment in previously naïve HIV-1-infected adults initiating treatment in resource-constrained countries. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr 2007;45(1):52-59.

Aujesky D, Perrier A, Roy P-M, Stone RA, Cornuz J, Meyer G, Obrosky DS, Fine MJ.  Validation of a clinical prognostic model to identify low-risk patients with pulmonary embolism.  Journal of Internal Medicine 2007;261:597-60.

Volpp K, Stone R, Jha A, Lave J, Pauly MV, Klusaritz H, Chen H, Cen L, Brucker N, Polsky D. Is 30-day Hospital Mortality Really Lower for Black Veterans Compared to White Veterans? Health Services Research Journal 2007; 42(4): 1613-1631.

Ren D, Stone RA.  A Bayesian approach for analyzing a cluster-randomized trial with adjustment for risk misclassification.  Computational Statistics & Data Analysis 2007; 51:5507-5518.

Borrero S, Aujesky D, Stone RA, Geng M, Fine MJ, Ibrahim SA.  Thirty-day mortality for patients hospitalized with acute pulmonary embolism is lower for women than for men.  Journal of Women’s Health 2007;16(8):1165-1170.

Polsky D, Lave J, Klusaritz H, Jha A, Pauly MV, Cen L, Xie H, Stone R, Chen Z, Volpp K. Is lower 30-day mortality post-hospital admission among blacks unique to the Veterans Affairs Health Care System?  Medical Care 2007;45(11):1-7.

Ren D, Stone RA.  A Bayesian adjustment for covariate misclassification with correlated binary outcome data.  J Applied Statistics 2007; 34(9):1019-1034.

Aujesky D, Roy PM, Le Manach CP, Verschuren F, Meyer G, Obrosky DS, Stone RA, Cornuz J, Fine MJ. Validation of a model to predict adverse outcomes in patients with pulmonary embolism. European Heart Journal 2006; 27:476-481.

Aujesky D, Obrosky DS, Stone RA, Auble TE, Perrier A, Cornuz J, Roy PM, Fine MJ. A prediction rule to identify low-risk patients with pulmonary embolism. Arch Int Med 2006;166:169-175.

Labarere J, Stone RA , Obrosky DS, Yealy DM, Meehan TP, Auble TE, Fine JM, Graff LG, Fine MJ. Factors associated with the hospitalization of low-risk patients with community- acquired pneumonia. J Gen Intern Med 2006;21(7):745-752.

Ibrahim SA, Stone RA, Obrosky DS, Sartorius J, Fine MJ, Aujesky D. Black patients with pulmonary embolism have higher 30-day mortality than white patients. Am J Public Health 2006; 96: 2161-2164 .

McGinnis KA, Schulz R, Stone RA, Klinger J, Mercurio R. Concordance of race or ethnicity of interventionists and caregivers of dementia patients: relationship to attrition and treatment outcomes in the REACH study. Gerontologist 2006; 46(4): 449-455.

Weisbord SD, Chen H, Stone RA , Kip KE, Fine MJ, Saul MI, Palevsky PM. Associations of increases in serum creatinine with mortality and length of hospital stay after coronary angiography. J Am Soc Nephrol 2006; 17: 2871-2877 .

Auble TE, Hsieh M, Gardner W, Cooper GF, Stone RA, McCausland JB, Yealy DM. A prediction rule to identify low risk patients with heart failure. Acad Emerg Med 2005;12:514-21.

Stone RA, Mor MK, Lave JR, Hough LJ, Fine MJ. Implementation of an inpatient management and discharge strategy for patients with community-acquired pneumonia. American Journal of Managed Care 2005;11:491-499.

Aujesky D, Obrosky DS, Stone RA, Auble TE, Perrier A, Cornuz J, Roy PM, Fine MJ. Derivation and validation of a prognostic model for pulmonary embolism. Am J Resp Crit Care Med 2005; 172:1041-1046.

Ibrahim SA, Stone RA, Han X, Cohen PZ, Fine MJ, Henderson WG, Khuri SF, Kwoh K. Racial/ethnic differences in surgical outcomes in veterans following knee or hip arthroplasty. Arthritis and Rheum 2005; 52:3143-3151.

Yealy DM, Auble TE, Stone RA, Lave JR, Meehan TP, Graff LG, Fine JM, Obrosky DS, Mor MK, Whittle J, Fine MJ. Effect of guideline implementation strategies of varying intensity on the quality of care for patients treated in the emergency department with pneumonia: a randomized trial. Annals of Internal Medicine 2005;143:881-894.

Aujesky DA, Stone RA, Obrosky DS, Yealy DM, Auble TE, Meehan TP, Graff LG, Fine JM, Fine MJ. Using randomized controlled trial data, the agreement between retrospectively and prospectively collected data comprising the pneumonia severity index was substantial. J Clin Epid, 2005; 58:357-363.

Aujesky DA, Auble TE, Yealy DM, Stone RA, Obrosky DS, Meehan TP, Graff LG, Fine JM, Fine MJ. Prospective comparison of three validated prediction rules for prognosis in community-acquired pneumonia. Am J Med, 2005;118:384-392.

Liu K, Stone RA, Mazumdar S, Houck PR, Reynolds CF III. Covariate measurement error in the Cox model: a simulation study. Communications in Statistics: Simulations and Computations, 2004; 33:1-17.

Stone RA, Youk AO, Marsh GM, Buchanich JM, Smith TJ. Historical cohort study of U.S. Man-made vitreous fiber production workers IX: summary of 1992 mortality follow up and analysis of respiratory system cancer among female workers. J Occup Environ Med, 2004; 46:55-67.

Starr TB, Gause CK, Stone RA, Youk AO, Marsh GM, Collins JJ. A risk assessment for occupational acrylonitrile exposure using epidemiology data. Risk Analysis, 24:587-601, 2004.

Youk AO, Stone RA, Marsh GM. A method for imputing missing data in longitudinal studies. Annals of Epidemiology, 14:354-361, 2004.

Yealy DM, Auble TE, Stone RA, Lave JR, Meehan TP, Graff LG, Fine JM, Obrosky DS, Edick SM, Hough LJ, Tuozzo K, Fine MJ. The Emergency Department Community-Acquired Pneumonia (EDCAP) Trial: Methodology of a Quality Improvement Intervention. Annals of Emergency Medicine, 43(6)1-14, 2004.

Fine MJ, Stone RA, Lave JR, Hough LJ, Obrosky DS, Mor MK, Kapoor WN. Implementation of an evidence-based guideline to reduce duration of intravenous antibiotic therapy and length of stay for patients hospitalized with community-acquired pneumonia: results of a randomized controlled trial. Am J Med, 115:343-351, 2003.

Kroboth PD, Amico JA, Stone RA, Folan MM, Frye RF, Kroboth FJ, Bigos KL, Fabian TJ, Linares AM, Pollock BG, Hakala C. Influence of DHEA administration on 24-hour cortisol concentrations. J Clin Psychopharmacol, 23:96-99, 2003.

Mulsant BH, Kastango KB, Rosen J, Stone RA, Mazumdar S, Pollock BG. Interrater reliability in clinical trials of depressive disorders. Am J Psychiatry, 159:1598-1600, 2002.

Marsh GM, Youk AO, Stone RA, Buchanich JM, Gula MJ, Smith TJ, Churg A, Colby T. Does fiber glass pose a respiratory system cancer risk in humans? Latest findings from the US cohort and nested case-control studies. Ann Occup Hyg, 46 (Supp 1):110-114, 2002.

Stone RA, Youk AO, Marsh GM, Buchanich JM, McHenry MB, Smith TJ. Historical cohort study of U.S. man-made vitreous fiber production workers IV. Quantitative exposure-response analysis of the nested case-control study of respiratory system cancer. J Occ Environ Med 43:779-792, 2001.

Marsh GM, Youk AO, Stone RA, Buchanich JM, Gula MJ, Smith TJ, Quinn MM. Historical cohort study of US man-made vitreous fiber production workers I. 1992 fiber glass cohort follow-up: initial findings. J Occ Environ Med 43:741-756, 2001.

Liu K, Mazumdar S, Stone RA, Dew MA, Houck PR, Reynolds CF. Accounting for covariate measurement error in a Cox model analysis of recurrence of depression. J Psychiatric Research 35:177-185, 2001.

Fine MJ, Stone RA, Singer DE, Coley CM, Marrie TJ, Lave JR, Hough LJ, Obrosky DS, Schultz R, Ricci EM, Rogers JC, Kapoor WN. Processes and outcomes of care for patients with community-acquired pneumonia: results from the pneumonia patient outcomes research team (PORT) cohort study. Arch Int Med 159:970-980, 1999.

Marsh GM, Youk AO, Stone RA, Sefcik S, Alcorn C. OCMAP-PLUS: A program for the comprehensive analysis of occupational cohort data. J Occup Environ Health 40:351-362, 1998.

Marsh GM, Stone RA, Esmen NA, Gula MJ, Gause CK, Petersen NJ, Meaney FJ, Rodney S, Prybylski D. A case-control study of lung cancer mortality in six Gila Basin, Arizona smelter towns. Environ Research 75:56-72, 1997.

Gleason PP, Kapoor WN, Stone RA, Lave JR, Obrosky DS, Schulz R, Singer DE, Coley CM, Marrie TJ, Fine MJ. Medical outcomes and antimicrobial costs with the use of the American Thoracic Society guidelines for outpatients with community-acquired pneumonia. JAMA 278:32-39, 1997.

Fine MJ, Medsger AR, Stone RA, Marrie TJ, Coley CM, Singer DE, Akkad H, Hough LJ, Lang W, Ricci E, Polenik DM, Kapoor WN. The hospital discharge decision in patients with community-acquired pneumonia: results from the pneumonia PORT cohort study. Arch Int Med, 157:47-56, 1997.

Marsh GM, Stone RA, Youk AO, Smith TJ, Quinn MM, Henderson VL, Schall LC, Wayne LA, Lee KY. Mortality among United States rock wool and slag wool workers: 1989 update. J Occup Health Safety--Aust NZ 12:297-312, 1996.

Stone RA, Marsh GM, Owens AD, Smith TJ, Quinn MM. Statistical estimation of exposure to fibers in jobs for which no direct measurements are available.Occupational Hygiene, 3:91-101, 1996. 

Stone RA, Obrosky DS, Singer DE, Kapoor WN, Fine MJ. Propensity score adjustment for pre-treatment differences between hospitalized and ambulatory patients with community-acquired pneumonia. Med Care, 33:AS56-AS66, 1995.

Selected Presentations

The Diabetes Telemonitoring (DiaTel) study:  3 month results.  VA Health Services Research and Development Service National Meeting, Washington, DC, 2007.

Statistical issues in racial/ethnic disparities research in the VA Healthcare System. Topic Contributed Session at the Joint Statistical Meetings, Seattle WA, 2006.

Missing race data in the national patient care database. VA Health Services Eesearch and Development Service National Meeting, Washington, DC, 2003.

Mortality among females in the US man-made vitreous fiber worker cohort. III International Congress on Women, Work, and Health, Stockholm, Sweden, 2002.

Tutorial: Design and analysis of two cluster-randomized studies. The International Biometric Society, Eastern North American Region, Alexandria, Virginia, 2002.

Prospective and retrospective assessments of clinical stability for hospitalized patients with pneumonia. The International Biometric Society, Eastern North American Region, Charlotte, North Carolina, 2001.

Female United States rock wool and slag wool workers: employment patterns and exposure profiles. Second International Conference on Women's Health: Occupation, Cancer and Reproduction, Reykjavik, Iceland, 1998. 

Modelling the combined effects of arsenic exposure and cigarette smoking on respiratory cancer risk for copper smelter workers: methodological issues. Eleventh International Symposium, Epidemiology in Occupational Health, Noordwijkerhout, The Netherlands, 1995. 

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