Bryan Allan Comstock
bac4@u.washington.edu
EDUCATION
2001
– 2004 M.S.
Biostatistics
University
of Washington
Motorola
University
EMPLOYMENT
HISTORY
July Õ04
– Present Biostatistician, Dept. of General Internal
Medicine, University of
Washington, Seattle, WA.
á
Primary
biostatistician for several randomized clinical trials and cohort studies
evaluating outcomes after surgery for various musculoskeletal disorders
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Generated
clinical trial data and safety monitoring reports
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Conducted
all clinical trial interim analyses
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Focal
point for data collection and quality
Sept.
Ô01 – June Ô04 Statistical
Research Associate,
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research
Center, Seattle, WA.
á
Bayesian
analysis of longitudinal CA19-9 biomarker data in patients diagnosed with
pancreatic cancer
Jan.
Ô00 – Aug. Ô01 Process
Development Engineer,
Motorola Computer Group,
Phoenix, AZ.
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Developed
methods/processes for statistical process control
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Saved
$400K/year through nitrogen reduction experiments
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Developed
and managed projects for two summer interns
GRADUATE
COURSEWORK
Statistical inference and theory, generalized
linear models, longitudinal data analysis, data mining, Bayesian decision
theory, survival analysis, clinical trial design, mathematical analysis,
methods of statistical learning, Markov Chain Monte Carlo sampling methods.
COMPUTING
Experienced
with: R, STATA, C, SAS JMP, MINITAB, BUGS, Windows, Macintosh
Familiarity
with: SAS, Access, SeqTrial, Maple, MATLAB, Mathematica, C++, UNIX
PUBLICATIONS
1. Trout AT, Kallmes DF,
Gray LA, Goodnature BA, Everson SA, Comstock BA, Jarvik JG: Evaluation of
Vertebroplasty with a Validated Outcome Measure: the Roland Morris Disability
Questionnaire. American Journal of Neuroradiology, 26:2652-2657, Nov.
2005.
2. Gray DT, Deyo RA,
Kreuter W, Mirza SK, Heagerty PJ, Comstock BA, Chan L:
Population-based Trends in Volumes and Rates of Ambulatory Lumbar Spine Surgery. Spine (in press)
3. Martin BI, Mirza SK, Comstock
BA,
Kreuter W, Deyo RA: Reoperations Following Lumbar Spine Surgery: Rates, Trends,
and the Influence of Spinal Fusion.. Journal of the American Medical
Association. (submitted)
4. Chan L, Comstock
BA,
Levinson LM, Turner JA, Hollingworth W, Heagerty PJ, Kliot M, Jarvik JG: The
Relationship between Electrodiagnostic Findings and Patient Symptoms in Mild to
Moderate Carpal Tunnel Syndrome.
(submitted)
5. Hollingworth W,
Medina LS, Lenkinski R, Shibata DK, Bernal B, Zurakowski D, Comstock B, King AM, Jarvik JG:
A systematic literature review of Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy (MRS) for the
characterization of brain tumors.
American Journal of Neuroradiology. (submitted)
6. Hollingworth W,
Medina LS, Lenkinski R, Shibata DK, Bernal B, Zurakowski D, Comstock B, Jarvik JG.
Inter-rater reliability in the assessment of the quality of diagnostic accuracy
studies using the QUADAS tool. (submitted)
AWARDS
AND COMMITTEES
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Summer 2003 |
Passed UW Biostatistics PhD
Applied Examination |
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Winter 2003 |
UW Biostatistics Admissions
Committee |
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Fall 1999 |
Standard Bearer of NAU
Graduation Commencement |
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Fall 1999 |
Joseph C. Mutter Mathematics
Scholarship |
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Fall 1999 |
Student Advisor to the Dean of
the College of Arts and Sciences |
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Spring 1999 |
Tutor of the Year 1998-1999
(NAU Learning Assistance Center) |