Research Interests

As a biostatistician, part of my work is developing and evaluating statistical methods for public health research. My research focuses on nested study designs, where study participants are either members of intact groups (e.g., communities, workplaces, schools), followed longitudinally, or placed into groups for the purpose of the study (e.g., therapy groups, training sessions, yoga classes). Traditional statistical methods break down in these settings, so we have to modify our approach to account for the relationships between measurements within each group. I consider methods for handling missing data as well as modeling approaches for some more complex nested designs. 

Collaboration is also an essential part of my work as a biostatistician. I have been able to work on projects in education, epidemiology, and biology, but my major collaborations to date have been with experts in psychology. I spent several years as a collaborating biostatistician in the Stress and Health Lab of the Institute for Behavioral Medicine Research where I got to work on projects involving nutrition, marital conflict, aging, and mental health.  More recently, I have been working with Dr. Sarah Bunnell to explore meaning-making after trauma through a lexical and thematic analysis of public testimonies of survivors of childhood sexual assault. 

Publications

  • Bailey, B.E., Andridge, R. and Shoben, A.B., 2020. Multiple imputation by predictive mean matching in cluster-randomized trials. BMC Medical Research Methodology, 20(1), pp.1-16. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12874-020-00948-6
  • Madison, A.A., Woody, A., Bailey, B., Lustberg, M.B., Ramaswamy, B., Wesolowski, R., Williams, N., Reinbolt, R., VanDeusen, J.B., Sardesai, S. and Malarkey, W.B., 2020. Cognitive problems of breast cancer survivors on proton pump inhibitors. Journal of Cancer Survivorship, pp.1-9. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11764-019-00815-4
  • Wilson, S.J., Bailey, B.E., Malarkey, W.B. and Kiecolt-Glaser, J.K., 2019. Linking marital support to aging-related biomarkers: Both age and marital quality matter. The Journals of Gerontology: Series Bhttps://doi.org/10.1093/geronb/gbz106
  • Padin, A.C., Wilson, S.J., Bailey, B.E., Malarkey, W.B., Lustberg, M.B., Farrar, W.B., Povoski, S.P., Agnese, D.M., Reinbolt, R.E., Wesolowski, R. and Williams, N., 2019. Physical activity after breast cancer surgery: Does depression make exercise feel more effortful than it actually is?. International Journal of Behavioral Medicine, 26(3), pp.237-246. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12529-019-09778-3
  • Wilson, S.J., Bailey, B.E., Jaremka, L.M., Fagundes, C.P., Andridge, R., Malarkey, W.B., Gates, K.M. and Kiecolt-Glaser, J.K., 2018. When couples’ hearts beat together: Synchrony in heart rate variability during conflict predicts heightened inflammation throughout the day. Psychoneuroendocrinology, 93, pp.107-116. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psyneuen.2018.04.017
  • Wilson, S.J., Andridge, R., Peng, J., Bailey, B.E., Malarkey, W.B. and Kiecolt-Glaser, J.K., 2017. Thoughts after marital conflict and punch biopsy wounds: Age-graded pathways to healing. Psychoneuroendocrinology, 85, pp.6-13. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psyneuen.2017.07.489
  • Belury, M.A., Cole, R.M., Bailey, B.E., Ke, J.Y., Andridge, R.R. and Kiecolt‐Glaser, J.K., 2016. Erythrocyte linoleic acid, but not oleic acid, is associated with improvements in body composition in men and women. Molecular Nutrition & Food Research, 60(5), pp.1206-1212. https://doi.org/10.1002/mnfr.201500744