Neurology
Our Specialists
Neurology
 Michael
McDermott, Ph.D.
585-275-6685
Current Titles and Roles
Associate Professor of Biostatistics and Neurology
Associate Chair, Department of Biostatistics and Computational
Biology
Degrees, Certifications,
and Licenses
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B.A., Boston College, 1983
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Ph.D., University of Rochester, 1989
Work History
1988-89, Instructor, Departments of Biostatistics, Neurology,
and Statistics, University of Rochester
1989-95, Assistant Professor,
Departments of Biostatistics, Neurology, and Statistics, University
of Rochester
1995-97, Associate Professor, Department of Statistics,
University of Rochester
1995-Present, Associate Professor, Departments
of Biostatistics and Computational Biology and Neurology, University
of Rochester
2002-Present, Associate Chair, Department of Biostatistics
and Computational Biology, University of Rochester
Clinical Specialties
Design of clinical trials and epidemiological studies, statistical
analysis
Highlights
Professional Memberships
- American Statistical Association
- Biometric Society
- Institute of Mathematical Statistics
- Society for Clinical Trials
- Parkinson Study Group
- Huntington Study Group
- Tourette’s Syndrome Study Group
- Muscle Study Group
- Northeast AIDS Dementia Consortium
Presentations at National Meetings (since 2000):
- Testing equality of ordered means using multiple
contrasts. Statistics 2001 Canada, Montreal, Quebec,
Canada; July, 2001.
- Design and analysis of two-period studies of
potentially disease-modifying treatments. Society for Clinical
Trials
Annual Meeting, Arlington, Virginia; May, 2002.
- An index
of discrimination for logistic regression models with ordinal
responses. Joint Statistical Meetings, Toronto,
Ontario, Canada; August, 2004.
Other Professional Activities:
- Member, Medical Advisory Committee, Muscular Dystrophy
Association
- Chair, Contributed Papers Session, “Methods
in Diagnostic Testing”, Joint Statistical Meetings, Toronto,
Ontario, Canada; August, 2004
Research
- Order-restricted statistical inference
- Multiple outcomes in clinical
trials
- Receiver operating characteristic surfaces
- Reliability of measurement
- Clinical trials in neurological diseases
Academic Activity
- Director of Graduate Studies, Department of Biostatistics
and Computational Biology
- Course Instructor, “Design of Clinical
Trials” (spring
semester)
- Course Instructor for graduate-level courses in Statistics
- Doctoral
Dissertation Advisor for three graduate students in Statistics
since 2000
- Preceptor for Experimental Therapeutics of Neurological
Disease fellowship program
- Biostatistician for several research
projects in neurological disease
- Member, General Clinical Research
Center Advisory Committee
Comments
A major aspect of my activities is collaboration with researchers
in neurology on the design and analysis of clinical and basic
studies. Studies that are well designed and analyzed are best-suited
to answer important scientific questions and ultimately lead
to advances in understanding the pathogenesis, diagnosis, and
treatment of neurological diseases
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