at my brother's wedding (2008)	Robert Alan Greevy, Jr, PhD Assistant Professor of Biostatistics robert.greevy@vanderbilt.edu
Office Address: D-2201 MCN Phone: 615-343-5793	Mailing Address: Vanderbilt University School of Medicine Department of Biostatistics 1161 21st Ave South S-2323 Medical Center North Nashville, TN 37232-2158

Education

PhD in Statistics
Awarded by The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania in 2004/08.

MA in Statistics
Awarded by The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania in 2002/05.

BA with Mathematics Major
Awarded by Hampshire College in 1997/05.

Papers

1. Pini TM, Griffin MR, Roumie CL, Huizinga MM, Fowke JH, Greevy R, Liu X, Murff HJ.  Use of thiazolidinediones does not affect prostate-specific antigen levels in men with diabetes.  Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 2009 Jun;18(6):1937-8. Epub 2009 May 19.
2. Boord JB, Greevy RA, Braithwaite SS, Arnold PC, Selig PM, Brake H, Cuny J, Baldwin D.  Evaluation of hospital glycemic control at US academic medical centers.  J Hosp Med. 2009 Jan;4(1):35-44.
3. LaFleur BJ, Greevy RA.  Introduction to permutation and resampling-based hypothesis tests.  J Clin Child Adolesc Psychol. 2009 Mar;38(2):286-94.
4. Schuberth JL, Elasy TA, Butler J, Greevy R, Speroff T, Dittus RS, Roumie CL.  Effect of short call admission on length of stay and quality of care for acute decompensated heart failure.  Circulation. 2008 May 20;117(20):2637-44. Epub 2008 Apr 21.
5. Roumie CL; Schuberth, JL; TA Elasy; J. Butler; R. Greevy; T. Speroff; R.S. Dittus. Response to Kessler regarding Quality of Care and Short call admissions. Circulation 2009 119: p. e7-e7. (Letter to the Editor)
6. Talbot TR, Tejedor SC, Greevy RA, Burgess H, Williams MV, Deshpande JK, McFadden P, Weinger MB, Englebright J, Dittus RS, Speroff T.  Survey of infection control programs in a large national healthcare system.  Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2007 Dec;28(12):1401-3. Epub 2007 Nov 1.
7. Huizinga MM, Roumie CL, Elasy TA, Murff HJ, Greevy R, Liu X, Speroff T, Griffin M.  Changing incident diabetes regimens: a Veterans Administration cohort study from 2000 to 2005.  Diabetes Care. 2007 Aug;30(8):e85.
   (Letter to the editor)
8. Murff HJ, Greevy RA, Syngal S.  The comprehensiveness of family cancer history assessments in primary care.  Community Genet. 2007;10(3):174-80.
9. Roumie CL, Elasy TA, Wallston KA, Pratt S, Greevy RA, Liu X, Alvarez V, Dittus RS, Speroff T.  Clinical inertia: a common barrier to changing provider prescribing behavior.  Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf. 2007 May;33(5):277-85.
10. Boord JB, Sharifi M, Greevy RA, Griffin MR, Lee VK, Webb TA, May ME, Waitman LR, May AK, Miller RA.  Computer-based insulin infusion protocol improves glycemia control over manual protocol.  J Am Med Inform Assoc. 2007 May-Jun;14(3):278-87. Epub 2007 Feb 28.
11. Murff HJ, Peterson NB, Greevy RA, Shrubsole MJ, Zheng W.  Early initiation of colorectal cancer screening in individuals with affected first-degree relatives.  J Gen Intern Med. 2007 Jan;22(1):121-6.
12. Jackson JC, Obremskey W, Bauer R, Greevy R, Cotton BA, Anderson V, Song Y, Ely EW.  Long-term cognitive, emotional, and functional outcomes in trauma intensive care unit survivors without intracranial hemorrhage.  J Trauma. 2007 Jan;62(1):80-8.
13. Brown SH, Speroff T, Fielstein EM, Bauer BA, Wahner-Roedler DL, Greevy R, Elkin PL.  eQuality: electronic quality assessment from narrative clinical reports.  Mayo Clin Proc. 2006 Nov;81(11):1472-81.
14. Roumie CL, Elasy TA, Greevy R, Griffin MR, Liu X, Stone WJ, Wallston KA, Dittus RS, Alvarez V, Cobb J, Speroff T.  Improving blood pressure control through provider education, provider alerts, and patient education: a cluster randomized trial.  Ann Intern Med. 2006 Aug 1;145(3):165-75.
15. Murff HJ, Peterson NB, Greevy R, Zheng W.  Impact of patient age on family cancer history.  Genet Med. 2006 Jul;8(7):438-42.
16. Greevy RA, Silber JH, Cnaan A, Rosenbaum PR. Randomization Inference with Imperfect Compliance in the ACE-Inhibitor After Anthracycline Randomized Trial. Journal of the American Statistical Association. Mar2004, Vol. 99 Issue 465, p7-15.
17. Greevy R, Lu B, Silber JH, Rosenbaum P.  Optimal multivariate matching before randomization.  Biostatistics. 2004 Apr;5(2):263-75.
18. Umlauf MG, Chasens ER, Greevy RA, Arnold J, Burgio KL, Pillion DJ.  Obstructive sleep apnea, nocturia and polyuria in older adults.  Sleep. 2004 Feb 1;27(1):139-44.

Talks

Randomization Inference in Covariance Adjustment in a Randomized Controlled Trial with Incomplete Longitudinal Data
Invited talk presented at the 2003 Joint Statistical Meeting session 200736: Managing Baseline Imbalances in RCTs.
Also given at the Vanderbilt Department of Biostatistics Weekly Seminar 2004-03-02.

Estimating the Biological Efficacy of a Treatment in an RCT with Noncompliance: An Application of Instrumental Variables in Randomization Inference
Given at the Vanderbilt Department of Biostatistics Weekly Seminar 2005-02-09.

Optimally Matching on Many Covariates - the when, why, and how.
Given at the Vanderbilt VA's WIP Session 2007-05-22.

Optimal Mutivariate Matching Before Randomization
Given at the Vanderbilt Department of Biostatistics Weekly Seminar 2007-09-19.

Why you can't trust randomization - the importance of restricted randomization in RCTs.
Guest lecture for the MSCI Biostatistics I course 2008-09-25.

Teaching Experience

BIOS 311 Principles in Modern Biostatistics
Teaching at Vanderbilt in the 2009 Fall semester.

Statistics 101 Introduction to Business Statistics
Taught at Wharton in the 2003 Spring and Fall semesters.

Statistics 431 Mathematical Statistics
Taught at Wharton in the 2001 and 2002 Fall semesters.

Statistics 111 Introductory Statistics
Taught at Wharton in the 2002 Summer Session I.

Statistics 102 Introduction to Business Statistics
Taught at Wharton in the 2000 Summer Session II.

Dissertation

Noncompliance, Covariance Adjustment, and Matching in Randomized Clinical Trials
Dissertation Advisor: Paul R. Rosenbaum.

Memberships and Professional Activities

The International Biometric Society, Eastern North American Region (ENAR), 2005/02 - present.

The American Statistical Association, 2006/08 - present
Middle TN Chapter Secretary, 2006/10 - 2008/09
Book Review Editor for the Teaching Statistics in the Health Sciences Newsletter, 2009/06 - present

DSMBs
Beeson Post-ICU rehab study, RETURN study (2008-2009)
MIND USA (dates to be determined)

Reviewed articles for Statistics in Medicine, Journal of Clinical Epidemiology, American Journal of Epidemiology, Preventive Medicine, Health Services and Outcomes Research Methodology, Medical Care, and others.

Department Activities, Committees, and Project Teams

School of Medicine Faculty Advisory Council (member 2007-2008 academic year)

Promotions Committee for Staff Biostatisticians (founder and chair 2007-present)

PhD Search Committee (member 2005/01-present)

Communication Skills Committee (co-chair 2006-present)

Department of Biostatistics Satisfaction Survey (project team member 2006/07 - present)

Biostatistics Clinics (co-facilitator 2006-2007 and clinic schedule coordinator 2006/07 - 2007/06)