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Walter T Ambrosius , PhD
Professor

Ambrosius, Walter T
Section on Biostatistics
Department of Biostatistical Sciences
Division of Public Health Sciences
Wake Forest University Health Sciences

Admin Assistant/Secretary: Melanie Franks
Wachovia (WC)
Room Number: 2369
Medical Center Blvd.
Winston-Salem, North Carolina 27157-1063

Telephone: 336-716-6281
Email: wambrosi@wfubmc.edu

EDUCATION:
A.B. (Mathematics) summa cum laude, Washington University, St. Louis, MO, 1991;
A.M. (Statistics), Washington University, St. Louis, MO, 1991;
Ph.D. (Statistics), The University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, 1995 

RESEARCH:
Dr. Ambrosius joined the Section on Biostatistics at Wake Forest University School of Medicine in August 2001 after having spent six years in the Division of Biostatistics at the Indiana University School of Medicine. Included in his collaborative research at Indiana were studies in hypertension, osteoporosis, and epilepsy. At Indiana University, he was the PI of the Biostatistics Core of the Center for Enhancing Quality of Life in Chronic Illness, which was funded by the NINR. He is one of threeGCRC statisticians at Wake Forest and is the current past-president of the Association of GCRC Statisticians. His current work is primarily with the ACCORD study where he is PI of the Coordinating Center for the ACCORD-Eye study, with the GCRC, and in geriatrics. His methodological work includes work in longitudinal data, quality control, and genetic epidemiology.

Emma Ambrosius was born in August 2002 and was 4 months old in the above picture.
 

PUBLICATIONS (10 most recent):
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Gerstein HC;Miller ME;Byington RP;Goff DC;Bigger JT;Buse JB;Cushman WC;Genuth S;Ismail-Beigi F;Grimm RH;Probstfield JL;Simons-Morton DG;Friedewald WT;Rushing S;Ambrosius W;  Effects of intensive glucose lowering in type 2 diabetes; N Engl J Med; 2008 Jun 12; 358:2545-2559
Chew EY;Ambrosius WT;Howard LT;Greven CM;Johnson S;Danis RP;Davis MD;Genuth S;Domanski M;  Rationale, design, and methods of the Action to Control Cardiovascular Risk in Diabetes Eye Study (ACCORD-EYE); Am J Cardiol ; 2007 Jun 18; 99:103i-111i
Irwin RW;Watson T;Minick RP;Ambrosius WT;  Age, body mass index, and gender differences in sacroiliac joint pathology; Am J Phys Med Rehabil ; 2007 Jan; 86:37-44
Atkinson HH;Rosano C;Simonsick EM;Williamson JD;Davis CC;Ambrosius WT;Rapp SR;Cesari M;Newman AB;Harris TB;Rubin SM;Yaffe K;Satterfield S;Kritchevsky SB;  Cognitive function, gait speed decline, and comorbidities: the health, aging and body composition study; J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci; 2007 Aug; 62:844-850
Miller DP;Furberg CD;Small RH;Millman FM;Ambrosius WT;Harshbarger JS;Ohl CA;  Controlling prescription drug expenditures: a report of success; Am J Manag Care; 2007 Aug; 13:473-480
Miller DP;Furberg CD;Small RH;Millman FM;Ambrosius WT;Harshbarger JS;Ohl CA;  Controlling prescription drug expenditures: a report of success; Am J Manag Care; 2007 Aug; 13:473-480
Case LD;Ambrosius WT;  Power and sample size; Methods Mol Biol; 2007; 404:377-408
Ambrosius W;Kazmierski R;Michalak S;Kozubski W;  Anti-inflammatory cytokines in subclinical carotid atherosclerosis; Neurology; 2006 Jun 27; 66:1946-1948
Crouse JRI;Elam MB;Robinson JG;Ambrosius WT;Ginsberg HN;  Cholesterol management: targeting a lower low-density lipoprotein cholesterol concentration increases adult treatment panel-III goal attainment; Am J Cardiol ; 2006 Jun 1; 97:1667-1669
Holmes RP;Ambrosius WT;Assimos DG;  Dietary oxalate loads and renal oxalate handling; J Urol ; 2005 Sep; 174:943-947

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