Statistician II

Department of Biostatistics
University of Nebraska Medical Center
College of Public Health

Professional Summary

• 2018-present, Statistician II, Department of Biostatistics, University of Nebraska Medical Center
• 2016-2018, Data Manager, Social and Behavioral Sciences Research Consortium, University of Nebraska, Lincoln
• 2007-2016, Health Surveillance Specialist, DHHS, State of Nebraska

Education

• MS Statistics, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, 2007
• M.A. Cognitive Psychology, Chonnam National University, 1994

Professional Interests

• I am interested in electronic health records, survey design and analysis, big data mining and analysis, large national health data, network analysis, high-dimensional data, and epidemiological research in diseases and health behaviors.
• My specialties are in advance use of Research Electronic Data Capture (REDCap), probabilistic data linkage, GIS applications, and advance use of SAS, R and Python for data manipulation, graphics and analysis.

Selected Publications

• Mariah Dougherty, Joan Lappe, Patrice Watson, Dianne Travers-Gustafson, Robert Recker, Cedric Garland, Edward Gorham, Keith Baggerly, Sharon L. Mcdonnel, Jihyun Ma, Elizabeth Lyden, Corrine Hanson (2020). Changes in the Dietary Inflammatory Index Over Time and Cancer Development within Rural Post-Menopausal Women. Current Developments in Nutrition, 4 (2); 319
• Arpan Acharya, Claude T. Tagny, Dora Mbanya, Julius Y. Fonsah, Emilienne Nchindap, Léopoldine Kenmogne, Ma Jihyun, Alfred K. Njamnshi, Georgette D. Kanmogne (2020). Variability in HIV-1 Integrase Gene and 3’-Polypurine Tract Sequences in Cameroon Clinical Isolates, and Implications for Integrase Inhibitors Efficacy. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 21(5): 1553.
• Joseph Wang, Bryan Alexander, Scott J. Bergman, Jihyun Ma, Erica J. Stohs, Trevor C. Van Schooneveld, Jasmine R. Marcelin (2019). Antimicrobial Stewardship Program: Audit and Feedback for Continued Improvement. Open Forum Infectious Diseases. 6(2): S377-378.
• Anum Abbs, Ackenzie R. Keintz, Elizabeth Lyden, Jihyun Ma, Sara H. Bares, Trevor C. Van Schooneveld, Jasmine R. Marcelin (2019). A Closer Look at Antibiotic Prescribing for Upper Respiratory Illnesses (URI) in People with HIV Compared with People Without HIV. Open Forum Infectious Diseases. 6(2): S31.
• Richard S. Laschanzky, Lisa E. Humphrey, Jihyun Ma, Lynette M. Smith, Thomas J. Enke, Surendra K. Shukla, Aneesha Dasgupta, Pankaj K. Singh, Gillian M. Howell, Michael G. Brattain, Guan P. Ly, Adrian R. Black and Jennifer D. Black (2019). Selective Inhibition of Histone Deacetylases 1/2/6 in Combination with Gemcitabine: A Promising Combination for Pancreatic Cancer Therapy. Cancers; 11(9): 1327.
• Gordon C. Hard, Samuel M Cohen, Jihyun Ma, Fang Yu, Lora L Arnold, Marcy I Banton (2018). Histopathology re-examination of the NTP toxicity/carcinogenicity studies of tert-butyl alcohol to identify renal tumor and toxicity modes of action. Regulatory Toxicology and Pharmacology 2018; 102: 65-73.

Professional Affiliations

• American Statistical Association