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Cynthia Coffman, PhD

 


Cynthia Coffman, PhD 

 

Dr. Coffman has been part of the Durham VAMC Health Services Research Biostatistics unit since October of 1997 and is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics at Duke University Medical Center.  Her research activities have primarily focused on collaborative and applied statistical methodology across a broad spectrum of scientific disciplines including genetics, epidemiology, and health services research. In these areas, she has continued to apply and build expertise in understanding and analyzing  complicated longitudinal data structures in both randomized controlled trials and observational epidemiological studies (including clustered longitudinal data), and using and applying capture/recapture models.

EDUCATION:
  • 1997 PhD, Biomathematics, North Carolina State University
  • 1992 MBMA, Biomathematics, North Carolina State University
  • 1984 BS, West Virginia University

PROFESSIONAL POSITIONS AND EXPERIENCE:
  • 1984-1991 Programmer, IBM, Research Triangle Park, NC
  • 1991-1997 Research Assistant, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC
  • 1997-1999 Post-doctoral fellow, Health Services Research and Development, VA Medical Center, Durham, NC
  • 1999-2003 Research Associate, Dept. of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics, Duke University Medical Center (DUMC), Durham, NC
  • 1999-2003 Consultant-Research Assistant Purdue University
  • 1999-present Biostatistician, Health Services Research and Development, VA Medical Center, Durham, NC
  • 2003-present Assistant Research Professor, Dept. of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics, Duke University Medical Center (DUMC), Durham, NC

RECENTLY FUNDED RESEARCH:

R01-AR059673-01 Kelli Allen PhD (PI) 10/2010-9/2015
PRIMO           
This study is a randomized controlled trail to examine the effect of both a patient and provider intervention  for managing osteoarthritis in primary care This will be a randomized controlled trial of n=560 patients with symptomatic knee or hip OA, using a 2 X 2 factorial design.
Role: Co-Investigator

IIR 10-126 Kelli Allen PhD (PI) 10/2010-9/2013
VA PRIMO         
This study is a randomized controlled trial to evaluate the effectiveness of a combined intervention for patients (involving exercise, weight management, and cognitive behavioral pain management) and providers for improving OA-related outcomes in a real-world VA clinical setting
Role: Co-Investigator

IIR 09-381 William Yancy MD 10/2010-9/2013
VA Diet Choice        
This study is a randomized controlled trail to examine the effect of diet choice on weight loss.
Role: Co-Investigator

VA HSR&D IBD 09-039 Corrine Voils, PhD, William Yancy, MD (PIs) 4/2010-3/2013   
The Impact of Genetic Testing for Type 2 Diabetes on Health Behaviors
The goal of this study is to examine the effect of communicating genetic risk for diabetes on weight loss.
Role: Co-Investigator

R01 NIH   Kath Pollak, PhD (PI) 9/2009-8/2014
Teen CHAT: Improving Physician Communication with Adolescents about Healthy Weight
This study is a randomized controlled trial to test whether the intervention (physician tailored CD-Rom) will improve communication between physician and overweight 12-18 year olds in a clinical setting.
Role: Co-Investigator

R01 NIH   David Edelman, MD (PI) 5/2008-4/2013
Tailored Case Management for Diabetes and Hypertension
This study is a randomized controlled trial to evaluate the effectiveness of a tailored intervention for diabetics.
Role: Co-Investigator

View Dr. Coffman's PubMed Link to see her publications
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