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Vincent Agboto, Ph.D., M.S.
Assistant Professor
Department of Family and Community Medicine

School of Graduate Sts & Research

Adjunct Assistant Professor
Department of Biostatistics
Vanderbilt University Medical Center


(615) 327-6771

1005 Dr. D.B. Todd Boulevard
Nashville, TN  37208

vagboto@mmc.edul

CV or Bio (PDF)

 
Professional Education

2006  Ph.D. Statistics, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
2005  M.S. Statistics,  University  of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
1995  B.S. Mathematics, University of Lome, Togo

 
Research Interests

Bayesian statistics
Optimal designs
Model robust designs
Sample Size and Power Analysis
Econometrics
New Paradigms for epidemiological study designs
Health disparity in cancer, HIV/AIDS and women health
Socioeconomic determinants of health

 
Selected Publications

Nowicki, S, Izban, M, Pawelczyk, E, Agboto,V, Pratap, S, Olson,G, Nowicki, B,  Preterm Labor: CD55 in Maternal Blood Leukocytes. American Journal of Reproductive Immunology (2009) 61:5

Levine RS, Agboto V, Sanderson M, Briggs N, Chakrabarty S, Zoorob R, Hull P. Black:white disparities in US esophageal cancer mortality: Success and a paradox. Am J Epidemiol., 2009. 167:sS52
Fry-Johnson YW, Levine R, Rowley DL, Agboto V, Rust G. United States Black: White Infant Mortality Disparities Are Not Inevitable: Identification of Community Resilience Independent of Socioeconomic Status. Ethnicity and Disease 20: S1:131-135, 2010.

Levine RS, Sanderson M, Juarez P, Agboto V. Assault mortality in male youth Ages 15 to 24 Years and Alcohol-related mortality among male adults ages 25-64 years in U.S. Counties. Am J Epid. 2010. 171(11):S76.

Agboto V, Nachtsheim C, Li W.  Screening designs for model discrimination. Journal of Statistical Planning and Inference 140:3, 766-780, 2010.

Levine R, Agboto V, Zoorob R, Juarez P, Goldzweig I.   Increased Black-White Disparities in Mortality Following Life-Saving Innovations: A Possible Consequence of United States Federal LawsAmerican Journal of Public Health. 100:11, 2176-2184, 2010.

Agboto V, Nachtsheim C, Li W. A comparison of three Bayesian approaches for constructing model robust designs. Journal of Statistical Theory and Practice (In Press).