Research Interests
- Clinical Trials Methodology
- Group Sequential Methods
- Recurrent Events
- Semi and Nonparametric Methods
- Survival Analysis
Board Certification and Academic Information
| Academic Departments |
Pediatrics - Assistant Professor
Family and Preventive Medicine - Adjunct Assistant Professor
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| Academic Divisions |
Pediatric Critical Care
Public Health
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Academic Office Locations
| Academic Office Phone Number |
Academic Office Address |
| (801) 587-7649 |
Williams Building
Pediatric Critical Care
295 Chipeta Way
Salt Lake City, UT 84108 |
Academic Bio
After receiving his Ph.D. in Statistics with an emphasis in Biostatistics from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, Dr. Casper joined the faculty of the University of Utah School of Medicine as Assistant Professor of Pediatric Critical Care. He has collaborated with researchers from a variety of areas including cardiology, oncology, hematology, neurosurgery, nutrition, and emergency medicine, among others. Dr. Casper also co-authored a graduate level textbook on statistical methods for clinical trials.
Dr. Casper is currently biostatistician for the Pediatric Emergency Care Applied Research Network (PECARN). He is also currently leading the Data Coordinating and Analysis Center for the National Multiple Sclerosis Society's Network of Pediatric Multiple Sclerosis Centers (NPMSC) as principal investigator. He also assists investigators at the university through the Study Design and Biostatistics Center of the Center for Clinical and Translational Science (CCTS).
Dr. Casper's research focus is clinical trial design and statistical methods for the analysis of clinical trial data. Specific statistical methods he is interested in are areas like survival, longitudinal data, and gene expression microarray analysis.
