Andrew Redd

Andrew Redd, PhD

Languages spoken: English

Academic Information

Departments Primary - Internal Medicine , Adjunct - Family & Preventive Medicine , Adjunct - Population Health Sciences

Divisions: Epidemiology , Public Health

Andrew Redd, Ph.D., is an Assistant Professor at the Division of Epidemiology. As a Statistician, his research interests include statistical data modeling for surveillance data, disease transmission models complex data models, network models, high performance computing, statistical programming, reproducible research methods and tool, and programming and analysis standardization.

Redd's Dissertation work was on paired functional data analysis. His current research focuses on surveillance models and the statistical issues related to inference from data originating in information extraction and natural language process. He is an active contributor to the R statistical programming software through several add-on packages.

Redd received his Ph.D. from Texas A&M University.

Education History

Undergraduate Weber State University
 BS
Graduate Training Texas A&M University
 MS
Internship ATK Launch Systems
 Intern
Internship KBSI, Inc.
 Intern
Doctoral Training Texas A&M University
 PhD

Selected Publications

Journal Article

  1. Beyer CA, Poltavskiy E, Walker LE, Pettey W, Suo Y, Redd A, Rittel AG, Kazanis WH, Dunham JR, Zarzabal LA, Rutter WC, Sim A, Watrous JR, Howard JT, Janak JC, Stewart IJ, Gundlapalli (2019). Persistent Opioid Use After Combat Injury and Subsequent Long-term Risk of Abuse: A Retrospective Cohort Study. Annals of surgery, 274, e957-e965. (Read full article)
  2. Stewart IJ, Poltavskiy E, Howard JT, Janak JC, Pettey W, Zarzabal LA, Walker LE, Beyer CA, Sim A, Suo Y, Redd A, Chung KK, Gundlapalli (2021). The Enduring Health Consequences of Combat Trauma: a Legacy of Chronic Disease. Journal of general internal medicine, 36(3), 713-721. (Read full article)
  3. Gundlapalli AV, Jones AL, Redd A, Divita G, Brignone E, Pettey WBP, Carter ME, Samore MH, Blais RK, Fargo J (2019). Combining Natural Language Processing of Electronic Medical Notes With Administrative Data to Determine Racial/Ethnic Differences in the Disclosure and Documentation of Military Sexual Trauma in Veterans. Medical care, 57 Suppl 6 Suppl 2, S149-S156. (Read full article)
  4. Redd AM, Gundlapalli AV, Suo Y, Pettey WBP, Brignone E, Chin DL, Walker LE, Poltavskiy EA, Janak JC, Howard JT, Sosnov JA, Stewart I (2020). Exploring Disparities in Awarding VA Service-Connected Disability for Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder for Active Duty Military Service Members from Recent Conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan. Military medicine, 185(Suppl 1), 296-302. (Read full article)
  5. Gundlapalli AV, Redd AM, Suo Y, Pettey WBP, Brignone E, Chin DL, Walker LE, Poltavskiy EA, Janak JC, Howard JT, Sosnov JA, Stewart I (2020). Predicting and Planning for Musculoskeletal Service-Connected Disabilities in VA Using Disability for Active Duty OEF/OIF Military Service Members. Military medicine, 185(Suppl 1), 413-419. (Read full article)
  6. Gundlapalli AV, Redd A, Carter M, Divita G, Shen S, Palmer M, Samore M (2013). Validating a strategy for psychosocial phenotyping using a large corpus of clinical text. Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association, 20(e2), e355-64. (Read full article)
  7. Divita G, Shen S, Carter ME, Redd A, Forbush T, Palmer M, Samore MH, Gundlapalli A (2014). Recognizing Questions and Answers in EMR Templates Using Natural Language Processing. Studies in health technology and informatics, 202, 149-52. (Read full article)
  8. Redd A, Carter M, Divita G, Shen S, Palmer M, Samore M, Gundlapalli A (2014). Detecting earlier indicators of homelessness in the free text of medical records. Studies in health technology and informatics, 202, 153-6. (Read full article)
  9. Gundlapalli AV, Redd A, Carter ME, Palmer M, Peterson R, Samore M (2014). Exploring patterns in resource utilization prior to the formal identification of homelessness in recently returned veterans. Studies in health technology and informatics, 202, 265-8. (Read full article)
  10. Redd AM, Gundlapalli AV, Divita G, Tran LT, Pettey WBP, Samore M (2017). Comparison of Grouping Methods for Template Extraction from VA Medical Record Text. Studies in health technology and informatics, 238, 136-139. (Read full article)
  11. Thomas A, Khader K, Redd A, Leecaster M, Zhang Y, Jones M, Greene T, Samore (2018). Extended models for nosocomial infection: parameter estimation and model selection. Mathematical medicine and biology, 35(suppl_1), 29-49. (Read full article)
  12. Gundlapalli AV, Carter ME, Palmer M, Ginter T, Redd A, Pickard S, Shen S, South B, Divita G, Duvall S, Nguyen TM, D'Avolio LW, Samore (2013). Using natural language processing on the free text of clinical documents to screen for evidence of homelessness among US veterans. AMIA ... Annual Symposium proceedings. AMIA Symposium, 2013, 537-46. (Read full article)
  13. Jones AL, Pettey WBP, Carter ME, Brignone E, Redd A, Suo Y, Divita G, Blais RK, Fargo JD, Gundlapalli A (2020). Regional Variations in Documentation of Sexual Trauma Concepts in Electronic Medical Records in the United States Veterans Health Administration. AMIA ... Annual Symposium proceedings. AMIA Symposium, 2019, 514-522. (Read full article)
  14. Gundlapalli A, Divita G, Carter M, Shen S, Palmer M, Forbush T, South B, Redd A, Sauer B, Samore (2013). Extracting Surveillance Data from Templated Sections of an Electronic Medical Note: Challenges and Opportunities. Online journal of public health informatics, 5(1),
  15. Forbush TB, Gundlapalli AV, Palmer MN, Shen S, South BR, Divita G, Carter M, Redd A, Butler JM, Samore (2013). "Sitting on pins and needles": characterization of symptom descriptions in clinical notes". AMIA Joint Summits on Translational Science proceedings. AMIA Joint Summits on Translational Science, 2013, 67-71. (Read full article)
  16. Gawron LM, Pettey WBP, Redd AM, Suo Y, Turok DK, Gundlapalli A (2019). Distance Matters: Geographic barriers to long acting reversible and permanent contraception for homeless women Veterans. Journal of social distress and the homeless, 28(2), 139-148. (Read full article)
  17. Yoon J, Phibbs CS, Ong MK, Vanneman ME, Kizer KW, Chow A, Redd A, Jiang H, Zhang (2024). Acute hospitalizations and outcomes in Veterans Affairs Hospitals 2011 to 2017. Medicine, 103(30), e38934. (Read full article)
  18. Yoon J, Phibbs CS, Ong MK, Vanneman ME, Chow A, Redd A, Kizer KW, Dizon MP, Wong E, Zhang (2023). Outcomes of Veterans Treated in Veterans Affairs Hospitals vs Non-Veterans Affairs Hospitals. JAMA network open, 6(12), e2345898. (Read full article)