JOSEPH S WISLAR

Biostatistician, Epidemiologist

773-***-****

acuu3i@r.postjobfree.com

Profile Experienced public health and medical researcher with more than 20 years of program evaluation, survey research, and data analysis and validation experience in both academic environments and private industry. Well-practiced presenter, manager with established skill at coordinating between multidisciplinary teams.

Experience Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) 2005-Present

Primary Statistical Reviewer

Primary source for critical peer review of the statistics and methods of research submitted to an international leader in medical research publishing. Specialization in meta-analysis, survey research, clinical trials and observational studies. Responsible for the simultaneous review of trial protocols and statistical analysis plans for submitted clinical trials and the review of all manuscripts being considered for publication. Review of 350-400 manuscripts per year with an average return time of less than 5 days, plus additional reviews and consultations.

Design, development, implementation, and analysis of research, including readership and author surveys for the JAMA Network of journals

Report writing for internal review, external presentation and peer-reviewed publication

Presentations of research results to Board of Trustees, Journal Oversight Committee, and at scientific conferences

University of Illinois at Chicago 2001-2005

Department of Psychiatry

Research Data Analyst

Statistical analysis of survey research and complex longitudinal data

Project management, including data management and coordinating between departments and institutions

Mentoring junior staff

Grant proposal writing; report writing for peer-reviewed publication

Conference presentations of results

Abt Associates 2000-2001

Survey Director

Data management and monitoring for quality assurance; study oversight for national health survey

Managing respondent adverse events

Coordination between internal departments; supervision of junior staff and interviewer training

Preparation of client deliverables including data analytics and ad hoc reports and analyses

Northwestern University 1999-2000

Department of Preventive Medicine

Statistical Analyst and Programmer

Database management and statistical programming for local and cross-national longitudinal studies of health

University of Illinois at Chicago 1993-1999

Department of Psychiatry

Research Data Analyst

Statistical analysis of quantitative and qualitative data from cross-sectional and longitudinal health and methodological research

Collaboration with several intradepartmental research teams on a variety of research projects including validation, epidemiology, and program evaluation.

Data management, including the handling of biological specimens

Development and testing of survey instruments

Assistance with grant proposal writing

Writing manuscripts for peer-reviewed publication

Presentation of research at scientific conferences

Skills

Statistical programming and analysis

Proficient in SAS and SPSS, working knowledge of R and STATA

Survey Research

Experienced in the design, implementation and analysis of survey research

Education

University of Illinois at Chicago 1999

MS, Epidemiology and Biostatistics

University of Illinois at Chicago 1993

BA, Psychology (major), Sociology (minor)

Recent Publications

1.Johnson TP, Wislar JS. Response rates and nonresponse errors in surveys. JAMA. 2012;307(17):1805-1806.

2.Livingston EH, Wislar JS. Minimum response rates for survey research. Arch Surg. 2012;147(2):110.

3.Wislar JS, Flanagin A, Fontanarosa PB, DeAngelis CD. Honorary and ghost authorship in high impact biomedical journals: a cross sectional survey. BMJ. 2011;343:d6128

Recent Presentations

1.Wislar JS. Biostatistics and Methodology in the Medical Literature. Presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncologists at a special session for delegates form the China Medical Tribune, June 2, 2013; Chicago, IL USA.

2.Wislar JS, McVeigh M, Flanagin A, Lange M, Bauchner H. Multiauthorship articles and subsequent citations: Does more yield more? Presented at the Seventh International Congress on Peer Review and Biomedical Publication, September 8, 2013; Chicago, IL, USA.

3.Wislar JS, Flanagin A, Fontanarosa PB, DeAngelis CD. Honorary and ghost authorship in high impact biomedical journals: a cross sectional survey. Presented at the Sixth International Congress on Peer Review and Biomedical Publication, September 10, 2009; Vancouver BC, Canada.

References, and a complete list of publications and presentations, are available upon request.

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