Daniel Almirall

Last revised: August **** **** Institute for Social abo3d8@r.postjobfree.com University of Michigan

734-***-**** (o ce) 426 Thompson Street

734-***-**** (mobile) Ann Arbor, MI 48104-2321

Education

4/02 - 4/07 University of Michigan & Institute for Social Research, Ann Arbor

PhD, Statistics

8/00 - 4/02 University of Michigan, Ann Arbor

MA, Statistics

8/96 - 4/00 University of Florida, Gainesville

BS, Mathematics; BA, Statistics

Minor Concentrations: Business and Education

Positions Held

1/10 - present Institute for Social Research, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor

Faculty

Research Fellow & Research Investigator6/07 - 10/09HSR&D, VA Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina

Biostatistician8/07 - 10/09Department of Biostatistics, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North

Carolina

Assistant Professor (non-tenure)

6/02 - 4/07Institute for Social Research, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor

Graduate Student Research Assistant8/06 - 4/07Statistics Department, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor

Graduate Student Instructor10/05 - 4/07HSR&D, VA Medical Center, Ann Arbor, Michigan

Grant Consultant and Collaborator6/04 - 8/04RAND Corporation, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Summer Associate6/01 - 8/01Department of Epidemiology, University of Miami, Florida

Research Scientist6/00 - 8/00Children's Hospital & Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts

Research Intern in Pediatric Cardiology & Biostatistics

9/99 - 4/00Upward Bound Program (US DOE

),

Santa Fe Community College, Gainesville,

Florida

Adjunct Mathematics Instructor

9/99 - 4/00Teaching Center, University of Florida, GainesvilleAssistant Coordinator

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Positions Held (continued)

9/98 - 4/99Mathematics Department, University of Florida, Gainesville

Adjunct Instructor

1/97 - 8/99Teaching Center, University of Florida, Gainesville

Tutor and Discussion Leader

Publications and Presentations

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Current and Past Grant Funding

Principal Investigator Role

2010 - present United States Department of Agriculture, Cooperative Agreement 58-4000-0-

0026. Dynamic

Participation in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program and Its Impact on Child

Over-

weight. ($25,000)

Co-Investigator Role

2010 - present NIDA/NIH, P50-DA10075. SMART Methodology for Constructing Adaptive

Treatments.

(Principal Investigator: Susan A. Murphy, Ph.D., Department of Statistics & Institute for

Social Research, University of Michigan) ($336,271)

2007 - 2010 Department of Veterans Affairs, VHA, IIR-05-213-1. Sleep Specialty

Consultation: Improving

Management of Sleep Disorders. (Principal Investigator: Jack Edinger, Ph.D., Durham VA

& Duke University Medical Center, Psychiatry) ($769,000)

2007 - 2010 Department of Veterans Affairs, VHA.HTN Implementation Project. (Principal

Investigator:

Hayden Bosworth, Ph.D., Durham VA & Duke University Medical Center, General Medicine)

($900,000)

2007 - 2012 Department of Veterans Affairs, VHA, IIR-05-202-2. Family Supported Smoking

Cessation for

Chronically Ill Veterans. (Principal Investigator: Lori Bastian, Ph.D., Durham VA & Duke

University Medical Center, General Internal Medicine) ($900,000)

2006 - 2007 Samueli Institute & Department of Defense, IEA-0000040. Effects of Guided

Imagery for

Military Sexual Trauma on PTSD Symptoms, Neurosteroids, and Brain Function. (Princi-

pal Investigator: Jennifer Strauss, Ph.D., Durham VA & Duke University Medical Center,

Psychiatry) ($175,000)

2007 - 2012 National Institute of Mental Health, R01-MH079154. Family Based Treatment of

Early Child-

hood OCD. (Principal Investigator: John March, Ph.D., Duke University Medical Center,

Psychiatry) ($170,000)

Consulting Role

2006 - 2009 National Institute of Mental Health, R01-MH078698-01. Antidepressants,

Concurrent Treat-

ments, and Completed Suicide in VA Registry Data. (Principal Investigator: Marcia Valen-

stein, M.D., Ann Arbor VA & University of Michigan) ($1,156,964)

Teaching

Graduate

Topics in Clinical Research (Ad-hoc Lecturer): Clinical Research Training Program, Duke

University Med-

ical Center: Winter 2008

Undergraduate

Introduction to Statistics (Discussion Leader): University of Michigan: Fall 2006, Winter

2007

Introduction to Probability (Substitute): University of Michigan: Winter 2006

Pre-calculus Algebra: University of Florida: Fall 1998, Spring 1999

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Teaching (continued)

Pre-Calculus, Survey of Calculus, and Calculus I (Discussion Leader): University of

Florida: Spring 1997 -

Spring 2000

High School

SAT/ACT Exam Preparation Courses: Santa Fe Community College: Fall 1999, Spring 2000

Short Courses

Models for Examining the Impact of Time-varying Treatments or Predictors: Association for

Behavior and

Cognitive Therapies, Orlando, November 2008

Professional Service and A liations

2008 - present Member: Internal Grant Review Committee, Health Services Research

Department, Durham

VA Medical Center

2008 - present Member: PhD and Masters Curriculum Committee, Biostatistics &

Bioinformatics Depart-

ment, Duke University Medical Center

2008 - present Member: Society for Clinical Trials

2003 - present Member: International Biometric Society's Eastern North American Region

subdivision

2002 - present Member: Institute of Mathematical Statistics, and American Statistical

Association

Journal Referee Journal of the American Statistical Association, 2008; Sociological

Methodology, 2008

Awards, Fellowships and Scholarships

2001 - 2006 Rackham Merit Doctoral Fellowship, provided full tuition plus stipend

support, awarded by the

Graduate School at the University of Michigan.

2/06 Rackham Travel Award to present a dissertation-based paper at the International

Biometric So-

ciety's Eastern North American Region subdivision Spring Meetings in Tampa, Florida.

Awarded

by the Graduate School of the University of Michigan. ($400)

1/06 Distinguished Student Paper Award for a dissertation-based paper (with Professors

Thomas Ten

Have and Susan A. Murphy) entitled "Structural Nested Mean Models for Assessing Time-

Varying

Effect Moderation: An Illustration". Awarded by the International Biometric Society's

Eastern

North American Region subdivision. ($500)

2000 - 2001 Tuition and stipend support, awarded by the Committee on Institutional

Cooperation in cooper-

ation with the Graduate School at the University of Michigan, for first year graduate

studies at

the University of Michigan.

1999 Andersen Consulting (now, the Accenture Corporation) Foundation Scholarship to study

at the

University of Florida

1999 Colonel Glenn Farris Scholarship to study at the University of Florida, awarded by

the Center for

Latin American Studies, University of Florida

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Awards, Fellowships and Scholarships (continued)

1998 - 2000 Anderson Scholar, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences Fall Convocations,

University of Florida

1997, 1999 National Hispanic Scholarship Fund scholarship to study at the University of

Florida

1997 Glancy Scholarship to study at the University of Florida

1996 - 2000 Florida Scholars Merit Scholarship to study at the University of Florida

Conferences and Workshops Attended

5/09 NIMH-NCDEU Conference in Phoenix, AZ. (Conference: Invited Seminar)

3/07 Michigan Student Symposium for Interdisciplinary Statistical Sciences in Ann Arbor,

MI. (Conference:

Contributed Poster Session)

8/06 Joint Statistical Meetings: Statistics for an Uncertain World in Seattle, WA.

(Conference: Contributed

Poster Session)

3/06 International Biometric Society's ENAR Subdivision Spring Meetings: A Carnival of

Statistical Science

in Tampa, FL. (Conference: Contributed Speaker & Distinguished Student Paper Award

Winner)

3/05 Mixed Models, Longitudinal Data and Incomplete Data at the University of Michigan,

Ann Arbor, Michi-

gan. (Workshop)

9/04 Blending Clinical Practice and Research: Forging Partnerships in the Great Lakes

Region to Enhance

Drug Addiction Treatment in Detroit, Michigan. (National Institute on Drug Abuse

Sponsored Confer-

ence)

6/04 Complexities of Co-occurring Conditions: Harnessing Services Research to Improve

Care for Mental,

Substance Use, & Medical/Physical Disorders in Washington, DC. (National Institute on

Drug Abuse

Sponsored Conference)

8/02 Joint Statistical Meetings: Statistics in an Era of Technological Change in New

York, New York. (Con-

ference)

4/02 Mini-Conference on Causal Inference at the Institute for Social Research, University

of Michigan, Ann

Arbor, Michigan. (Conference: Invited Discussant)

Community Service and Other Activities

2003 - 2007 Big brother in theBig Brothers, Big Sisters Programof Washtenaw County

(HelpSource Agency),

Ypsilanti, Michigan

2000 - 2005 Co-Founder & Instructor, MSalsa non-profit dance organization, University of

Michigan

2003 - 2005 Executive Board Member, Yoruba Andabo non-profit dance organization, Detroit,

Michigan

1999 Secretary, Hispanic Student Business Association, University of Florida

1998 - 1999 President, Cuban-American Student Association, University of Florida

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Community Service and Other Activities (continued)

1998 - 1999 Executive Finance Board Member, Hispanic Student Association, University of

Florida

Other Skills

Programming

Statistical R, SAS

A

Other Fortran, HTML, LT X

E

Languages

Fluent Spanish, EnglishReferences are available upon request.

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