Maragatha Kuchibhatla, PhD

Department:
Biostatistics and Bioinformatics

Email Address:
mnk@geri.duke.edu

Address:
Box 3003
DUMC
Durham, NC 27710

Telephone:
9196607526

Research Interests:
Statistical research methodology, analysis of repeated measurements, latent growth curve models, latent class growth models, classification and regression trees,
designing clinical trials, designing clinical trials in psychiatry -- both treatment and non-treatment
trials in various comorbid  populations.

Publications:
2006 -- Pubmed # 16452284 -- Buhr GT, Kuchibhatla M, Clipp EC. Caregivers' reasons for nursing home placement: clues for improving discussions with families prior to the transition. Gerontologist. 2006 Feb;46(1):52-61.

2005 -- Pubmed # 16019273 -- Kuchibhatla M, Fillenbaum GG. Modeling association in longitudinal binary outcomes: a brief review. Aging Ment Health. 2005 May;9(3):196-200.

2004 -- Pubmed # 15557372 -- Jiang W, Kuchibhatla M, Cuffe MS, Christopher EJ, Alexander JD, Clary GL, Blazing MA, Gaulden LH, Califf RM, Krishnan RR, O'Connor CM. Prognostic value of anxiety and depression in patients with chronic heart failure. Circulation. 2004 Nov 30;110(22):3452-6.

2003 -- Pubmed # 14530910 -- Colón-Emeric C, Kuchibhatla M, Pieper C, Hawkes W, Fredman L, Magaziner J, Zimmerman S, Lyles KW. The contribution of hip fracture to risk of subsequent fractures: data from two longitudinal studies. Osteoporos Int. 2003 Nov;14(11):879-83.

2003 -- Pubmed # 12959808 -- Kuchibhatla M, Fillenbaum GG. Alternative statistical approaches to identifying dementia in a community-dwelling sample. Aging Ment Health. 2003 Sep;7(5):383-9.

2003 -- Pubmed # 14578008 -- Kuchibhatla M, Fillenbaum GG. Comparison of methods for analyzing longitudinal binary outcomes: cognitive status as an example. Aging Ment Health. 2003 Nov;7(6):462-8.

2002 -- Pubmed # 11802089 -- Hanlon JT, Fillenbaum GG, Kuchibhatla M, Artz MB, Boult C, Gross CR, Garrard J, Schmader KE. Impact of inappropriate drug use on mortality and functional status in representative community dwelling elders. Med Care. 2002 Feb;40(2):166-76.

2002 -- Pubmed # 12451164 -- Kuchibhatla M, Fillenbaum GG. Assessing risk factors for mortality in elderly White and African American people: implications of alternative analyses. Gerontologist. 2002 Dec;42(6):826-34.

2002 -- Pubmed # 12451164 -- Kuchibhatla M, Fillenbaum GG. Assessing risk factors for mortality in elderly White and African American people: implications of alternative analyses. Gerontologist. 2002 Dec;42(6):826-34.

2001 -- Pubmed # 11493126 -- Jiang W, Alexander J, Christopher E, Kuchibhatla M, Gaulden LH, Cuffe MS, Blazing MA, Davenport C, Califf RM, Krishnan RR, O'Connor CM. Relationship of depression to increased risk of mortality and rehospitalization in patients with congestive heart failure. Arch Intern Med. 2001 Aug 13-27;161(15):1849-56.

2000 -- Pubmed # 10746429 -- Kuchibhatla M, Pieper C, Schenkman M. An application of generalizability theory to study a physical performance measure in Parkinson's disease. Aging (Milano). 2000 Feb;12(1):29-34.

1999 -- Pubmed # 10322239 -- Koenig HG, George LK, Larson DB, McCullough ME, Branch PS, Kuchibhatla M. Depressive symptoms and nine-year survival of 1,001 male veterans hospitalized with medical illness. Am J Geriatr Psychiatry. 1999 Spring;7(2):124-31.

1999 -- Pubmed # 9919320 -- Koenig HG, Kuchibhatla M. Use of health services by medically ill depressed elderly patients after hospital discharge. Am J Geriatr Psychiatry. 1999 Winter;7(1):48-56.

1998 -- Pubmed # 9777901 -- Schenkman M, Cutson TM, Kuchibhatla M, Chandler J, Pieper CF, Ray L, Laub KC. Exercise to improve spinal flexibility and function for people with Parkinson's disease: a randomized, controlled trial. J Am Geriatr Soc. 1998 Oct;46(10):1207-16.

1996 -- Kuchibhatla, M, Hart, J, ‘Smoothing-Based Lack-of-fit Tests: Variation on a Theme’, Journal of Non-parametric Statistics, 1996: Vol. 7, 1-22.