Gregory Samsa,

Department:
Biostatistics and Bioinformatics

Email Address:
samsa001@mc.duke.edu

Telephone:
9196135212

Fax Telephone:
9196685888

Research Interests:
Greg Samsa is an applied statistician whose primary interests are in study design, instrument development, information synthesis, practice improvement, effective communication of statistical results, and teaching.  He is a believer in the power of statistical thinking, as broadly defined.  

Publications:
2008 -- Pubmed # 18547268 -- Matchar DB, Harpole L, Samsa GP, Jurgelski A, Lipton RB, Silberstein SD, Young W, Kori S, Blumenfeld A. The headache management trial: a randomized study of coordinated care. Headache. 2008 Oct;48(9):1294-310.

2006 -- Pubmed # 16490633 -- Matchar DB, Patwardhan MB, Samsa GP, Haley WE. Facilitated process improvement: an approach to the seamless linkage between evidence and practice in CKD. Am J Kidney Dis. 2006 Mar;47(3):528-38.

2004 -- Samsa G, Matchar DB, Dolor RJ, Wiklund I, Hedner E, Wygant G, Hauch O, Marple CB, Edwards G.  A new instrument for measuring anticoagulation-related quality of life: development and preliminary validation.  Health and Quality of Life Outcomes (online journal) 2004 2:22.  DOI:10.1186/1477-7525-2-22.  Available at http://www.hqlo.com/content/pdf/1477-7525-2-22.pdf.

2002 -- Pubmed # 12714829 -- Samsa GP, Matchar DB, Phillips DL, McGrann J. Which approach to anticoagulation management is best? Illustration of an interactive mathematical model to support informed decision making. J Thromb Thrombolysis. 2002 Oct;14(2):103-11.

2002 -- Samsa GP, Oddone EZ, Horner R, K, Daley J, Henderson W, Matchar DB.  To what extent should quality of care decisions be based upon health outcomes data? Application to carotid endarterectomy.  Stroke 2002;33:2944-2949.

2001 -- Pubmed # 11239185 -- Samsa GP, Matchar DB. Have randomized controlled trials of neuroprotective drugs been underpowered? An illustration of three statistical principles. Stroke. 2001 Mar;32(3):669-74.

2000 -- Samsa G, Matchar D.  Can continuous quality improvement be assessed using randomized trials? Health Services Research 2000;35(3):689-702.

2000 -- Pubmed # 10728029 -- Samsa GP, Matchar DB. Relationship between test frequency and outcomes of anticoagulation: a literature review and commentary with implications for the design of randomized trials of patient self-management. J Thromb Thrombolysis. 2000 Apr;9(3):283-92.

1994 -- Samsa GP and Oddone EZ. Integrating scientific writing into a statistics curriculum: A course in statistically-based scientific writing. American Statistician 1994; 48:117-119.