Kinfe Bishu PhD
Kinfe Gebreegziabher Bishu PhD
843-792-7744
Bishu@musc.edu
123 Rutledge Tower Room 1233
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Academic Focus
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Statistical and econometric modeling of big data-count data, semi-continuous data and longitudinal modeling.
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Health economics and Health service Research- diabetes, prostate cancer, stroke, epilepsy, hypertension, HIV, AMI, BMI, substance use disorder, cost-benefit, social determinants, and disparities research.
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Risk analysis
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Biography
Dr. Bishu is a statistician and health economist with expertise in health service research. He specializes in big national data-MEPS, NHANES, NIS, NRD and VA. His expertise in statistical analysis include: count data models, zero inflated models, cost methods, predictive and factor analysis, structural equation modeling, competing-risk survival analysis, multiple imputation using chained equations, generalized linear mixed model and longitudinal analysis. He has conducted research on diabetes, CKD, stroke, epilepsy, hypertension, heart failure, COPD, HIV, AMI, BMI, substance use disorder, cost-benefit, and disparities research. He has published over 65 peer-reviewed articles, most in high-impact journals. He has served as a reviewer for over 30 journals and as an editor for Diabetology.
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