Mentor: Dr. Kung-Sik Chan;

I am a PhD student in the statistics department at the University of Iowa. I work on statistical analyses to see how smokers can decrease inflammation in their lungs through the restoration of perfusion in areas of smoking associated infiltrates. My focus is on taking into account the bias that can exist in randomized controlled trials due to missing data from dropouts. This bias can hide practically important findings as well as remove an ability to make cause and effect statements about the findings.