James Dziura, MPH, PhD
Professor of Emergency Medicine and of Biostatistics and of Medicine (Endocrinology)Cards
About
Titles
Professor of Emergency Medicine and of Biostatistics and of Medicine (Endocrinology)
Co-Director, Yale Center for Analytical Sciences (YCAS); Director, Yale Data Coordinating Center; Professor, Biostatistics
Biography
Jim is a Professor in the Department of Emergency Medicine at YMS. As a biostatistician at Yale since 2002 he has co-authored over 200 peer-reviewed articles with a diverse group of Yale investigators. Dr. Dziura also serves as the Deputy Director of both the Yale Center for Analytical Sciences (YCAS) and the Yale Data Coordinating Center (YDCC) in the Yale School of Public Health. He has been active in training young investigators, both individually (as a mentor and statistical resource for K-awardees, post-doctoral fellows, residents and Master’s students) and in the classroom (where he has developed a graduate-level course and several workshops on biostatistics in clinical research). His primary research interests are in the coordination of multicenter clinical trials. Over the past ten years he has overseen data coordinating and biostatistical efforts for several trials. Notably, he served as the PI of the data coordinating center for the RUPP Autism Network study of Guanfacine for the treatment of hyperactivity. He is the Director of the Data Coordinating Center for the Autism Biomarkers Consortium for Clinical Trials (ABC-CT), a multicenter longitudinal study developing reproducible experimental biomarkers (e.g. from EEG, eye tracking) for use as stratification factors and outcomes in clinical trials.He is a senior biostatistician (and unblinded statistician for the DSMB) for the Data Coordinating Center of a large pragmatic cluster-randomized trial for the prevention of serious fall injuries (STRIDE) in 6,000 older persons from 86 health care practices.
Appointments
Emergency Medicine
ProfessorPrimaryBiostatistics
ProfessorSecondaryEndocrinology
ProfessorSecondary
Other Departments & Organizations
- Biostatistics
- Diabetes Research Center
- Emergency Medicine
- Emergency Medicine York Street Campus Faculty
- Endocrinology
- Internal Medicine
- Investigative Medicine Program
- Safdar Lab
- Yale Center for Analytical Sciences (YCAS)
- Yale School of Public Health
- Yale Ventures
- Yale-Drug use, Addiction, and HIV prevention Research Scholars (DAHRS)
Education & Training
- PhD
- Yale University (2001)
- MPH
- Yale University (1998)
- BS
- Bates College (1993)
Research
Links & Media
News
- July 08, 2024Source: Yale News
Seven-day Buprenorphine Is Safe for Those With Minimal Opioid Withdrawal
- October 27, 2023
NIDA Invests Nearly $7M to Address the Opioid Crisis Among Women Who Experience Intimate Partner Violence
- October 16, 2023
Wong and Team at Yale Emergency Medicine Receive $6.9 Million PCORI Award
- February 22, 2023
YSPH biostatistician part of award-winning Yale team