Joshua Warren, PhD
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Joshua Warren is a Professor in the Department of Biostatistics at the Yale School of Public Health. He received his Ph.D. in Statistics from North Carolina State University in 2011 and completed a postdoctoral fellowship in Biostatistics at UNC Chapel Hill before joining the Yale faculty in 2014. Dr. Warren’s research focuses on developing hierarchical Bayesian methods for (i) spatial and spatiotemporal data, (ii) assessing the impact of environmental exposures on human health, and (iii) characterizing the spread of infectious diseases. He is also engaged in collaborative work applying spatiotemporal models in medicine and public health. His methodological interests include spatial and spatiotemporal modeling as well as Bayesian nonparametrics.
Last Updated on September 19, 2025.
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Biostatistics
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- Biostatistics
- Climate Change and Health
- Public Health Modeling
- Yale School of Public Health
- Yale Superfund Research Center
- Yale-BI Biomedical Data Science Fellowship
Education & Training
- Postdoctoral Research Associate
- University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (2014)
- PhD
- North Carolina State University (2011)
- MS
- North Carolina State University (2009)
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Medical Research Interests
Algorithms; Biostatistics; Disorders of Environmental Origin; Eye Diseases; Pregnancy Complications; Probability; Statistical Distributions; Statistics as Topic; Stochastic Processes; Virus Diseases
Public Health Interests
Cancer; Environmental Health; Epidemiology Methods; Bayesian Statistics; Infectious Diseases; Health Policy; COVID-19; GIS/Disease Mapping; Global Health; Pollution; Reproduction; Maternal & Child Health; Modeling
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0000-0002-6274-6970- View Lab Website
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Nicole Deziel, PhD, MHS
Daniel Weinberger, PhD
Ted Cohen, DPH, MD, MPH
Xiaomei Ma, PhD
Virginia Pitzer, ScD
Zeyan Liew, PhD, MPH
98Publications
1,919Citations
Algorithms
Biostatistics
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Spatial Modeling of Mycobacterium Tuberculosis Transmission with Dyadic Genetic Relatedness Data
Warren J, Chitwood M, Sobkowiak B, Colijn C, Cohen T. Spatial Modeling of Mycobacterium Tuberculosis Transmission with Dyadic Genetic Relatedness Data. Biometrics 2023, 79: 3650-3663. PMID: 36745619, PMCID: PMC10404301, DOI: 10.1111/biom.13836.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCitationsMeSH Keywords and ConceptsA Bayesian framework for incorporating exposure uncertainty into health analyses with application to air pollution and stillbirth
Comess S, Chang HH, Warren JL. A Bayesian framework for incorporating exposure uncertainty into health analyses with application to air pollution and stillbirth. Biostatistics 2022, 25: 20-39. PMID: 35984351, PMCID: PMC10724312, DOI: 10.1093/biostatistics/kxac034.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCitationsMeSH Keywords and ConceptsConceptsFull conditional distributionsEfficient model fittingStatistical modeling approachDensity estimation approachBayesian settingKernel density estimation approachPosterior outputBayesian frameworkConditional distributionModel fittingEstimation approachAccurate inferenceKDE approachModeling approachComparison metricsExposure uncertaintyUncertaintySecond stageApproachFittingInferencePredictionSimulationsModel comparison metricsFirst stageA Discrete Kernel Stick-Breaking Model for Detecting Spatial Boundaries in Hydraulic Fracturing Wastewater Disposal Well Placement Across Ohio
Warren J, Cai J, Johnson N, Deziel N. A Discrete Kernel Stick-Breaking Model for Detecting Spatial Boundaries in Hydraulic Fracturing Wastewater Disposal Well Placement Across Ohio. Journal Of The Royal Statistical Society Series C (Applied Statistics) 2022, 71: 175-193. DOI: 10.1111/rssc.12527.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCitationsSPATIAL DISTRIBUTED LAG DATA FUSION FOR ESTIMATING AMBIENT AIR POLLUTION.
Warren JL, Miranda ML, Tootoo JL, Osgood CE, Bell ML. SPATIAL DISTRIBUTED LAG DATA FUSION FOR ESTIMATING AMBIENT AIR POLLUTION. The Annals Of Applied Statistics 2021, 15: 323-342. PMID: 34113416, PMCID: PMC8189329, DOI: 10.1214/20-aoas1399.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCitationsA Nonstationary Spatial Covariance Model for Processes Driven by Point Sources
Warren J. A Nonstationary Spatial Covariance Model for Processes Driven by Point Sources. Journal Of Agricultural, Biological And Environmental Statistics 2020, 25: 415-430. DOI: 10.1007/s13253-020-00404-4.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCitationsA Spatially Varying Distributed Lag Model with Application to an Air Pollution and Term Low Birth Weight Study
Warren JL, Luben TJ, Chang HH. A Spatially Varying Distributed Lag Model with Application to an Air Pollution and Term Low Birth Weight Study. Journal Of The Royal Statistical Society Series C (Applied Statistics) 2020, 69: 681-696. PMID: 32595237, PMCID: PMC7319179, DOI: 10.1111/rssc.12407.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCitationsConceptsHealth effect parametersLow birth weight riskTerm low birth weightLow birth weightPregnancy outcomesWeight riskBirth weightResidual confoundingPregnancy periodNull associationBirth recordsAverage weekly concentrationsCritical windowDiminished abilityPregnancyExposure characteristicsRisk estimationAssociationExposureGeographic variabilityCritical window variable selection: estimating the impact of air pollution on very preterm birth
Warren JL, Kong W, Luben TJ, Chang HH. Critical window variable selection: estimating the impact of air pollution on very preterm birth. Biostatistics 2019, 21: 790-806. PMID: 30958877, PMCID: PMC7422642, DOI: 10.1093/biostatistics/kxz006.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCitationsAltmetricMeSH Keywords and ConceptsConceptsHierarchical Bayesian frameworkBayesian frameworkStatistical modelVariable selectionImproved estimationCritical windowPreterm birthRisk parametersVery preterm birthAdverse birth outcomesControl analysisExposure-disease relationshipsDifferent reproductive outcomesBirth outcomesPregnant womenReproductive outcomesCase/control analysisDiagnosing Glaucoma Progression With Visual Field Data Using a Spatiotemporal Boundary Detection Method
Berchuck SI, Mwanza JC, Warren JL. Diagnosing Glaucoma Progression With Visual Field Data Using a Spatiotemporal Boundary Detection Method. Journal Of The American Statistical Association 2019, 114: 1063-1074. PMID: 31662589, PMCID: PMC6818507, DOI: 10.1080/01621459.2018.1537911.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCitationsA spatially varying change points model for monitoring glaucoma progression using visual field data
Berchuck SI, Mwanza JC, Warren JL. A spatially varying change points model for monitoring glaucoma progression using visual field data. Spatial Statistics 2019, 30: 1-26. PMID: 30931247, PMCID: PMC6438211, DOI: 10.1016/j.spasta.2019.02.001.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCitationsSpatial-Temporal Modeling of the Association Between Air Pollution Exposure and Preterm Birth: Identifying Critical Windows of Exposure
Warren J, Fuentes M, Herring A, Langlois P. Spatial-Temporal Modeling of the Association Between Air Pollution Exposure and Preterm Birth: Identifying Critical Windows of Exposure. Biometrics 2012, 68: 1157-1167. PMID: 22568640, PMCID: PMC3422613, DOI: 10.1111/j.1541-0420.2012.01774.x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCitationsAltmetricMeSH Keywords and Concepts
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activity Statistics in Biosciences
2015 - PresentJournal ServiceAssociate Editoractivity Journal of the American Statistical Association - Theory and Methods
2018 - 2020Journal ServiceAssociate Editoractivity Health Effects Institute
2019 - 2019Peer Review Groups and Grant Study SectionsRevieweractivity Swiss National Science Foundation
2017 - 2017Peer Review Groups and Grant Study SectionsRevieweractivity NIH Diseases and Pathophysiology of the Visual System Study Section
2016 - 2016Peer Review Groups and Grant Study SectionsAd-hoc reviewer
Honors
honor Coauthor, Kenneth Rothman Epidemiology Prize Paper
06/01/2018International AwardInternational Society for PharmacoepidemiologyDetailsUnited Stateshonor First Author, Best Paper in Biometrics (2012)
01/01/2014International AwardThe International Biometric SocietyDetailsUnited States
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