James O'Malley, MS, PhD
Title(s)
Professor of The Dartmouth Institute
Professor of Biomedical Data Science
Additional Titles/Positions/Affiliations
Adjunct Professor of Computer Science
Adjunct Professor of Mathematics
Department(s)
The Dartmouth Institute
Biomedical Data Science
Education
1994 B.Sc. (Hons) in Statistics: University of Canterbury, New Zealand
1999 M.S. in Applied Statistics: Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana
1999 Ph.D. in Statistics: University of Canterbury, New Zealand
2001 Postdoctoral-fellowship in Biostatistics: Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
Programs
Norris Cotton Cancer Center
Quantitative Biomedical Sciences
SYNERGY
The Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice
Curriculum Vitae
O'Malley_J_CV_2021-06-18.pdf
NIH Biosketch
O'Malley_J_BIO_2020-12-07.pdf
Websites
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Contact Information
The Dartmouth Institute
Williamson Translational Research Building
1 Medical Center Drive
Lebanon NH 03756
Office: 544
Phone: 603-646-5653
Fax: 603-653-0896
Email: James.OMalley@Dartmouth.edu
Assistant: Kathryn Hutchins
Asst. Email: Kathryn.Hutchins@dartmouth.edu
Professional Interests
My research interests span both statistical methodology and various areas of medicine and health care. My prior and ongoing contributions to statistical methodology involve statistical inference for social networks, multivariate hierarchical models, comparative effectiveness research including causal inference for both randomized and observational studies, and Bayesian analysis. Specific research projects are typically motivated by problems encountered in my collaborative work with physicians, sociologists, health economists, health services researchers, epidemiologists and others. Application areas of focus include evaluating the relationship between health and social networks, evaluation/estimation of variations in health quality and outcomes, vascular surgery and cardiology, and evaluation of medical devices.
Rotations and Thesis Projects
Statistical Methods:
- Analysis of Social Network Data
- Multivariate-Multilevel Models
- Comparative Effectiveness Research (Causal Inference)
- Bayesian Analysis
- Design and Analysis of Medical Device Clinical Trials
Collaborative Work:
- Social networks and health
- The measurement and reporting of health care quality
- Diffusion of medical technology
- Tracking health systems
- Comparative effectiveness in vascular surgery
- Comparative effectiveness in cardiology
- Comparative effectiveness in mental health
Grant Information
Projects currently leading or in a leading role:
NIH/NIA P01AG019783 (Skinner PI) 07/01/2001-11/30/2023
Causes and Consequences of Healthcare Efficiency
PI: Statistical and Network Analysis Core
AHRQ U19HS024075 (Fisher PI) 09/01/2015-08/31/2021
Accelerating the Use of Evidence-Based Innovations in Healthcare Systems
PI: Data Core
NIH P20GM130454 (Whitfield PI)
8/1/2019 - 7/30/2024
Center for Quantitative Biology: A focus on "omics", from organisms to single cells (COBRE)
PI: Data Core
IHS-2018C2-12902-IC (Leyenaar PI)
7/1/2019 - 6/30/2023
Comparative Effectiveness of Direct Admission & Admission through Emergency Departments for Children
PI: Sub-contract
NIH RO1 HS025408 (Landon PI)
9/30/2017 - 7/31/2021
Identifying Predictors of Hospital Admission from the ED Among the Elderly
PI: Sub-contract
PCS-2017C2-7724-IC (Pratt PI)
2/15/2019 - 2/14/2024
Integrated Physical and Mental Health Self¬-management Compared to Chronic Disease Self-¬management
PI: Sub-contract
Notable completed projects:
PCORI ME-1503-28261 (O’Malley PI)
01/01/2016-03/31/2019
Advancing Patient-Centered Outcomes Research in Survival Data with Unmeasured Confounding to Improve Patient Risk Communication
NIH 1U01 AG046830 (Skinner PI)
09/30/2013-06/30/2018
Diffusion of Medical Technology and Effects on Outcomes and Expenditures
Project Leader: Methods for Modeling the Diffusion of Implantable Cardiac Defibrillators
NIH 1R01HL109263-01A1 (O’Malley, Subramanian PIs) 04/01/2012-03/31/2015
Proximity to Food Establishments and BMI in the Framingham Heart Study
NIH 1RC4MH092717-01 (O’Malley PI)
10/01/2010-09/27/2013
Accounting for confounding bias and heterogeneity in comparative effectiveness
NIH/NIA P01 AG0309301 (Christakis PI),
04/15/2008-03/31/2013
Networks and Neighborhoods
Project Leader: Methods for the Analysis of Longitudinal Social Network Data
Courses Taught
2018- Biostatistics III: Statistical Analysis of Complex Data (QBS 122)
2014-2018 The Practice of Statistics in Medicine (ECS.245.1-TFA13)
2013-2014 Advanced Statistical Methods (ECS.245.1-TFA13)
Biography
In 2011 I received the Mid-career Excellence award from the Health Policy Section of the ASA and in 2012 became an elected fellow of the ASA. In 2019 I was the recipient of the International Society for Pharmacoeconomics and Outcomes Research (ISPOR) Award for Excellence in Methodology in Health Economics and Outcomes Research.
I was chair of the Health Policy Statistics Section of the America Statistical Association (ASA) in 2008, co-chair of the 2011 International Conference on Health Policy Statistics, and am an Associate Editor at Statistics in Medicine.
I was one of the organizers of the Dartmouth Interdisciplinary Network Research (DINR) seminar series (http://www.dartmouth.edu/~dinr/).
Mentoring Information
Post-doctoral fellows
2007-2009 Brian Neelon, Postdoctoral Fellow, Harvard Medical School
2010-2012 Sudeshna Paul, Postdoctoral Fellow, Harvard Medical School
2011-2014 Jaeun Choi, Postdoctoral Fellow, Harvard Medical School
2015-2018 Erika Moen, R25 Postdoctoral Fellow, Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth
2015-2017 Weston Viles, R25 Postdoctoral Fellow, Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth
2016-2018 Pablo Martinez-Camblor, Postdoctoral Fellow, Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth
2018-2020 Seho Park, Postdoctoral Fellow, Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth
PhD Students
2017- Guanqing Chen, Ph.D. Candidate, Program in Quantitative Biomedical Science
2017- Carly Bobak (Co-advisor), Program in Quantitative Biomedical Science
2017 - Chuankai An (Co-advisor), Computer Science
2018- Xin Ran, Program in Quantitative Biomedical Science
PhD Committees
2014-2017 Elizabeth Nichols, Program in Health Policy and Clinical Practice
2018-2020 Helen Newton, Program in Health Policy and Clinical Practice
2019- Renata West Yen, Program in Health Policy and Clinical Practice
2020- Reed Bratches, Program in Health Policy and Clinical Practice
2020- Catherine Pollack, Program in Quantitative Biomedical Science
2020- Joshua Levy, Program in Quantitative Biomedical Science
2020- Devin Parker, Program in Health Policy and Clinical Practice
Selected Publications |
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Sacubitril/Valsartan vs. ACEi/ARB at Hospital Discharge and 5-Year Survival in Older Patients with Heart Failure with Reduced Ejection Fraction: A Decision Analysis Approach. Prevalence of Children With Medical Complexity and Associations With Health Care Utilization and In-Hospital Mortality. Perceptions of the impact of COVID-19 on healthcare communication in a nationally representative cross-sectional survey of family caregivers. Innovations in Care Delivery for Patients With Serious Mental Illness Among Accountable Care Organizations. Estimating population-averaged hazard ratios in the presence of unmeasured confounding. A national evaluation of geographic accessibility and provider availability of obesity medicine diplomates in the United States between 2011 and 2019. A measure of local uniqueness to identify linchpins in a social network with node attributes. Analysis of Consistency in Emergency Department Physician Variation in Propensity for Admission Across Patient Sociodemographic Groups. National Trends In ED Visits, Hospital Admissions, And Mortality For Medicare Patients During The COVID-19 Pandemic. Treatment intensity and mortality among COVID-19 patients with dementia: A retrospective observational study. |