David F. Cruess, Ph.D., Professor and Deputy Chair for Biometrics

Research interests: Biostatistical and epidemiological methods, especially as applied to clinical trials and large surveys; Subject matter interests include telemedicine, prostate disease, women's health issues, and kidney transplants.

Recent publications:

Accuracy of polyp detection during screening flexible sigmoidoscopy by nurse endoscopists and gastroenterologists: A randomized controlled clinical trial. P. Schoenfeld, B. Cash, and D. Cruess. Gastroenterology 117:312-318, 1999.

The effect of decreasing digital image resolution on teledermatology diagnosis. D. Vidmar, D. Cruess, P. Hshieh, Q. Dolecek, H. Pak, W. Gwynn, K. Maggio, A. Montemorano, J. Powers, D. Richards, L. Sperling, H. Wong and J. Yeager. Telemedicine Journal 5(4):375-383, 1999.

Multicenter patient self-reporting questionnaire on impotence, incontinence, and stricture after radical prostatectomy. T. Kao, D. Cruess, D. Garner, J. Foley, T. Seay, P. Friedrichs, J. Thrasher, R. Mooneyhan, D. McLeod, and J. Mohl. Journal of Urology 163(3):858-864, 2000

Effect of an evidence-based medicine seminar on participant's interpretations of clinical trials: A pilot study. P. Schoenfeld, D. Cruess, and W. Peterson. Academic Medicine 75:1212-1214, 2000.

Pregnancy rates after embryo transfer depend on the provider at embryo transfer. R. Hearns-Stokes, B. Miller, L. Scott, D. Cruess, P. Chakroborty, and J. Segars. Fertility and Sterility 74(1):80-86, 2000.

Randomized, cross-over comparison of two inactivated hepatitis A vaccines. J. Bryan, C. Henry, A. Hoffman, M. Camarca, J. South-Paul, J. Smith, B. Smith, D. Cruess, J. Spieker, and M. de Medina. Vaccine (England) 19(7-8):1212-1214, 2000.

The risk of Hepatitis C virus infection in the US military: A seroepidemiological survey of 21,000 troops. K. Hyams, J. Riddle, M. Rubertone, D. Trump, M. Alter, D. Cruess, and X. Han. American Journal of Epidemiology 153:764-770, 2000.

Etiologies of Hepatitis in Stann Creek District of Belize. J. Bryan, L. Reyes, S, Hakre, R. Gloria, G. Kishore, W. Tillett, R. Engle, S. Tsarev, D. Cruess, and R. Purcell. (accepted for publication in American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene )

Hospitalizations for fungal infections after initiation of chronic dialysis in the United States. K. Abbott, I. Hypolite, P. Hshieh, D. Cruess, and L. Agodoa. (accepted for publication in Nephron)

Bacterial Endocarditis after Initiation of Chronic Dialysis in the United States. Abbott KC, Duran M, Hypolite I, Hshieh P, Cruess D, Agodoa LY. (Accepted for publication in Nephron)

Etiology of Bacterial Septicemia in Patients at Initiation of Dialysis in the U.S. Abbott KC, Hypolite I, Hshieh P, Cruess D, Agodoa LY.(Accepted for publication in Clinical Nephrology, March 2001)

Impact of managed care on obstetrician-gynecologists' practice: the provider's prospective. Schifrin E, Jacobs A, Romans M, Cruess D, and Kelly R. (Accepted for publication in Women's Health Issues)

Hospitalizations for Congestive Heart Failure after Renal Transplantation in the United States. Abbott KC, Hypolite I, Taylor AJ, Hshieh P, Cruess D, Agodoa LYC. (Accepted for publication in Annals of Epidemiology)