Robert Douglas Abbott, PhD, FAHA, PStat®

Address:

Division of Biostatistics
University of Virginia School of Medicine
P. O. Box 800717
Charlottesville, VA 22908-0717

Telephone:  434-924-1687
Fax:  434-924-8437
email:  rda3e@virginia.edu

Current Appointments:

Professor of Biostatistics, Division of Biostatistics, University of Virginia School of Medicine, Charlottesville, Virginia, 1989-present.

Professor of Neurology, Department of Neurology, University of Virginia School of Medicine, Charlottesville, Virginia, 2012-present.

Visiting Professor, Department of Health Science, Shiga University of Medical Science, Otsu, Shiga, Japan, 2006-present.

Adjunct Professor, Department of Geriatric Medicine, John A. Burns School of Medicine, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, Hawaii, 2003-present.

Education:

PhD, University of Michigan, Department of Biostatistics, 1977.

MA, University of Michigan, Department of Statistics, 1974.

MPH, University of Michigan, Department of Biostatistics, 1974.

BS, Western Michigan University, Department of Mathematics, 1972.

Research Interests:

Biostatistics - Longitudinal and survival analysis, exact testing methods, quantile regression, generalized estimating equations.

Applications - Chronic disease epidemiology, coronary heart disease and stroke, Alzheimer's disease and vascular dementia, Parkinson's disease.

Selected Publications:

Abbott RD, Ross GW, Tanner CM, Andersen JK, Masaki KH, Rodriguez BL, White LR, Petrovitch H.  Late-life Hemoglobin and the Incidence of Parkinson’s Disease.  Neurobiology of Aging  33:914-920; 2012.

Abbott RD, Kadota A, Miura K, Hayakawa T, Kadowaki T, Okamura T, Okayama A, Masaki KH, Ueshima H. Impairments in Activities of Daily Living in Older Japanese Men in Hawaii and Japan. Journal of Aging Research doi: 10.4061/2011/324592, 2011.

Abbott RD, Ueshima H, Hozawa A, Okamura T, Kadowaki T, Miura K, Okuda N, Nakamura Y, Okayama A, Kita Y, Rodriguez BL, Yano K, Curb JD. Risk Factor Effects and Total Mortality in Older Japanese Men in Japan and Hawaii. Annals of Epidemiolology 18:913-918, 2008.

Abbott RD, Ueshima H, Rodriguez BL, Kadowaki T, Masaki KH, Willcox BJ, Sekikawa A, Kuller LH, Edmundowicz D, Shin C, Kashiwagi A, Nakamura Y, El-Saed A, Okamura T, White R, Curb JD. Coronary Artery Calcification in Japanese Men in Japan and Hawaii. American Journal of Epidemiology 166:1280-1287, 2007.

Abbott RD, Ueshima H, Masaki KH, Willcox BJ, Rodriguez BL, Ikeda A, Yano K, White LR, Curb JD. Coronary Artery Calcification and Total Mortality in Elderly Men. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society 55:1948-1954, 2007.

Abbott RD, Launer LJ, Rodriguez BL, Ross GW, Wilson PWF, Masaki KH, Strozyk D, Curb JD, Yano K, Popper JS, Petrovitch H. Serum Estradiol and Risk of Stroke in Elderly Men. Neurology 68:563-568, 2007.

Abbott RD, Ross GW, White LR, Tanner CM, Masaki KH, Nelson JS, Curb JD, Petrovitch H. Excessive Daytime Sleepiness and Subsequent Development of Parkinson’s Disease. Neurology 65:1442-1449, 2005.

Abbott RD, White LR, Ross GW, Masaki KH, Curb JD, Petrovitch H. Walking and Dementia in Physically Capable Elderly Men. Journal of the American Medical Assiciation 292:1447-1453, 2004.

Curb JD, Abbott RD, Rodriguez BL, Masaki KH, Chen R, Popper JS, Petrovitch H, Ross GW, Schatz IJ, Belleau GC, Yano K. High-Density Lipoprotein Cholesterol and the Future Risk of Stroke in Elderly Men: The Honolulu Heart Program. American Journal of Epidemiology 160:150-157, 2004.

Abbott RD, Ando F, Masaki KH, Tung KH, Rodriguez BL, Petrovitch H, Yano K, Curb JD. Dietary Magnesium Intake and the Future Risk of Coronary Heart Disease (The Honolulu Heart Program). American Journal of Cardiology 92:665-669, 2003.

Abbott RD, Curb JD, Rodriguez BL, Masaki KH, Popper JS, Ross GW, Petrovitch H. Age-Related Changes in Risk Factor Effects on the Incidence of Thromboembolic and Hemorrhagic Stroke. Journal of Clinical Epidemiology 56:479-486, 2003.

Abbott RD, Ross GW, White LR, Nelson JS, Masaki KH, Tanner CM, Curb JD, Blanchette PL, Popper JS, Petrovitch H. Mid-Life Adiposity and the Future Risk of Parkinson’s Disease. Neurology 59:1051-1057, 2002.

Abbott RD, Curb JD, Rodriguez BL, Masaki KH, Yano K, Schatz IJ, Ross GW, Petrovitch H. Age-Related Changes in Risk Factor Effects on the Incidence of Coronary Heart Disease. Annals of Epidemiology 12:173-181, 2002.

Abbott RD, Petrovitch H, Rodriguez BL, Yano K, Schatz IJ, Popper JS, Masaki KH, Ross GW, Curb JD. Ankle/Brachial Blood Pressure in Men >70 Years of Age and the Risk of Coronary Heart Disease. American Journal of Cardiology 86:280-284, 2000.

Ross GW, Abbott RD, Petrovitch H, Morens DM, Grandinetti A, Tung KH, Tanner CM, Masaki KH, Blanchette PL, Curb JD, Popper JS, White LR. Association of Coffee and Caffeine Intake With the Risk of Parkinson Disease. Journal of the American Medical Association 283:2674-2679, 2000.

Hakim AA, Petrovitch H, Burchfiel CM, Ross GW, Rodriguez BL, White L, Yano K, Curb JD, Abbott RD. Effects of Walking on Mortality Among Nonsmoking Retired Men. New England Journal of Medicine 338:94-99, 1998.