Joe Massaro

Assistant Professor of

Epidemiology and Biostatistics

Phone   (617) 638-7728

Fax       (617) 617-353-4767

E-mail   jmm@bu.edu

Mailing Address

Statistics and Consulting Unit

Department of Mathematics and Statistics

111 Cummington Street

Boston, MA 02215

Degrees:      B.A. Mathematics, Boston College (1985);
                    M.A. Mathematics/Statistics, Boston University (1989);
                    Ph.D. Mathematics/Statistics, Boston University (1994)


Research Interests:

•           Clinical Trials
•           Psychiatric Rehabilitation
•           Cardiovascular Disease
•           Goodness-of-fit
•           Observational Studies

Professional Activities:

•           Biostatistician and Data Manager at the Framingham Study
•           Statistician and Data Manager at the BU Center for Psychiatric Rehabilitation
•           Member, American Statistical Association (ASA), Biopharmaceutical Section
            of the ASA, Boston Chapter of the ASA; Member, Drug Information
            Association (DIA); Member, Society of Clinical Trials (SCT).
•           Reviewer, Statistics in Medicine.
•           10-years Experience in Clinical Trials (Director of Statistical Operations for
            a Contract Research Organization)

Honors and Awards:

•           Boston University School of Public Health Excellence in Teaching Award, 1997.
•           Teaching Fellow of the Year Award, Boston University Mathematics Department, 1988.

Selected Publications:

D’Agostino, R.B., Massaro, J.M.
(1991). Chapter 13, "Goodness-of-fit Tests" in Handbook of the Logistic Distribution, N. Balakrishnan
ed. Marcel Dekker. New York.

D'Agostino, R.B., Massaro, J., Kwan, H., and Cabral, H.
(1993). Strategies for dealing with multiple treatment comparisons in confirmatory clinical trials. Drug
Information Journal, 27, 625-641.

Massaro, J.
(1994). Goodness-of-Fit Tests for the Logistic Distribution (Thesis)

Sulak, P., Lippman, J., Siu, C., Massaro, J., Godwin, A., Brennan, V.
(1999). Clinical Comparison of Triphasic Norgestimate/35 mg Ethinyl Estradiol and Monophasic
Norethindrone Acetate/20 mg Ethinyl Estradiol: Cycle Control, Lipid Effects, and User Satisfaction.
Contraception. 59(3), 161-166.

Caton, J.G., Ciancio, S.G., Blieden, T.M., Bradshaw, M., Crout, R.J., Hefti, A.F., Massaro, J.M., Polson, A.M., Thomas, J.,
Walker, C.
(2000). Treatment with subantimicrobial dose doxycycline improves the efficacy of scaling and root
planing in patients with adult periodontitis. J Periodontol. 71(4), 521-532.

Stec J.J., Silbershatz, H.,Tofler, G.H., Matheney T.H., Sutherland, P.,Lipinska,I., Massaro J.M., Wilson, P.F.W.,Muller, J.E., D’Agostino, R.B.
(2000). Association of Fibrinogen with Cardiovascular Risk Factors and Cardiovascular Disease
in the Framingham Offspring Population. Recently Accepted for Publication in Circulation.

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