BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH
NAME
POSITION TITLE
Peter S. Wludyka
Professor, Department of Mathematics & Statistics, University
of North Florida/ Director of UNF Center for Research and
Consulting in Statistics/ Courtesy Clinical Associate Professor
in the College of Medicine,
University of Florida College of Medicine, Jacksonville
EDUCATION/TRAINING (Begin with baccalaureate or other initial professional education, such as nursing, and include postdoctoral training.)
INSTITUTION AND LOCATION
University of South Carolina
University of South Carolina
Clemson University, Clemson, S.C.
DEGREE
(if applicable)
BS
MS
Ph.D
YEAR(s)
1965
1975
1994
FIELD OF STUDY
Economics
Mathematics
Management Science
(concentration in
Statistics)
A. Positions
August 1993 –
august 1994
August 1994 –
August 1996
August 1996 –
July 2008
August 2008present
January 2002present
Lecturer in Mathematical Sciences
Department of Mathematical Sciences
Clemson University, Clemson SC
Visiting Assistant Professor in Statistics
Department of Mathematics and Statistics
University of North Florida, Jacksonville FL
Assistant/Associate Professor in Statistics
Department of Mathematics and Statistics
University of North Florida, Jacksonville FL
Professor in Statistics
Department of Mathematics and Statistics
University of North Florida, Jacksonville FL
Biostatistical Consultant to the Office of the Dean
University of Florida Health Sciences Center, Jacksonville
B. Selected peer-reviewed publications.
Books:
Nelson, P. R., Wludyka, P. S., and Copeland, K., The Analysis of Means: A Graphical Method for Comparing Means, Rates, and
Proportions, ASA-SIAM Series in Applied Probability and Statistics, 2005.
Selected Recent Papers Appearing in Journals
30+ peer reviewed papers on medicine, health, and health policy (plus 9 peer reviewed papers appearing in statistics journals not listed
here):
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Custodio,H., Masnita-Iusan, C,. Wludyka, P., Rathore, M., “Change in Rotavirus Epidemiology in Northeast Florida after the
Introduction of Rotavirus Vaccine,” The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal, August 2010
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O'Neill J, Scott C, Kissoon N, Wludyka P, Wears R, Luten R., “Pediatric self-inflating resuscitators: The dangers of improper
setup”, J Emerg Med. 2009 May 16. [Epub ahead of print].
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Bautista RE, Glen ET, Shetty NK, Wludyka P., “The association between health literacy and outcomes of care among epilepsy
patients,” Seizure. 2009 Mar 24. [Epub ahead of print].
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Mirza A, Subedar A, Fowler SL, Murray DL, Arnold S, Tristram D, Abuelreish M, Wludyka P, Chiu TT, Rathore MH.,
“Influenza vaccine: awareness and barriers to immunization in families of children with chronic medical conditions other than
asthma”, South Med J. 2008 Nov;101(11):1101-5.
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Bautista, RE, Tannahill, GE, Wludyka, PS, hetty, NK “Risk Factors Associated with Utilization of Healthcare Resources among
Epilepsy Patients, Epilepsy Research, March 2008, Vol. 79, p 120-129.
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David Wood, William Livingood,Nancy Winterbauer, Quincy Mccaskill, Tao Hou, Peter Wludyka, "A Multi-Method
Assessment of Satisfaction with Services in the Medical Home by Parents of Children with Special Health Care Needs
(CSHCN)", Maternal and Child Health Journal, February 2008 [early epub].
Wood, D., Hall, A., Tao,H., Wludyka, P., Zhang, J., “Continuity of Care to Prevent Emergency Room use among Persons with
Intellectual and Developmental Disabilties,” Journal of Policy and Practice in Intellectual Disabilities, Vol. 4, No. 4, (December
2007), pp 219-228.
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Luis A Guzman, MD. Marco A Costa, MD, PhD. Dominick J Angiolillo, MD, PhD. Martin Zenni, MD. Peter Wludyka, PhD,
Scott Silliman, MD, Theodore A Bass, MD, “A Systematic Review of Outcomes in Patients with Staged Carotid Artery Stenting
and Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Surgery”, Stroke, Feb 2008, 39(2),p361-5.
Ochoa, Juan, and Wludyka, Peter, “Teaching Seizure Disorders: A Comparison between Traditional versus Interactive Web
Based program,” Teaching and Learning in Medicine, 2007, April 2008, 20(2), p 114-117.
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Tolaymat, LL, Gonzales-Quintero, VH, Sanchez-Ramos, L, Kaunitz, A, Wludyka, P, O’Sullivan, MJ, and Martin, D, “Cervical
length and the risk of spontaneous labor at term. J Perinatol. 2007 Dec;27(12):749-53.
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Livingood, W., Woodhouse, L., and Wludyka., P., "Implementation of Possession Laws and the Social Ecology of Tobacco
Control," Health, Education and Behavior, December, 2007 [epublished ahead of print].
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Abuelreish M, Subedar A, Chiu T, Wludyka P, and Rathore M, “Increase in invasive pneumococcal disease in children
associated with shortage of heptavalent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine,” Clinical Pediatrics, 2007 Jan;46(1):45-52.
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Pavlovic C, Futamatsu H, Angiolillo DJ, Guzman LA, Wilke N, Siragusa D, Wludyka P, Percy R,, Northrup M, Bass TA, Costa
MA, “Quantitative contrast enhanced magnetic resonance imaging for the evaluation of peripheral arterial disease: a comparative
study versus standard digital angiography”, International Journal of Cardiovascular Imaging, 2006 Jul 27; [Epub ahead of
print].
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Bellows CF, Alder A, Wludyka P, and Jaffe BM, “Modulation of macrophage nitric oxide production by prostaglandin D2,”
Journal of Surgical Research, 2006 May;132(1):92-7. Epub 2005 Nov 14.
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Ramon Bautista and Peter Wludyka, “Factors Associated with Employment in Epilepsy Patients,” Epilepsy & Behavior, 2006,
to appear (2006 Nov 20; [Epub ahead of print]).
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McCaskill, Quimby, Kirk, Jim; Zenni, Elisa; Chiu, Thomas; Barata, Dawn; Wludyka, Peter, “USMLE Step 1 Scores as a
Significant Predictor of Future Board Passage in Pediatrics,” Ambulatory Pediatrics, March-April 2007.
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Ramon Bautista and Peter Wludyka, “Prevalence And Factors Associated With Driving Among Epilepsy Patients,” Epilepsy &
Behavior, 2006 Dec; 9(4):625-31 [Epub 2006 Oct 6].
C. Selected Funded Research Activities/Support.
Biostatistical Consultant, University of Florida, January, 2002 – 2010. Role: Consulting services to the UF Health Sciences
Center, Jacksonville, FL. $60,000 / year.
Senior Statistical Consultant, Medical Home, 2005-January 30, 2007.
Southern Community Cohort Study, 2001-2005. Role: Principal investigator for UNF CRCS portion and project co-investigator
for collaborative work carried out by UNF. This is a portion of an NIH/NCI study done by a consortium headed by Vanderbilt
University.
Southern Community Cohort Study (Pilot) Follow-up, 2001. Role: Principal Investigator.
Participated in the Florida Tobacco Pilot Program grants. The principal investigator for this series of grants was Bill Livingood,
UNF College of Health.