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Nicole Bohme Carnegie

Curriculum vitae

EDUCATION

2009       PhD        Statistics, University of Washington

2008       MS         Statistics, University of Washington

2005       BA         Mathematics (Statistics concentration), Magna cum Laude, St. Olaf College

PROFESSIONAL APPOINTMENTS

2017 – present     Assistant Professor of Statistics, Department of Mathematical Sciences, Montana State University

2014 – 2017          Assistant Professor of Biostatistics, Zilber School of Public Health, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee

2012 – 2014          Research Associate, Department of Biostatistics, Harvard School of Public Health

2010 – 2012          Research Assistant Professor, Department of Humanities and Social Sciences and Center for the                                            Promotion of Research Involving Innovative Statistical Methodology, New York University

PUBLICATIONS

Peer-reviewed publications

2019    Carnegie, NB, Dorie, V, and Hill, JH. Examining treatment effect heterogeneity using BART. Observational Studies. Forthcoming.

2019    Carnegie, NB and Wu, J. Variable selection and parameter tuning for BART modeling in the Fragile Families Challenge. Socius Forthcoming.

2019    Carnegie, NB. Contributions of model features to BART causal inference performance using ACIC 2016 competition data. Statistical Science 34(1):90-93.

2018    Harley AE, Lemke MA, Brazauskas R, Carnegie NB, Bokowy LA and Kingery L. Youth Chef Academy: Pilot results from a plant-based culinary and nutrition literacy program for 6th and 7th graders. Journal of School Health 88(12):893-902.

2018    Carnegie NB. Effects of contact network structure on epidemic transmission trees: implications for data required to estimate network structure. Statistics in Medicine 37(2): 236-248.

2016    Carnegie NB, Wang, R and De Gruttola V. Estimation of the overall treatment effect in the presence of interference in cluster-randomized trials of infectious disease prevention. Epidemiologic Methods 5(1):57-68.

2016    Dorie V, Harada M, Carnegie NB, and Hill J. A Flexible, interpretable framework for assessing sensitivity to unmeasured confounding. Statistics in Medicine 35(20):3453-3470.

2016    Carnegie NB, Harada M and Hill JL. Assessing sensitivity to unmeasured confounding using simulated potential confounders. Journal of Research on Educational Effectiveness 9(3):395-420.

2015    Carnegie NB, Krivitsky PN, Hunter DR and Goodreau SM. An approximation method for improving dynamic network model fitting. Journal of Computational and Graphical Statistics 24(2):502-519.

2015    Carnegie NB, Goodreau SM, Liu A, Vittinghoff E, Sanchez J, Lama JR, Buchbinder SP. Targeting of pre-exposure prophylaxis among men who have sex with men in the United States and Peru: partnership types, contact rates, and sexual role.  Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes 69(1):119-125.

2014    Goodreau SM, Carnegie NB, Vittinghoff E, Lama JR, Sanchez J, Fuchs J and Buchbinder SP. Can male circumcision have an impact on the HIV epidemic in men who have sex with men? PLoS ONE 9(7):e102960.

2014    Carnegie NB, Wang R, Novitsky, V and De Gruttola V. Linkage of viral sequences among HIV-infected village residents in Botswana: estimation of linkage rates in the presence of missing data. PLoS Computational Biology 10(1):e1003430.

2012    Goodreau SM, Carnegie NB, Vittinghoff E, et al. What drives the US and Peruvian HIV epidemics in men who have sex with men (MSM)? PLoS ONE 7(11):e50522.

2012    Carnegie NB and Morris M. Size matters: Concurrency and the epidemic potential of HIV in small networks. PLoS ONE 7(8):e43048.

2011    Kleit, RG and Carnegie NB. Integrated or isolated? The impact of public housing redevelopment on social network homophily. Social Networks 33(2):152-165. 

2011    Carnegie NB. Bootstrap confidence intervals and bias correction in the estimation of HIV incidence from surveillance data with testing for recent infection. Statistics in Medicine, 30(8):854-865.

2006    Ingkanisorn WP, Kwong RY, Bohme NS, Geller NL, et al. Prognosis of negative adenosine stress magnetic resonance in patients presenting to an emergency department with chest pain.  Journal of the American College of Cardiology 47:1427-1432.

Non-peer-reviewed publications

2019    Carnegie, NB. Review of Quantitative Methods in HIV/AIDS Research, Cliburn Chan, Michael G. Hudgens, and Shein-Chung Chow, eds.  The American Statistician 73(2):209-210.

Submitted manuscripts

2019    Fragile Families Challenge Team. Measuring the predictability of life outcomes with a scientific mass collaboration. Science.

GRANT FUNDING

2019-2023     Modeling and simulation tools for optimizing design of network-informed clinical trials of combination

                        HIV prevention interventions (Carnegie PI)

                        NIH R01AI147441, Total: $2,062,556

                        Role: Principal Investigator

2019               Teaching written communication of statistical results in the upper-division applied core.

                        Writing Across MSU Teaching Grant, Montana State University, Total $6,000

                        Role: PI and sole investigator

2018               Prevalence of Lactose Intolerance on the Fort Peck Indian Reservation (Hunts and Coon, PIs)

                        Montana INBRE, Total: $102,000

                        Role: Co-Investigator

2017-2021     Increasing PrEP use in high-risk social networks of African American MSM in underserved low-uptake 

                        cities (Kelly and Amirkhanian PIs)

                        NIH R01NR017572, Total: $2,768,736

                        Role: Subcontract PI

2015-2019      Methods to Advance the HIV Prevention Research Agenda (De Gruttola PI)

                         NIH R37AI051164, Total: $1,757,588

                         Role: Subcontract PI

2016-2017      Repeat STI Patients: Tailored Socio-contextual Intervention to Reduce HIV Risk (Weinhardt PI)

                         NIH R01MH089129, Total: $2,920,035

                         Role: Co-Investigator

2016-2017      Life Course Energy Balance and Breast Cancer Risk in Black/White Women Under 50 (Velie PI)

                        NIH R01CA136861, Total: $4,597,812

                        Role: Co-Investigator

2012-2015      Methods to Advance the HIV Prevention Research Agenda (De Gruttola PI)

                         NIH R37AI051164, Total: $1,590,775

                         Role: Co-Investigator

SOFTWARE

treatSens         R package for sensitivity analysis in causal inference

                          Current: Version 2.1.3, published 3/8/2018

                          (cran.r-project.org/web/packages/treatSens/index.html)

TEACHING EXPERIENCE        

Montana State University, Instructor of Record

            Statistical Computing and Graphical Analysis (Spring and Fall 2019)

            Biostatistical Data Analysis (UG, co-convened) (Fall 2018)

            Biostatistics (G, co-convened) (Fall 2018)

            Experimental Design (Spring 2018)

            Methods of Data Analysis I (Fall 2017, 2019)

Montana State University, Supervisor for Multi-Section Course

            Introduction to Statistics (Spring 2019, Fall 2019)

Montana State University, Guest Lectures

            “Presenting your scholarly work: oral presentations” – Mathematical Sciences Graduate Student Professional             Development Workshop Series (Spring 2019)

University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Instructor of Record

            Introduction to Biostatistics (Fall 2016)

            Biostatistics and Applications for Nursing Practice (Fall 2015)

            Analyzing Observational and Experimental Data (Spring 2015-2017) (Developed course)

University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Guest Lectures

            “Social network analysis and social support” – Health Behavior (Spring 2017)

            “Statistical analysis using SPSS” – Capstone (Spring 2016)

New York University, Instructor of Record

            Basic Statistics (Spring 2011)

            Epidemiology (Spring 2010)

            Statistical Analysis of Social Networks (Winter 2010) (Developed course)

St. Olaf College, Co-Instructor       

            Global Health and Biostatistics (Winter 2007)

INVITED PRESENTATIONS

2019    Carnegie, NB. “Optimizing HIV prevention interventions through epidemic modeling”, Kopriva Lecture Series, Montana State University, Date TBD.

2019    Carnegie NB. “Stepped-wedge Trial Designs”, American Indian Alaska Native Clinical Translational Research Program Biostats Brownbag Series, May 28.

2018    Carnegie NB, Dorie V, Harada M, and Hill J.  “Sensitivity analysis in multilevel models”, Joint Statistical Meetings, July 28-August 2.

2018    Carnegie NB and Hill J.  “Treatment effect heterogeneity using BART”, Empirical Investigation of Methods for Heterogeneity Workshop, May 23.

2017    Carnegie NB. “Predictive modeling with BART in the Fragile Families Challenge”, Fragile Families Challenge Workshop, November 16-17.

2017    Carnegie NB, Wang R, and De Gruttola V.  “Estimation of causal effects in randomized trials of infectious disease prevention with general interference”, Montana Chapter of the American Statistical Association Annual Meeting, October 13.

2017    Carnegie NB, Wang R, and De Gruttola V.  “Estimation of causal effects in randomized trials of infectious disease prevention with general interference”, Joint Statistical Meetings, July 29-August 3.

2015    Carnegie NB, Wang R, and De Gruttola V.  “Estimation of the overall treatment effect in the presence of interference in cluster-randomized trials of infectious disease prevention,” Seminar Series, Division of Biostatistics, Medical College of Wisconsin, October 20.

2015    Carnegie NB, Wang R, and De Gruttola V.  “Accounting for interference between clusters in CRTs of infectious disease prevention,” Atlantic Causal Inference Conference, May 20-21.

2014    Carnegie NB. “Social networks in health research,” SAMSI Undergraduate Modeling Workshop, May 19-23.

2014    Carnegie NB, Wang R, Novitsky V, and De Gruttola, V. “Viral genetic linkage analysis in cluster randomized trials: estimation of linkage rates in the presence of missing data,” New England Statistics Symposium, Boston, Massachusetts, April 25-26.

2013    Carnegie NB, Wang R, Novitsky V, and De Gruttola, V. “Viral genetic linkage among HIV-infected village residents in Botswana: estimation of linkage rates in the presence of missing data,” Applied Statistics Seminar, PRIISM Center, New York University, September 19.

2011    Carnegie NB. “A Bayesian model for estimation of HIV incidence using prevalence surveillance data,” Statistics and Probability Seminar, University of Massachusetts – Amherst, September 19.

2011    Carnegie NB. “Issues surrounding estimation of HIV incidence from surveillance data with testing for recent infection,” Preventive Medicine and Community Health Seminar, University of Medicine and Dentistry New Jersey, January 14.

CONTRIBUTED PRESENTATIONS

2017    Carnegie NB. “Drivers of network structure in sexual contact networks: implications for disease modeling,” XXXVII Sunbelt Social Networks Conference, May 30-June 4.

2016    Carnegie NB, Dorie V, Harada M, and Hill J. “Assessing sensitivity to unmeasured confounding in multilevel models using a simulated potential confounder,” Joint Statistical Meetings, July 30-August 4.

2016    Carnegie NB, Dorie V, Harada M, and Hill J. “Sensitivity analysis for multilevel models,” Atlantic Causal Inference Conference, May 25-27.

2015    Carnegie NB. “Potential for detection of contact network structure from epidemic transmission trees” (poster) NIAID Workshop on Infectious Disease Research: Quantitative Methods and Models in the Era of Big Data, November 9-10.

2015    Carnegie NB, Wang R, and De Gruttola V. “Estimation of the treatment effect in the presence of interference in cluster-randomized trials of infectious disease prevention,” Joint Statistical Meetings, August 8-13.

2014    Carnegie NB, Wang R, and De Gruttola V. “Estimation of the overall treatment effect in the presence of interference in cluster-randomized trials of infectious disease prevention” (poster), Atlantic Causal Inference Conference, May 15-16.

2014    Carnegie NB and Goyal R. “Estimation of contact network properties using multiple epidemic data sources,” XXXIV Sunbelt Social Networks Conference, St. Pete Beach, Florida, February 18-23.

2013    Carnegie NB, Wang R, Novitsky V, and De Gruttola, V. “Estimation of viral genetic linkage rates in the presence of missing data,” Joint Statistical Meetings, Montreal, Quebec, August 3-8.

2013    Carnegie NB. “Detection of contact network clustering from epidemic transmission trees,” XXXIII Sunbelt Social Networks Conference, Hamburg, Germany, May 21-26.

2012    Goodreau SM, Carnegie NB, Vittinghoff E, Lama JR, Sanchez J, Koblin BA, Grinsztejn B, Mayer KH, and Buchbinder S. “What drives the US and Peruvian HIV epidemics in men who have sex with men (MSM)?” (Poster MOPE143), XIX International AIDS Conference, Washington, D.C., July 22-27.

2011    Carnegie NB. “A Bayesian model for estimation of HIV incidence using serial prevalence data,” Joint Statistical Meetings, Miami, Florida, July 30 - August 4.

2011    Carnegie NB, Krivitsky P, Hunter D, and Goodreau SM.  “Cross-sectional approximation to STERGM parameters,” XXXI Sunbelt Social Networks Conference, St. Pete Beach, Florida, February 8-13.

2009    Carnegie NB. “Issues surrounding estimation of HIV incidence from surveillance data with testing for recent infection,” Joint Statistical Meetings, Washington, D.C., August 1-6.

2009    Carnegie NB and Morris M. “Concurrency, connectivity and HIV transmission in small networks,” XXIX Sunbelt Social Networks Conference, San Diego, California, March 10-15.

2008    Carnegie NB and Morris M. “Estimation of HIV incidence in sub-Saharan Africa,” University of Washington Graduate Research Symposium, Seattle, Washington, April 4.

AWARDS AND HONORS

2019             Winner, Atlantic Causal Inference Conference Data Analysis Competition

2018             Winner, Atlantic Causal Inference Conference Data Analysis Competition

2017             Innovation Award, Fragile Families Challenge

2016             Winner, “Is Your SATT Where It’s At?” data analysis competition, ACIC

2011             Young Investigator Award, ASA Section on Statistics in Epidemiology

2005-2006    NSF VIGRE Graduate Fellowship, University of Washington

2005             Gertrude Cox Scholarship Honorable Mention, American Statistical Association

2005             Phi Beta Kappa, St. Olaf College

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

2018             Early Career Faculty Success Certificate, Montana State University, Bozeman, MT.

2015             Health Equity Leadership Institute, The University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Medicine and Public Health & The University of Maryland School of Public Health, Madison, WI.

2011             NISS/ASA Writing Workshop, Joint Statistical Meetings, Miami, FL.

SERVICE

Service to the university: 

2018 – 2020       Colloquium Committee, Department of Mathematical Sciences

2018 – 2019       Co-Chair, Curriculum Committee, Statistics Program

 [Note: following is service to UWM, but within credited years of service] 

2016 – 2017       Search & Screen Committee, Zilber School of Public Health

2015 – 2017       Graduate Program Committee, Zilber School of Public Health

2014 – 2015       MPH Coordinating Committee, Zilber School of Public Health

Service to the profession:

2019-2021          Secretary/Treasurer, ASA Section on Statistics in Epidemiology

2018-2019          Vice President, Montana Chapter of the ASA

2017-2019          Council of Chapters representative, Montana Chapter of the ASA

2017-2018          Secretary, Montana Chapter of the ASA

2009 – present    Member, Statistics without Borders

Referee since:

2019    Social Networks

2018    PLoS Computational Biology

2017    Journal of Educational and Behavioral Statistics

2016    Annals of Applied Statistics

2015    Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes

2015    Annals of Epidemiology

2014    Journal of Mathematical Sociology

2014    BMC Bioinformatics

2014    Emerging Themes in Epidemiology

2013    PLoS ONE

2012    Sociological Methodology

2012    Statistical Communications in Infectious Diseases

2011    Open AIDS Journal

2011    Social Forces

Grant reviewer:

2019                National Institutes of Health, Biostatistical Methods and Research Design Study Section Temporary Member

2016-17           Poland National Science Center PRELUDIUM grant program

2015                Netherlands ZonMw TOP grant program

Graduate student advising:

Community Service and Outreach:

2018-2019     Volunteer, Expanding Your Horizons STEM outreach event for middle school girls

Pro-bono consulting with Statistics Without Borders

2018               Team leader, Assessment of Health Kindergarten Initiative for The Food Trust

2018               Impact assessment of project PEACE (school enrollment) for AVSI Foundation

2014               Network analysis of agencies in Ebola response for Digital Humanitarian Network

2012               Modeling acute malnutrition caseload in western Africa for UNICEF West and Central Africa Regional Office

2011               Sampling plans for International Rescue Committee survey in Rwanda

CONSULTING

2011                   World Health Organization, Department of Immunization & Biologicals, Geneva, Switzerland.

2009 – 2010       Population Services International, Gaborone, Botswana.

2008 – 2009       Relevant Strategies, Seattle, WA.

2005                   World Health Organization, Department of Immunization & Biologicals, Geneva, Switzerland.

 LANGUAGES

 Spanish: conversational, read well, write with dictionary

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS

 2004-present  American Statistical Association