Dr. Donald R. Hoover has over 40 years of experience in statistics and epidemiology, and extensive expertise in complex statistical analysis, mentorship and statistical training. His applied research has focused on infectious diseases, modeling/analysis of longitudinal data on disease, behavior and expenditures in large observational data sets. He has led clinical trials on antiretroviral prophylaxis to prevent mother-to-child HIV transmission. His theoretical statistical work has focused on behavior cluster studies, survival analysis, multiple comparisons, competing risks, comparative Poisson designs and methods for observational research.
Dr. Hoover has a PhD in Statistics from Stanford University and an MPH in Epidemiology from the University of California, Los Angeles. He is a Professor in Statistics at Rutgers University and a member of the Institute for Health, Health Care Policy and Aging Research.