Byron Casey Jaeger

Department of Biostatistics Voice: (865) 386-3839Ryals School of Public Healthbcjaeger@uab.eduThe University of Alabama at Birmingham1665 University Boulevard 35294-0022, USA

ContactInformation

Longitudinal/Multilevel data, R Programming, Statistical Learning, DeepResearchInterests Learning, Health Related Quality of Life, Obesity.

The University of North Carolina at Chapel HillEducation

Ph.D., Biostatistics, May 2017

Thesis: Extending R2 to the Generalized Linear Mixed ModelAdvisor: Lloyd J. Edwards

Furman University

B.S., Mathematics, magna cum laude, June 2012

ProfessionalExperience Carolina Population Center 2012 to 2014

The Cecil G. Sheps Center (PROMIS) 2014 to 2016UNC-CH Big Data to Knowledge 2016 to 2017

Graduate Research/Teaching Assistant

North Carolina Central University School of Business

Adjunct Professor 2016 to 2017

UNC CH School of Nursing

Statistical Consultant 2016 to 2017

Honors &Awards

Wylie Scholar in Mathematics, Furman University

Honor scholarship, Achiever scholarship, Furman University

Siemens Grant for Undergraduate Study

ENAR Distinguished Student Paper Award (2018): An R2 Statistic forCovariance Model Selection in the Linear Mixed Model

1 of 4 December 16, 2017

Memberships

American Statistical Association

Phi Beta Kappa

PeerReviewedPublications

Byron C. Jaeger, Lloyd J. Edwards, Kalyan Das, Pranab K. Sen, “AnR2 Statistic for Fixed Effects in the Generalized Linear Mixed Model,”In Press: Journal of Applied Statistics

Byron C Jaeger, Thomas Michael Lewis, “Enumerating Graph De-pletions,” In Press: Online Journal of Analytic Combinatorics

Dampier C, Jaeger B, Gross HE, Barry V, Edwards L, Lui Y, De-Walt DA, Reeve BB. “Responsiveness of PROMIS pediatric measuresto hospitalizations for sickle pain and subsequent recovery.” PediatrBlood Cancer. 2016 Feb 8. doi: 10.1002/pbc.25931.

Reeve BB, Edwards LJ, Jaeger BC, Hinds PS, Dampier C, Gipson DS,Selewski DT, Troost JP, Thissen D, Barry V, Gross HE, DeWalt DA.Assessing responsiveness over time of the PROMIS Pediatric symptomand function measures in cancer, nephrotic syndrome, and sickle celldisease. Quality of Life Research (accepted 08-28-2017).

Angela Smith, Byron C. Jaeger, Laura C. Pinheiro, Lloyd J. Ed-wards, Hung-Tui Tan, Matthew Nielsen, Bryce B. Reeve, “The impactof diagnosis and treatment on health-related quality of life among olderadults with bladder cancer. ” British Journal of Urology (accepted09-25-2017).

PublicationsUnder Review

Michael W. Clark, Guido Filler, Byron C. Jaeger, Yi Zhong, MariahFerris, “Comparing Methods for Estimating GFR during the TransitionPeriod in a Longitudinal Cohort”

InPreparation

Edwards, Lloyd J. and Gurka, Matthew J. and Muller, Keith E. andJaeger, Byron C., “Generalized Explained Variance in the Linear MixedModel”

Byron C. Jaeger, Lloyd J. Edwards, “Assessing the Impact of Covari-ance Model Selection with R2 Statistics for the Linear Mixed Model.”

Byron C. Jaeger, Ellie Richards, Brian Pitts, Michael W. Clark, DonnaGileskie, Yi Zhong, Mariah Ferris, “BMI associated with Cost of Carein Sickle Cell Patients”

2 of 4 December 16, 2017

Angela Smith, Byron C. Jaeger, Laura C. Pinheiro, Bryce B. Reeve,“Changes in Health-Related Quality of Life Among Older Adults withProstate Cancer: A Case-Control Study ”

Presentations

Byron C. Jaeger, Ellie Richards, Brian Pitts, Michael W. Clark, MariahFerris, Excess Weight associated with Cost of Care in Sickle Cell Pa-tients. Poster Presentation. Pediatric Academic Societies (PAS) 2017Meeting, May 6 - 9; San Francisco, CA.

Michael W. Clark, Guido Filler, Byron C. Jaeger, Yi Zhong, MariahFerris, Comparing Methods for Estimating GFR during the TransitionPeriod in a Longitudinal Cohort. Poster Presentation. World Congressof Nephrology 2017, April 21-25; Mexico City.

Le, T, Jaeger, B, Stoudemire, W., Wardrop, R. A Pilot Program inTeaching Cost and Value in Morning Reports. Poster presentation.American College of Physicians National Abstracts Competition, Amer-ican College of Physicians National Meeting., 2016, May 5-7; Washing-ton, D.C.

Le, T, Jaeger, B, Stoudemire, W., Wardrop, R. A Pilot Program inTeaching Cost and Value in Morning Reports. Poster presentation.American College of Physicians Regional Meeting., 2016, Feb. 26;Greensboro, NC.

Le, T, Jaeger, B, Klipstein C, Wilson, L, Wardrop, R. Medical studentsattitude on high value care: the barriers and solutions to integrate highvalue care to medical clerkships. Poster presentation. North CarolinaAcademy of Family Physicians Annual Meeting., 2015, Dec 4; Asheville,NC.

Le, T, Jaeger, B, Klipstein C, Wilson, L, Wardrop, R. Medical studentsattitude on high value care: the barriers and solutions to integrate highvalue care to medical clerkships. Poster presentation. UNC MedicalStudent Research Day., 2015, Nov 30; Chapel Hill, NC.

Jaeger, B, Bouzarth, L, Hutchison, R, Mathematics in the WeightRoom: Modeling the Tsunami Bar. Poster Presentation. Furman En-gaged! 2012, April 12; Greenville, SC.

Jaeger, B, Modeling River Systems Using The Pfafstetter System forWatershed Identification, A Colloquial Presentation. Furman Univer-sity Department of Mathematics, November 2011.

Jaeger, B, Ren, H, Drake, J, Measuring the Earth’s Fever. Poster Pre-sentation. Siemens Competition in Math, Science, and Technology Re-gional Finals., October 2007, Geogia Institute of Technology.

3 of 4 December 16, 2017

Software

Proficient in R, KnitR, R Markdown, SAS, and LATEX. Experienced inC++, Java, Stata, Python, and Matlab,

Jaeger B. and Ballarini N. Glimmix R2: A SAS Macro to extend R2

to the generalized linear mixed model using penalized quasi-likelihoodestimation.

Jaeger B. r2glmm: An R Package to compute model and semi-partialR2 with confidence limits for linear and generalized linear mixed models.

TeachingAssistant The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill,

Longitudinal Data Analyses (BIOS 667) Fall 2014, UNC-CH

Introduction to Biostatistics (BIOS 600) Fall 2015, UNC-CH

Intermediate Statistical Analyses (BIOS 662) Fall 2016, UNC-CH

BIOS 667 Guest Lecturer, Fall 2016, UNC CH

CoursesTaught North Carolina Central University School of Business,

Elementary Statistics (DSC 2010) Fall 2016, NCCU

Statistical Analysis (DSC 3020) Fall 2016, NCCU

Quantitative Methods (DSC 5010) Fall 2016, NCCU

Managerial Statistics (DSC 5020) Spring 2017, NCCU

Service

Youth Development Leader, 2012-2016, Grace Church of CH

Special Needs Buddy, 2016-Present, Grace Church of CH

Co-President, UNC Biostatistics Student Association, 2015-2016

4 of 4 December 16, 2017