Abbreviated Curriculum Vitae

CJ Alverson

 

Education:

(1987) BS (Applied Mathematics, cum laude, Georgia Institute of Technology)

(1989) MS (Applied Mathematics, Georgia Institute of Technology)

(1996) MS (Biostatistics, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill)

 

Employment/Teaching:

(2003-Present)

 Mathematical Statistician (CDC/National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities)

(2000-2003)

Biostatistician (EDS/CDC)

(1996-2000)

Biostatistician (KAG/CDC)

(1998-Present)

Instructor (Adjunct) of Mathematics (Kennesaw State Univ.)

(1991-1994)

Instructor of Mathematics (Kennesaw State College)

 

University of North Carolina (Chapel Hill, NC)

NIH, Env. Health Statistics Program Pre-doctoral Fellowship

Course Assistant (Sample Survey Design Theory) to Dr. William Kalsbeek

 

Kennesaw State College

Faculty Advisor, Blue Key National Honor Society, 1991-1994

Outstanding Faculty Advisor Award, 1994

Faculty Member, Blue Key National Honor Fraternity, 1991-1994

Advisor, CAPS

Georgia Institute of Technology

Golden Key National Honor Society

(GBF) Gamma Beta Phi National Honor Society

(FES) Phi Eta Sigma National Honor Society

Student Government Association

Graduate Student Government Association

US Japan Society (Charter President)

Student SIAM Chapter (Charter President)

STEP Program Tutor

School of Mathematics Graduate Teaching Assistant

Web Pages

 

CJ Alverson's Ugly Statistics Resource Page. Alverson, CJ, updated and published online at www.mindspring.com/~cjalverson. Completely documented course pages. (1998-Present.)

Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS): Adult Self-Reported Lifetime and Current Asthma Prevalence. Moorman, J, Falter, KF, Alverson, CJ. Online at: http://www.cdc.gov/nceh/airpollution/asthma/brfss/brfssdata.htm , http://www.cdc.gov/nceh/airpollution/asthma/brfss99/brfssdata.htm

 

Articles

Alverson, Clinton J., Strickland, Matthew J., Gilboa, Suzanne M., Correa, Adolfo. Maternal Smoking and Congenital Heart Defects in the Baltimore-Washington Infant Study. Pediatrics 2011 127: e647-e653

Matthew E. Oster MD, Tiffany Riehle-Colarusso MD, Clinton J. Alverson MS and Adolfo Correa MD, PhD. Associations Between Maternal Fever and Influenza and Congenital Heart Defects. The Journal of Pediatrics - 24 January 2011 (10.1016/j.jpeds.2010.11.058)

Survey of Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practice Management Patterns of Atlanta-Area Obstetricians Regarding Stillbirth Wes Duke, Mikyong Shin, Adolfo Correa, Clinton J. Alverson. Women's Health Issues - September 2010 (Vol. 20, Issue 5, Pages 366-370, DOI: 10.1016/j.whi.2010.06.004)

Reporting birth defects surveillance data 1968-2003. Correa A, Cragan JD, Kucik JE, Alverson CJ, Gilboa SM, Balakrishnan R, Strickland MJ, Duke CW, O'Leary LA, Riehle-Colarusso T, Siffel C, Gambrell D, Thompson D, Atkinson M, Chitra J. Birth Defects Res A Clin Mol Teratol. 2007 Feb;79(2):65-186. Erratum in: Birth Defects Res A Clin Mol Teratol. 2008 Jan;82(1):41-62.

 

 

Use of Spline Regression in an Analysis of Maternal Prepregnancy Body Mass Index and Adverse Birth Outcomes: Does It Tell Us More Than We Already Know? Suzanne M. Gilboa, Adolfo Correa, Clinton J. Alverson. Annals of epidemiology 1 March 2008 (volume 18 issue 3 Pages 196-205 DOI: 10.1016/j.annepidem.2007.09.005) 
 

Are encephaloceles neural tube defects? Rowland CA, Correa A, Cragan JD, Alverson CJ. Pediatrics. 2006 Sep;118(3):916-23.

 

Does a Multifaceted Environmental Intervention Alter the Impact of Asthma on Inner-City Children? Seymour G. Williams, MD; Clive M. Brown, MBBS; Kenneth H. Falter, PhD; Clinton J. Alverson, MSc;

Carol Gotway-Crawford, PhD; David Homa, PhD; Donna S. Jones, MD; E. Kathleen Adams, PhD and Stephen C. Redd, MD Journal of the National Medical Association Vol. 98, No. 2, February 2006 pp 249-260

 

 

Cardiorespiratory hospitalizations associated with smoke exposure during the 1997 Southeast Asian forest fires. JA Mott, DM Mannino, CJ Alverson, A Kiyu, J Hashim, T Lee, K Falter, SC Redd. International Journal of Hygiene and Environmental Health, 2005, Vol. 208, Iss. 1-2, pp 75-85

 

Epidemiology of gastroschisis in metropolitan Atlanta, 1968 through 2000. Williams LJ, Kucik JE, Alverson CJ, Olney RS, Correa A. Birth Defects Res A Clin Mol Teratol. 2005 Mar;73(3):177-83.

 

Prenatal diagnosis, pregnancy termination, and prevalence of Down syndrome in Atlanta. Siffel C, Correa A, Cragan J, Alverson CJ. Birth Defects Research (Part A) (2004)70:565–571.

 

Sex differences in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and lung cancer mortality trends―United States, 1968–1999. Kazerouni NN, Alverson CJ, Redd SC, Mott JA, Mannino DM.. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 2003;167(7):A946.

 

The 1997 Malaysian forest fires: respiratory hospitalizations in persons with a history of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Mott JA,  Alverson CJ, Mannino DM, Kiyu A, Hashim J, Falter K, Redd SC. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 2003;167(7):A498.

 

State asthma prevalence rates and risk factors for adults from the 2000 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System. Gwynn RC, Moorman JE, Alverson CJ, Mannion DM, Redd SC. Resp Crit Care Med 2002;165(8):A488. 

 

An Intermediate Approach to the Use of technology in Teaching : An Active, Case-Based, Web-Based Approach in Teaching Introductory Statistics. Alverson, CJ. Published online on the Reaching Through Teaching online journal. (Fall 2001)

 

National vehicle emissions policies and practices and declining carbon monoxide-related mortality in the United States, 1968 to 1998. Mott JA, Wolfe MI, Alverson CJ, Macdonald S, Baily, CR, Ball LB, Moorman J, Somers JH, Mannino D, Redd SC. Journal of the American Medical Association 2002; 288: 8. Online at: http://jama.ama-assn.org/issues/v288n8/abs/joc10799.html

 

Smoking and Cotinine Levels Among Children in an Asthma Intervention. Seymour Williams, Kenneth Falter, CJ Alverson, Tom Bernert. National Center For Environmental Health, CDC, Atlanta, Georgia. (2002)

 

Risk Factors for Asthma in US Adults: Results from the 2000 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System. R. Charon Gwynn, Jeanne E. Moorman, David M Mannino, Earl S. Ford, CJ Alverson, Stephen C Redd, National Center For Environmental Health, CDC, Atlanta, Georgia. (January 2002)

 

State Asthma Prevalence Rates and Risk Factors for Adults from the 2000 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System.  RC Gwynn, JE Moorman, CJ Alverson, DM Mannino, SC Redd, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Atlanta, GA, USA. (October 2001)

 

A Public Health Perspective: Traumatic Brain Injury in the United States. Thurman, DJ, Alverson, CJ, et al. Journal of Head Trauma Rehabilitation. Vol 14 (no.6). December 1999.

 

The epidemiology of traumatic brain injury among children and adolescents. Dunn KA, Thurman DJ, Alverson CJ. In: National Institutes of Health. Report of the NIH Consensus Development Conference of the Rehabilitation of Persons with Traumatic Brain Injury. Bethesda, MD: National Institutes of Health; 1999:B1-B21. Online at: http://www.nichd.nih.gov/publications/pubs/traumatic/Appendix_B.htm

 

Traumatic Brain Injury in the United States: A Report to Congress Thurman, DJ, Alverson, CJ, et al, October 1998. Online at: http://www.neuroskills.com/index.shtml?main=/tbi/congreport.shtml

 

Posters

Demonstration of Web Dashboard Concepts – MACDP. Clinton J (CJ) Alverson. NBDPN 2009: Advances and Opportunities for Birth Defects Surveillance, Research, & Prevention

Congenital Heart Defects and Associated Anomalies in Atlanta. A Miller, T Riehle-Colarusso, C.J. Alverson, JL Frías, C Siffel, A Correa. NBDPN 2009: Advances and Opportunities for Birth Defects Surveillance, Research, & Prevention

Requirements for Reliable Estimation of Prevalence of Birth Defects. CJ Alverson, Cara Mai, and Adolfo Correa. NBDPN 2008: Advances and Opportunities for Birth Defects Surveillance, Research, & Prevention

 

Is Prior Pregnancy Loss Associated with an Increased Risk for Birth Defects? James E Kucik, CJ Alverson, Adolfo Correa. NBDPN 2008: Advances and Opportunities for Birth Defects Surveillance, Research, & Prevention

 

Spina bifida prevalence among children and adolescents in metropolitan Atlanta, 1979-2002. Lilah M. Besser, MSPH, Adolfo Correa, MD, PhD, and C.J. Alverson, MS. APHA 2005 Meeting.

 

Prevalence of Maternal Diabetes in Metro Atlanta, 1968-2000. Jennifer Lynn Williams, C.J. Alverson, Kathryn B. Anderson, Margaret A. Watkins, Adolfo Correa. NBDPN 2004: Advances and Opportunities for Birth Defects Surveillance, Research, & Prevention

 

Spatial Analysis of Birth Defects in Atlanta. Csaba Siffel, C.J. Alverson, Adolfo Correa. NBDPN 2004: Advances and Opportunities for Birth Defects Surveillance, Research, & Prevention

 

Maternal Obesity and Cardiovascular Malformations. A. Correa-Villaseñor, C.J. Alverson. Teratology Society 2004 Meeting

 

Maternal Diabetes and Cardiovascular Malformations. M.K. Thong, A. Correa-Villaseñor, C.J. Alverson. Teratology Society 2004 Meeting

 

Maternal obesity and cardiovascular malformations. A Correa,* C J Alverson. Society for Pediatric and Perinatal Epidemiologic Research 2004 Meeting.

 

Seasonality and Excess Incidence in MACDP. CJ Alverson. NCBDDD National Conference 2004

 

SAS Output Delivery System: Part of an Integrated Project Management Approach. CJ Alverson. NCBDDD National Conference 2004

 

Filling in the Gaps: Projecting Asthma Prevalence Estimates. Alverson, CJ and Moorman, J. Presented Poster (Session II). The 9th Biennial CDC and ATSDR Symposium on Statistical Methods. January 2003.

 

Has asthma prevalence continued to increase? A quantifiable, but convoluted, answer. In: Population Association of America 2003 Annual Meeting; Final program and abstracts; 2003 May 1–3; Minneapolis (MN). Moorman J, Alverson CJ. Silver Spring (MD): Population Association of America; 2003. p. 211.

 

Adjusting Surveillance Rates Using Sensitivity and Predictive Value Positive. Alverson, CJ. Presented Poster (Session II). The 7th Biennial CDC and ATSDR Symposium on Statistical Methods. January 1999.

 

Short Courses

 

Spinning a Project Web: An integrated approach to organize, manage, archive and reproduce research by linking objects using available software. September 2005. (Taught/Developed)