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College of Medicine

Department of Preventive Medicine

Grant W. Somes, Ph.D.

Professor & Chair

66 N. Pauline Street, Suite 633
Memphis TN 38163
901-448-5900
gsomes@utmem.edu

 

Education/Training:

  • A.B. in Mathematics, 1968, Indiana University, Bloomington
  • Ph.D. in Statistics, 1975, University of Kentucky at Lexington
  • Post Doc in Epidemiology, 1976, University of Minnesota

Honors:

  • Pi Mu Epsilon Mathematics Honorary Society
  • American Statistical Association
  • Biometrics Society
  • Am. Society for Hypertension
  • Sigma Xi Scientific Honorary Society
  • West TN Chapter American Statistical Association, Vice President, '85-'86

Research/Grants:

  • Working group for Center for Minority Health
  • Working group Institute for Public Health
  • Memphis Alliance for Public Health Research
  • Preliminary stages for joint residency programs in Preventive Medicine

Interests:

Applied research in hypertension, weight change and aging, and birth weight and subsequent disease status.
Statistical research in categorical data techniques, mixed modeling and permutation tests.


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