Kevin Dobbin

Associate Professor

Kevin Dobbin

Associate Professor

Academic Appointment(s)

Administration
Department of Biostatistics, Data Science, & Epidemiology

School of Public Health
Department of Biostatistics, Data Science, & Epidemiology

Bio

Dr. Dobbin earned his Ph.D. in Statistics from the University of Minnesota, and worked for the National Cancer Institute and the University of Georgia before moving to Augusta University.

  • (706) 721-4846
  • Pavilion I, AE-1014

Education

  • Ph.D., Statistics, General University of Minnesota - Twin, 2001

  • BA, Mathematics, General University of Colorado at Boul, 1996

  • BA, English Language and Literatur Saint John's College, 1987

Awards & Honors

  • Distinguished Cancer Scholar Georgia Cancer Coalition, 2009

  • Performance Award National Institutes of Health, 2007

  • Performance Award National Institutes of Health, 2003

  • Cancer Research Training Award National Institutes of Health, 2001

  • Student Paper Travel Award International Biometric Society, Eastern North American Region, 2000

Courses Taught Most Recent Academic Year

  • STAT 8890

    Readings and Research
  • STAT 7720

    Survival Analysis
  • STAT 7010

    Biostatistics I
  • STAT 7620

    Statistical Theory II

Teaching Interests

Survival analysis, clinical trials, introductory biostatistics, Bayesian methods

Scholarship

Selected Recent Publications

  • Development and internal validation of risk scores to diagnose infectious mononucleosis among college students, 2023
    Journal Article, Academic Journal
  • Human basal-like breast cancer is represented by one of the two mammary tumor subtypes in dogs, 2023
    Journal Article, Academic Journal
  • Access and utilization of asthma medications among patients who receive care in federaly qualified health centers, 2022
    Journal Article, Academic Journal
  • Characterization of the proportion of clustered tuberculosis cases in Guatemala: Insights from a molecular epidemiology study, 2010-2014, 2022
    Journal Article, Academic Journal
  • Evaluating biomarkers for treatment selection from reproducibility studies, 2022
    Journal Article, Academic Journal

Research Interests

Biomarker development, high dimensional data, cancer applications, design of experiments

Department Service

  • Create Biostatistics 7010 course for Augusta University Online 2023 - Present

    Role: Other
  • BDSE Admissions Committee 2023 - Present

    Role: Committee Member
  • BDSE Statistical Consulting Center 2023 - Present

    Role: Other
  • Biostatistics Graduate Program Committee 2023 - Present

    Role: Committee Member
  • Search Committees for BDSE faculty 2023 - Present

    Role: Committee Member

College Service

  • Self-study SPH Working Group: Academic Masters Programs 2024 - Present

    Role: Committee Member
  • Self-study SPH Working Group: Academic PhD Programs 2024 - Present

    Role: Committee Member

University Service

  • Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (IACUC), Augusta University 2024 - Present

    Role: Other
  • Value-Based Care Competition (Medical College of Georgia) 2024 - Present

    Role: Other
  • BDSE Department Chair search committee 2023 - Present

    Role: Committee Member
  • Graduate Affairs Committee, Institute of Bioinformatics, UGA 2019 - 2023

    Role: Committee Member
  • Graduate Education Committee, College of Public Health, UGA 2019 - 2023

    Role: Committee Member

Professional Service

  • Journal of Clinical Oncology 2024 - Present

    Role: Editor, Associate Editor
  • National Cancer Institute Panel on Assay Validation of Markers in Clinical Studies 2022 - Present

    Role: Committee Member
  • National Cancer Institute, Early Marker Studies Program, PLCO 2022 - Present

    Role: Committee Member
  • Statistics in Medicine Journal 2022 - Present

    Role: Editor, Associate Editor
  • STRATOS Initiative (Strengthening analytical thinking for Observational Studies) 2022 - Present

    Role: Member

Public Service

  • CASA Program of Clarke-Oconee County, Athens GA 2009 - 2015

    Role: Other
  • Court Appointed Special Advocate Program of Frederick County, Frederick MD 2005 - 2008

    Role: Other
  • CASA Program of Montgomery County 2001 - 2005

    Role: Other
  • Arthritis Foundation of Minneapolis, MN 1996 - 1997

    Role: Other
  • Arthritis Foundation of Denver 1994 - 1996

    Role: Other