Kevin Dobbin

Associate Professor

Kevin Dobbin

Associate Professor

Academic Appointment(s)

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 7620

    Statistical Theory II
  • STAT 7720

    Survival Analysis

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

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

University Service

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

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

    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
  • JNCI Cancer Spectrum 2021 - Present

    Role: Editor, Associate Editor