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J. Lynn Palmer

Present Title & Affiliation

Primary Appointment

Associate Professor (Tenured), Department of Biostatistics, Division of Quantitative Sciences, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX

Office Address

The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
1400 Pressler Street
Unit Number: 1411
Houston, TX 77030
Room Number: FCT4.6052
Phone: 713-792-7570
Fax: 713-563-4243

Education & Training

Degree-Granting Education

1988 University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston, TX, PhD, Biometry
1980 Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK, MS, Statistics
1978 Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK, MS, Sociology
1976 Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK, BS, Sociology

Experience/Service

Academic Appointments

Associate Professor (Joint Appointment), Department of Biostatistics, Division of Quantitative Sciences, The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, 2000-2009

Selected Publications

Peer-Reviewed Original Research Articles
1. Palmer JL, Guo Y. Information from multiple measurements. Journal of Palliative Medicine 20:294, 2006.
2. Palmer JL, Fisch MJ. Association between symptom distress and survival in outpatients seen in a palliative care cancer center. J Pain Symptom Manage 29(6):565-71, 6/2005. PMID: 15963865.
3. Palmer JL. Analysis of missing data in palliative care studies. J Pain Symptom Manage 28(6):612-8, 12/2004. PMID: 15589087.
4. Palmer JL, Muller P. Bayesian optimal design in population models for haematologic data. Stat Med 17(14):1613-22, 7/1998. PMID: 9699233.
5. Pettit, LI, Palmer JL. Seasonal patterns of fertility measures - A Bayesian approach. Journal of Applied Statistics 24(2):139-145, 1997.
6. Palmer, JL, Pettit LI. Risks of using improper priors with Gibbs sampling and autocorrelated errors. Journal of Computational and Graphical Statistics 5:245-249, 1996.
7. Palmer, JL, Broemeling LD. Simulation results of a Bayesian estimate of autocorrelation in a regression model. Computing Science and Statistics 25:223-227, 1993.
8. Palmer, JL, Broemeling LD. A comparison of Bayes and maximum likelihood estimation of the intraclass correlation coefficient. Communications in Statistics: Theory and Methods 19:953-975, 1990.

Last updated: 1/1/2013