Dr. Richard Charnigo, PhD
Professor
My main interests in statistical theory/methodology are nonparametric regression and mixture modeling. I have been also involved in many studies relating to cardiovascular health. Through students I have more recently become involved in research on Alzheimer’s disease, health care quality, and nephrology.
Dr. Charnigo completed his PhD in Statistics at Case Western Reserve University and have been a faculty member at the University of Kentucky since 2003. His primary appointment is in the Biostatistics Department (College of Public Health), and he have a secondary appointment in the Dr. Bing Zhang Statistics Department (College of Arts and Sciences).
Dr. Charnigo's Curriculum Vitae
Education
- PhD, Statistics
- Case Western Reserve University
- MS, Mathematics
- Case Western Reserve University
- BS, Mathematics
- Case Western Reserve University
Research Interests
- Mixture modeling + application to perinatal and microarray data analyses
- Dimension reduction + application to discovering gene-gene interactions
- Nonparametric regression + application to nanoparticle characterization and imaging
- Cardiovascular health