Arti Shankar
associate professor of clinical biostatistics

Department(s):
Biostatistics

Email:
sarti@tulane.edu

Research Interests:
Multiple regression analysis, factor analysis, logistic regression, sample size and power

Professional Achievements:
School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine Student Government Association Teaching Excellence Award 2006
Honorary Member, Delta Omega Society in Public Health, Eta Chapter, Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine (2006)
University Grants Commission fellow 1988
National Merit Scholarship 1986.

Educational Background:
PhD, Organizational Behavior, Indian Institute of Technology, India, 1993
MS, Psychology, Gorakhpur University, India, 1987
BS, Psychology, Specialization-Clinical Behavior Gorakhpur University, India, 1985

Publications:
Rosenblum, KE & Shankar A (2006). A study of the effects of isokinetic pre-employment physical capability screening in the reduction of musculoskeShankar, A., Ansari, M.A., & Saxena, S. (1992). Ingratiation in organizations: A bystanders perspective. Psychological studies, 37, 641-647.

Shankar, A. & Ansari, M.A. (1993). Affecting superiors through informal exchanges. Social Engineer 2, 32-32.

Shankar, A., Ansari, M.A., & Saxena, S. (1994). Organizational context and ingratiatory behavior in organizations. Journal of Social Psychology, 134, 641-647.

Shankar, A., Ansari, M.A., & Saxena, S. (1994). Ingratiation as related to leadership styles and perceived supervisory control. Social Science International, 10, 3-9.

Lewis, R., Derlega, V. Nichols, B., Shankar, A., Drury, K., & Hawkins, L. (1995) Sex differences in observers reaction to a nurses touch. Journal of Nonverbal Behavior, 2, 39-47.

Saxena, S., Ansari, M.A., & Shankar, A. (1995), Work-family interference and satisfaction among Indian women. PJPR, 10, 39-47.

Lewis R.J., Derlega, V.J., Shankar, A., Cochard,E. (1997). Nonverbal correlates of Confedeserates’ Touch: Confounds in Touch Research. Journal of Social Behavior and Personality, 12, 821-830.

Shankar, A., Ansari, M.A., & Saxena, S. (1998). Development of a measure of ingratatory behavior in organizations. PPR, 13, 13-33.

Saxena, S., Ansari, M.A., & Shankar, A. (1999), Work-family nexus and satisfaction among Indian women. Social Science International, 15, 11-22.

Srivastav, SK & Shankar A (2003). On the E-optimality of certain class of block designs, Statistics and Probability letters, vol. 65, 187-193.

Srivastav SK & Shankar A. (2005). Resolvable balanced incomplete block designs with m-identical resolvable classes (RBIBD(m), Journal of Combinatorics, Information & System Science (JCISS), vol. 29, Nos. 1-4, 143-149.

Srivastav, SK & Shankar A. (2005). Some methods of constructing generalized group divisible designs with two groups Communications in Statistics - Theory and Methods, Vol 34, Issue 1: 127-136.

Rosenblum, KE & Shankar A (2006). A study of the effects of isokinetic pre-employment physical capability screening in the reduction of musculoskeletal disorders in labor intensive work environments. Work, 26,215-228

Sands, J.J., Etheredge, G.D., Shankar, A., Graff, J., Loeper, J., McKendry, M. , & Farrell, R. (2006) Predicting Hospitalization and Mortality in End Stage Renal Disease (ESRD) Patients Using an Index of Coexisting Disease (ICED) Based Risk Stratification Model. Disease Management, 9, End Stage 224-235

Srivastav SK & Shankar A (2007). On the construction and existence of a certain class of complete diallel cross designs. Statistics and Probability Letters. 77, 111-115
letal disorders in labor intensive work environments. Work, 26, 215-228.

Sands, J.J., Etheredge, G.D., Shankar, A., Graff, J., Loeper, J., McKendry, M. , & Farrell, R. (2006) Predicting Hospitalization and Mortality in End Stage Renal Disease (ESRD) Patients Using an Index of Coexisting Disease (ICED) Based Risk Stratification Model. Disease Management, 9, 224-23.

Srivastav SK & Shankar A. (2005). Resolvable balanced incomplete block designs with m-identical resolvable classes (RBIBD(m), Journal of Combinatorics, Information & System Science (JCISS), vol. 29, Nos. 1-4, 143-149.

Srivastav, SK & Shankar A. (2005). Some methods of constructing generalized group divisible designs with two groups Communications in Statistics - Theory and Methods, Vol 34, Issue 1: 127-136.

Srivastav, SK & Shankar A (2003). On the E-optimality of certain class of block designs, Statistics and Probability letters, vol. 65, 187-193.

Personal Statement:
My research is focused on the application of experimental design, multiple regression analysis and categorical data analysis in the areas of occupational health and industrial hygiene. I am also involved in the application of survival data analysis on dialysis patients with end stage renal diseases. Additionally I use multiple regression analysis and factorial analysis for survey data in social sciences research. I also work in application of statistical techniques for descriptive statistics, sample size calculations, and power analysis.

Contact Information:
Biostatistics
1440 Canal Street
Room 2007
Telephone: 504.988.4509
Fax: 504.988.1706
sarti@tulane.edu

Level of Instruction:
graduate