Janet Rice
associate professor

Department(s):
Biostatistics

Email:
jrice@tulane.edu

Research Interests:
Data analysis, evaluation studies, psychometrics

Educational Background:
PhD, educational research, Purdue University, 1974
MS, statistics, Purdue University, 1970
BA, mathematics, Whitman College, 1968

Publications:
Willis J, Morello A, Davie A, Rice J, Bennett J. Forced use treatment of childhood hemiparesis. Pediatrics 2002;110:94-96.

Vasterling J, Brailey K, Tomlin H, Rice J, Sutker P. Olfactory functioning in gulf war-era veterans: Relationships to war-zone duty, self-reported hazards exposures, and psychological distress. J Int Neuropsych Soc 2003;9:407-418.

Krousel-Wood M, Andersson H, Rice J, Jackson K, Rosner E, Lubin I. Physicians’ perceived usefulness of and satisfaction with test reports for cystic fibrosis (DeltaF50*0 and factor V Leiden). Genet Med 2003;5(3):166-71.

Khader Y, Rice J, Lefante J, Abueita O. Oral contraceptives use and the risk of myocardial infacrtion: a meta-analysis. Contraception 2003;68(1):11-17.

Khader Y, Rice J, Lefante J. Factors associated with periodontal diseases in a dental teaching clinic population in northern Jordan. J Periodontol 2003;74(11):1610-1617.

Murray D, Catellier D, Hannan P, Treuth M, Stevens J, Schmitz K, Rice J, Conway T. School-level intraclass correlation for physical activity in adolescent girls. Physical Med Sci Sports Exerc 2004;36(5):876-822.

Yoo S, Johnson C, Rice J, Manuel P. A qualitative evaluation of the students of service (SOS) program for sexual abstinence in Louisian. J School Health 2004;75(8):239-334.

Catellier D, Hannon P, Murray D, Addy C, Conway T, Yang S, Rice J. Imputation of missing data when measuring physical activity by accelerometry. Med Sci Sports Exerc 2005;37(11):S555-62.

Hanson J, Posner S, Hassig S, Rice J, Farley T. Assessment of sexually transmitted diseases as risk factors for HIV seroconversion in a New Orleans sexually transmitted disease clinic. Ann Epidemiol 1990-1998;15(1):13-20.

Sakatkoo L, Anderson D, Rice J, Rogan A, Lazarus C. Effects of a disability awareness and skills training workshop on senior medical students as assessed with self ratings and performance on a standardized patient case. Teach Learn Med 2005;16(4):345054.

Duggirala H, Hassig S, Santana S, Rice J. Evaluation of a hepatistis A immunization program. Pediatr Infect Dis 2005;24:97478.

Mather F, Chen V, Morgan L, Correa C, Shaffer J, Srivastav S, Rice J, Blount G, Swalm C, Wu X, Scribner R. Hierarchical modeling and other spatial analyses in prostate cancer incidence data. Prev Med 2006;30:88-100.

Sullivan T, Bertrand J, Rice J, Shelton, J. Skewed contraceptive method mix: why it happens, why it matters. J Biosoc Sci 2006;38(4):501-21.

Farley T, Mason L, Rice J, Habel J, Scribner R, Cohen D. The relationship between the meighborhood environment and adverse birth outcomes. Pediatric Perinatal Epidemiol 2006;20:188-200.

Lilj C, Razek V, Joyce J, Rao T, Finckh B, Weiss F, Havermann C, Rice J, Weil J. Complications of non-compaction of the left ventricular myocardium in a paediatric population: a prospective study. Eur Heart J 2006; Epub.

Murray D, Stevens J, Hannan P, Catellier D, Schmitz K, Dowda M, Conway T, Rice J, Yang S. School-level intra class correlation for physical activity in sixth grade girls. Med Sci Sports Exerc 2006;38(5):926-36.

Lempa M, Goodman R, Rice J, Becker A. Development of scales measuring the capacity of community-based initiatives. Health Educ Behav 2006; Epub.

Dreisbach AW, Rice JC, Japa S, Newman JW, Sigel A, Gill RS, Hess AE, Cemo AC, Fonseca JP, Hammock BD, Lertora JL, Hamm L. Salt loading increases urinary excretion of linoleic acid diols and triols in healthy human subjects. Hypertension 2008;51(3):755-761.

Farley TA, Meriwether RA, Baker ET, Rice JC, Webber LS. Where do the children play? The influence of playground equipment on physical activity of children in free play. J Phys Act Health. 2008 Mar;5(2):319-31.

Boris NW, Brown LA, Thurman TR, Rice JC, Snider LM, Ntaganira J, Nyirazinyoye LN. Depressive symptoms in youth heads of household in Rwanda: correlates and implications for intervention. Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med. 2008 Sep;162(9):836-43.

Taylor CA, Boris NW, Heller SS, Clum GA, Rice JC, Zeanah CH. Cumulative experiences of violence among high-risk urban youth. J Interpers Violence. 2008 Nov;23(11):1618-35. Epub 2008 Mar 4.

Koehler JW, Bolton M, Rollins A, Snook K, deHaro E, Henson E, Rogers L, Martin LN, Krogstad DJ, James MA, Rice J, Davison B, Veazey RS, Prabhu R, Amedee AM, Garry RF, Cogswell FB. Altered immune responses in rhesus macaques co-infected with SIV and Plasmodium cynomolgi: an animal model for coincident AIDS and relapsing malaria. PLoS One. 2009 Sep 23;4(9).

Rose D, Hutchinson PL, Bodor JN, Swalm CM, Farley TA, Cohen DA, Rice JC. Neighborhood food environments and Body Mass Index: the importance of in-store contents. Am J Prev Med. 2009 Sep;37(3):214-9.

Personal Statement:
I am a consulting statistician, assisting in the design of studies and conducting statistical analyses in a broad range of areas including public health, medicine, engineering and behavioral sciences. I am particularly interested in impact evaluation and psychometrics. I have been the statistician for several school based evaluations and have assisted in the development of scales to measure attitudes and behaviors.

Contact Information:
Department of Biostatistics
1440 Canal Street, Room 2023
New Orleans LA 70112
Telephone: 504.988.7330
Fax: 504.988.1706
jrice@tulane.edu

Level of Instruction:
graduate