John Lefante
professor and chair

Department(s):
Biostatistics

Email:
lefante@tulane.edu

Research Interests:
Statistical data interpretation, sample size, lung disease, air pollutants, occupational and program evaluation, health care quality, access, and evaluation

Professional Achievements:
1976 Society of Industrial and Applied Mathematics Award
1992 Tulane School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine Excellence in Teaching Award
1993 Delta-Omega National Public Health Honor Society
1994 Tulane School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine Excellence in Teaching Award,
1997 Tulane School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, Department of Health Systems Management: Masters of Medical Management Excellence in Teaching Award
2001 Tulane School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine Excellence in Teaching Award
2002 Tulane School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, Department of Health Systems Management: Executive Masters of Health Administration Excellence in Teaching Award.
2004 Tulane School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine Excellence in Teaching Award
2004 Finalist- Tulane Senior Vice Presidents’ Teaching Scholar Award
2005 Finalist- Tulane Senior Vice Presidents’ Teaching Scholar Award

Educational Background:
PhD, biostatistics, University of Alabama in Birmingham, Birmingham, 1981
MS, mathematics, University of New Orleans, LA, 1976
BS, math education, University of New Orleans, LA, 1974

Publications:
Lefante JJ, Shah AK. Robustness Properties of Lognormal Confidence Intervals for Lognormal and Gamma Distributed Data. Communications in Statistics: Theory and Methods, 31(11), 1939-1957, 2002.

Glindmeyer H, Lefante J, Freyder L, Friedman M, Weill H, Jones R. Relationship of asthma to irritant gas exposures in pulp and paper mills. Respiratory Medicine, 97(5) 541-548, 2003.

Khader Y, Rice J, Lefante J. Factors associated with periodontal diseases in a dental teaching clinic population in northern Jordan. Journal of Periodontology. Accepted April 18, 2003.

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

Vupputuri S, Batuman V, Muntner P, Bazzano L, Lefante J, Whelton, P, He J. Effect of blood pressure on early decline in kidney function among hypertensive men. Hypertension, 42 (6) , 1144-1149, 2003.

Vupputuri S, He J, Muntner P, Bazzano L, Lefante J, Whelton, P, Batuman V. Racial differences in the risk of early kidney function decline. Ethnicity and Disease, accepted for publication, 2003.

Harmon G, Lefante J, Roy W, Ashby K, Jackson D, Barnard D, Smart A, Webber L. The CENLA Medication Access Program: assisting the rural poor in a n outpatient pharmacy setting. American Journal of Health System Pharmacy, 61 (6), 603-607, 2004.

Lefante J, Harmon G Roy W, Ashby K, Barnard D, Webber L. Use of the SF-8 to Assess Health Related Quality of Life for a Chronically Ill, Low Income Population Participating in the Central Louisiana Medication Access Program (CMAP) Quality of Life Research, accepted for publication, 2004

Vupputuri S, Batuman V, Muntner P, Bazzano L, Lefante J, Whelton P,. He J. The risk of mild kidney function decline associated with illicit drug use among hypertensive men. Am J Kidney Diseases;43(4):629-635, 2004

Harmon G, Lefante J, Roy W, Ashby K, Jackson D, Barnard D, Smart A, Webber L. Outpatient medication assistance program in a rural setting. Am J Health Syst Pharm, Mar 15;61 (6), 603-607, 2004.

Glindmeyer H, Lefante J, Rando, R, Freyder L, Hznido, E, Jones R. Spray-painting and chronic airways obstruction. Am J Ind Med. 46:104-111, 2004.

Lefante J, Harmon G Roy W, Ashby K, Barnard D, Webber L. Use of the SF-8 to Assess Health Related Quality of Life for a Chronically Ill, Low Income Population Participating in the Central Louisiana Medication Access Program (CMAP) Quality of Life Research, 14:665-673, 2005

Hnizdo E, Yu L, Freyder L, Aiifield M, Lefante J, Glindmeyer H. The precision of longitudinal lung function measurements- monitoring and interpretation. Accepted for publication in Occupational and Environmental Medicine, 2005.Occupational and Environmental Medicine, 62(10):695-701, 2005.

Lefante J, Harmon G, Roy W, Fontenot S, Brown K, Webber L. The effect of medication reviews in a rural community pharmacy assistance program-the CMAP program. Journal of Pharmacy Practice, 18:486-492, 2005.

Harmon G, Lefante J, Krousel-Wood M. Overcoming barriers: the role of providers in improving patient adherence to antihypertensive medications. Current Opinion in Cardiology. 21(4):310-315, 2006.

Naessens J, Culbertson R, Lefante J, Cmpbell C. When should a multicampus hospital be considered a single entity for public health reporting on patient safety issues? Quality Management in Health Care. 16(2):153-165, 2007.

Personal Statement:
My research interests focus on statistical analyses and evaluation of health effects data, including statistical methodology for study design, sample size and power calculations. Particular projects of interests include the evaluation of the level of success and ongoing progress of an existing pharmaceutical care program for residents of Central Louisiana and cross sectional and longitudinal analyses of environmental and occupational lung study data.

Contact Information:
Department of Biostatistics
1440 Canal Street, Suite 2011
New Orleans LA 70112
Telephone: 504.988.7874
Fax: 504.988.1706
lefante@tulane.edu

Level of Instruction:
graduate