University of Pittsburgh

Faculty

Wesley Thompson

Wesley Thompson
Assistant Professor

2706 Cathedral of Learning
412-624-8719
http://www.stat.pitt.edu/wesleyt/

Education:

  • PhD, Statistics, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, 2004
  • M.A., Mathematics, State University of New York, 1996
  • B.S., Mathematics, University of Chicago, 1991

Research Interests:

  • Longitudinal and functional data analysis
  • Latent variable models
  • Statistical applications to fMRI and psychiatry

Quote:

"Wir behalten von unseren Studien am Ende doch nur das, was wir praktisch anwenden."

- J.W. Goethe (1749-1832)

Courses:

Spring 2007
  • STAT 3141

Selected Publications:

  • White, H., Xie, M., Thompson, W., Stouthamer-Loeber, R., and Stouthamer-Loeber, M. (2001). Psychopathology as a Predictor of Adolescent Drug Use Trajectories. Psychology of Addictive Behaviors, 15, 210-218.

  • Thompson, W., Xie, M., and White, H. (2003). Box-Tidwell and fractional polynomial transformations for longitudinal data. Biostatistics, 4(3), 353-364.

  • Thompson, W., Wang, H., Xie, M., Kolassa, J., Rajan M., Tseng, C.L., Crystal, S., Zhang, Q., Vardi, Y., Pogach, L., Safford, M. (2005). Assessing Quality of Diabetes Care by Measuring Longitudinal Changes in Hemoglobin A1c in the Veterans Health Administration. Journal of Health Services Research, 40, 1818-1835.

  • Frank, E., Kupfer, D.J., Thase, M.E., Mallinger, A.G., Swartz, H., Fagiolini, A.M., Grochocinski, V., Houck, P., Scott, J., Thompson, W., Monk, T. (2005). Two year outcomes for the interpersonal and social rhythm therapy in individuals with bipolar I disorder. Archives of General Psychiatry, 62, 996-1004.

  • Thompson, W.K., Kupfer, D.J., Fagiolini, A., Scott, J.A., Frank, E. (2006). Medical Comorbidities in Patients with Bipolar I Disorder: Prevalence and Clinical Correlates. Journal of Clinical Psychiatry, 67, 783-788.

  • Monk, T.H., Buysse, D.J., Hall, M., Mazumdar, S., Nofzinger, E.A., Reynolds, C.F., Thompson, W. (2006). Age-Related Differences in the Lifestyle Regularity of Seniors Experiencing Bereavement, Care-Giving, Insomnia and Advancement Into Old-Age. Chronobiology International, 23, 4.

  • Monk, T., Thompson, W.K., Buysse, D.J., Hall, M., Nofzinger, E., Reynolds, C.F. Sleep in Healthy Seniors: A Diary Study of the Relationship between Bedtime and the Amount of Sleep Obtained. Journal of Sleep Research (to appear).

  • Siegle, G.J., Thompson, W., Carter, C.S., Steinhauer, S.R., Thase, M.E. Increased Amygdala and Decreased Prefrontal BOLD Responses in Depression: Related and Independent Features. Biological Psychiatry (to appear).

  • Buysse, D.J., Thompson, W., Scott, J., Franzen, P.L., Germain, A., Hall, M.L., Moul, D.E., Kupfer, D.J. (2007). Daytime Symptoms in Primary Insomnia: A Prospective Analysis Using Ecological Momentary Assessment. Sleep Medicine, 8(3), 198-208.

  • Thompson, W.K., and Rosen, O. A Bayesian Model for Sparse Functional Data. Biometrics (to appear).