EDUCATION

Rutgers, TheState University of New Jersey, Piscataway, NJ.

Ph.D., Department of Statistics, January 2004.

Thesis Advisor: Dr. Minge Xie.

Thesis Title: “Transformation and Selection ofCovariates using Generalized Estimating Equations”

State University of New York, Albany, NY.

M.A., Department of Mathematics, May 1996.

University of Chicago, Chicago, IL.

B.S., Department of Mathematics, May 1991.

RESEARCH INTERESTS

· GeneralizedLinear Mixed Effects Models/Estimating Equations/Longitudinal Data.

· FunctionalData Analysis

· StatisticalApplications in Biomedical Sciences.

STATISTICALCONSULTING EXPERIENCE

Veterans Administration Hospital, South Orange, NJ.

Statistical Consultant, May 2000 – May 2003.Analyze data for CFS Center. Currently modelingnationwide VA diabetes longitudinal dataset.

Pfizer, Incorporated, New York, NY.

Graduate Intern, June – August 2001 and June –August 2002. Assistedwith clinical trials data evaluation and analysis and SAS programming.

Office of StatisticalConsulting, Rutgers, TheState University of New Jersey, Piscataway, NJ.

Assistant Consultant, May 1999 – May 2000. Analyzed quantitative datafor a diverse array of academic and commercial clients.

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

Department of Statistics, Rutgers, TheState University of New Jersey, New Brunswick, NJ.

Teaching Assistant, June 1998 - May 2003. Lecture classes in introductory statistics and SAS toundergraduates. Classes lecturedinclude: Statistics for Business (Summer 1998), Statistics I (Summer 1999),Introduction to Computers for Statistics (Fall andSpring 2001, Fall and Spring 2002), Linear Regression (Summer 2003), andStatistics I (Fall 2003).

Department of Mathematics, State University of New York, Albany, NY.

Teaching Assistant, September 1994 – May 1996. Lectured classes in pre-calculus and calculus to undergraduates,tutored students in general mathematics and statistics, developed lectures, andgraded homework and exams.

RELATED EXPERIENCE

Generali U.S. Branch, New York, NY.

Actuary, January – September 1997. Worked with company’s casualty and property lines in all aspects ofpricing and database management and utilized RMS software to analyze company’shurricane and property exposure.

Zurich-American Specialties, New York, NY.

Actuarial Associate, June 1996 – December 1997. Worked with professionalliability lines pricing, rate monitoring, and profitability. Managed databases, utilized querying toolsand spreadsheet software, and participated in company-sponsored associatestraining program.

Department ofAnesthesiology, University of Chicago Hospitals, Chicago, IL.

Laboratory Research Assistant, June 1991 – January 1994. Participated in administration of researchstudies on the effects of drugs on humans, recruited volunteers, trained andtested participants, and performed data analysis.

AWARDS ANDACHIEVEMENTS

· ExcellentFellow in Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, Rutgers, The State Universityof New Jersey, 1998-1999.

· SummerScholar in Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, Rutgers, The State Universityof New Jersey, June – August 1998.

· NationalMerit Scholar, 1987.

PUBLICATIONS

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

· Thompson,W., Xie, M. and White, H. 2003. Box-Tidwell and fractional polynomial transformations for longitudinaldata. Biostatistics. 4, 3, 353-364.

· Safford, M., Brimacombe,M., Rajan, M., Thompson, W., Kolassa,J., Pogach, M. 2002. Adjusting A1c to identify health organizationsthat could improve quality of care. Manuscript submitted.

· Thompson,W., Wang, H, Xie, M., Kolassa,J, Rajan M, Tseng CL, Crystal S, Zhang Q, Vardi Y, Pogach L, Safford M. Assessing Quality of Diabetes Care by MeasuringLongitudinal Changes in Hemoglobin A1c in the Veterns Health Administration. Journalof Health Services Research (to appear).

· Frank E, Kupfer DJ, Thase ME, Mallinger AG, Swartz H,Fagiolini AM, Grochocinski V, Houck P, Scott J, Thompson W, Monk T. Two year outcomes for the interpersonal andsocial rhythm therapy in individuals with bipolar I disorder. Arch Gen Psychiatry, 2005 Sep; 62(9):996-1004.

· Thompson WK, Kupfer DJ, Fagiolini A, Scott JA,Frank, E. Medical Comorbidities in Patients withBipolar I Disorder: Prevalence and Clinical Correlates. (Manuscript accepted.)

· Thompson,W., Xie, M. Covariate Selection in Longitudinal Data Using Generalized EstimatingEquations. (Manuscript submitted.)

· Siegle GJ, Thompson W, Carter CS, SteinhauerSR, Thase, ME. Increased Amygdala and DecreasedPrefrontal BOLD Responses in Depression: Related and Independent Features.(Manuscript submitted).

· Buysse, DJ, Thompson W, Scott J, Franzen PL, Germain A, Hall ML, Moul DE, Kupfer DJ. Daytime Symptoms in Primary Insomnia: AProspective Analysis Using Ecological Momentary Assessment. (Manuscript inpreparation).

· Thompson WK, BuysseDJ, Scott J. Assessing the Factor Structure of Ecological Momentary Assessmentthrough Functional Principal Components Analysis. (Manuscript in preparation).

· Thompson, WK and Rosen O. A BayesianNonparametric Model for Functional Data with Automatic Knot Selection.(Manuscript in preparation).

· Thompson WK, MazumdarS, Houck P. Assessing the Effect of Social Rhythm on Functioning: A CausalAnalysis of Quasi-Experimental Data. (Manuscript in preparation).

TALKS

CONFERENCES

· JointStatistical Meeting, American Statistical Association, New York, NY,September 2002, contributing speaker.

SKILLS

· StatisticalPackages: SAS, S+, R, MATLAB, SPSS on UNIX and Windows platforms.

· ForeignLanguages: Fluency in German.

REFERENCES

· Dr.Minge Xie, Assistant Professor of Statistics,Department of Statistics, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey,Piscataway NJ 08854.

· Dr.John Kolassa, Associate Professor of Statistics,Department of Statistics, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey,Piscataway NJ 08854.

· Dr.Robert Berk, Professor of Applied and MathematicalStatistics, Rutgers, TheState University of New Jersey, Piscataway NJ 08854.

· EdWhalen, Team Leader, Biometrics Department, Pfizer, New York, NY 10022.