Hector Lemus

Hector Lemus is a Lecturer in the Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics at San Diego State University's College of Health and Human Services. He holds a DrPH in Biostatistics from UCLA and specializes in longitudinal data analysis, Bayesian statistics, and HIV/AIDS research methods.

His research focuses on advanced statistical methodologies including Bayesian state space modeling, Markov Chain Monte Carlo techniques, and multivariate longitudinal analysis with applications in public health epidemiology.

Key publication themes include:

• Statistical modeling of infectious diseases
• Cardiovascular epidemiology
• Health disparities research
• Military population health
• HIV/AIDS methodological approaches

Awards include Teaching Excellence Award (2017-2018), Faculty Scholarship Award (2016), and Golden Apple Award (2008-2009). His grant involvement includes NIH/NHLBI and CDC-funded projects on health disparities research training.

Extensive student advising includes serving on dissertation committees for 3 PhD candidates and chairing 80+ Master's theses. Courses taught span elementary statistics, regression modeling, multivariate methods, and data analysis using R.