معرفی
R.K. Elswick is a Professor and Biostatistician at the Virginia Commonwealth University School of Nursing, with over 40 years of experience in clinical research design and analysis. His expertise includes power analysis, longitudinal data analysis, mixed model methodology, and crossover experiments.
- Ph.D. in Biostatistics (VCU)
- B.S. in Mathematics and Statistics (Radford University)
His research focuses on optimizing statistical approaches for clinical trials in critical care, oncology, and hematology. He has authored/co-authored over 125 refereed manuscripts and developed the widely used Richmond Agitation-Sedation Scale (RASS). Recent work includes NIH-funded trials on symptom self-management in cancer patients and community-based health equity studies.
Key grants include:
- NIH/NCI: PI for a randomized controlled trial on symptom self-management in adolescents/young adults with cancer (2023-2027)
- NIH/NINDS: Co-I and Biostatistician for freezing-of-gait mitigation studies (2020-2024)
- HRSA: Co-I for nurse burnout and loneliness studies (2022-2024)
Scientific awards:
- Judson C. Hickey Scientific Writing Award (2011)
- Journal of Pediatric Oncology Nursing Writing Award (2014)
He serves as statistical editor for Cancer Nursing and leads annual medical missions to El Salvador. His teaching emphasizes accessible statistics education for non-statisticians using real-world data and software tools like JMP.
