Lauren (Laurie) Samuels, PhD, MEd

Research Assistant Professor

Office: 2525 West End Avenue, #1135 (inside suite 1130)
Email: lauren.samuels@vumc.org
Phone: 615-322-0630
Fax: 615-343-4924
Pronouns: she/her or gender-neutral (more info)

U.S mail:
Vanderbilt University School of Medicine
Department of Biostatistics
2525 West End Ave., Suite 1100
Nashville, TN 37203-1741

Current collaborations

• COACH: Competency Based Approaches for Community Health
• The ADAPT Trial: Adapting Evidence-Based Obesity Interventions in Community Settings
• U.S. Department of Justice Elder Justice Initiative

References from recent presentations

• References from ICHPS 2020 presentation
• References from CSP 2021 presentation
• References from USCOTS 2021 presentation
• References from departmental seminar, 27 Oct 2021
• References from JSM 2023 panel presentation

Curriculum vitae and other links

• CV (pdf)
• GitHub
• Google Scholar

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Helpful resources from others

Resources for learning about sex, gender, race, and ethnicity

• Some good blog posts about defining, "measuring," and coding race and ethnicity
• Some good blog posts about studying racial disparities
• Possible examples of binary variables (in place of M/F)
• Some other helpful online-only resources

Online resources for conducting Bayesian analyses

• https://magesblog.com/post/2018-08-02-use-domain-knowledge-to-review-prior-predictive-distributions/
• https://solomonkurz.netlify.app/post/bayesian-power-analysis-part-i/
• https://bookdown.org/connect/#/apps/1850/access
• https://www.rensvandeschoot.com/tutorials/brms/
• https://www.rensvandeschoot.com/brms-wambs/