Brisa Sanchez, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor

M4164 SPH II
1420 Washington Heights
Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109-2029

Office: (734) 764-5450; Fax: (734) 763-2215

E-mail: brisa@umich.edu

Curriculum Vitae (PDF, 28,518 KB)

Professional Summary

Brisa N. Sanchez is an Assistant Research Professor of Biostatistics. She received her Ph.D. in Biostatistics in 2006 from Harvard University. Her research interests are in statistical methodology applicable to environmental and social epidemiology. Her current work involves developing robust fitting procedures and diagnostics for Structural Equation Models, and using these methods in applications to environmental health problems such as in-utero lead exposure and its effect on child development. She is also interested in spatial statistical methodology and its applications to social determinants of health and health behaviors research.

Courses Taught

BIOSTAT513: Application of Regression Analysis to Public Health Studies    Syllabus (PDF)

Education

Ph.D., Biostatistics, Harvard, 2006
M.Sc., Biostatistics, minor in Environmental Health, Harvard, 2003
M.S., Statistics, University of Texas, 2001
B.S., Mathematics, minor in Physics, University of Texas, 2000

Research Interest & Projects

My methodological research interests include structural equations and latent variable models longitudinal data, study design, and spatial statistics. My applied research interests include interdisciplinary, environmental, and social epidemiology.

Selected Publications

Weave J., Sanchez B.N., Calafat A.M., Schettler T., Hu H., and Hauser R. (2006). Exposure to phthalates in neonatal intensive care unit infants. Environmental Health Perspectives, in press

Ware J.H. and Sanchez B.N. (2005). Bias in Cross-Sectional and Longitudinal Estimates of Pulmonary Function Decline: A Different Perspective. COPD: Journal of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, 2(4), 393-394.

Austin S.B., Melly S.J., Sanchez B.N., Patel A., Buka S., and Gortmaker S.L. (2005). Clustering of fast food restaurants around schools: a novel application of spatial statistics to the study of food environments. American Journal of Public Health, 95, 1575-1581.

Sanchez B.N., Butdz-J￸orgensen E., Ryan L.M., and Hu H. (2005). Structural Equation Models: A review with Applications to Environmental Epidemiology. Journal of the American Statistical Association, 100, 1443-1455.