Contact Information:
Section of Health Services Research
Department of Biostatistics
The University of Texas
M. D. Anderson Cancer Center
1515 Holcombe Blvd, Unit 196
Houston TX 77030
Office: HMB 17.006
Phone: (713) 792-4993
Fax: (713) 792-7990
E-mail: ccooksle@mail.mdanderson.org
Education:
Doctor of Public Health (1997)
The University of Texas School of Public Health
Houston TX
Areas of Interest:
Survival analysis
Retrieval and analysis of data from large databases
Examples:
- SEER (Surveillance Epidemiology End Results) public use files
- SEER-linked Medicare database of bladder cancer patients
- MEPS (Medical Expenditure Panel Survey)
- HCUP (Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project)
- BRFSS (Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance Survey)