This application seeks support to develop methods for the analysis of spatio-temporal area data. These methods aim to: identify trends in space and/or time; detect """"""""hot"""""""" or """"""""cold"""""""" spots of risk; assess delivery of interventions; detect populations who are subject to health disparities; and generate hypotheses concerning possible risk factors. Aggregated spatio-temporal disease data present unique statistical challenges, in particular one must account for: spatial and temporal dependence; the inherent instability of rare events; errors in numerators and denominators; and problems due to aggregation (which if not addressed may lead to """"""""ecological bias""""""""). This application addresses each of these issues, and has specific aims: 1. To develop and apply spatio-temporal models, in particular to carry out surveillance. 2. To develop a framework for analysis of the association between aggregated health outcomes and environmental exposures (in air, water, or soil) measured at point locations. 3. To develop efficient designs for combining ecological- and individual-level data to provide a stronger analytic basis for ecological studies. The methods developed will be genetically applicable to non-infectious diseases and will be illustrated using a range of data including publicly-available U.S. cancer incidence and mortality data, and Washington State small-area cancer incidence data. Developed methods will be made available to researchers via implementation within freely-available software.

Agency
National Institute of Health (NIH)
Institute
National Cancer Institute (NCI)
Type
Research Project (R01)
Project #
5R01CA095994-02
Application #
7125963
Study Section
Biostatistical Methods and Research Design Study Section (BMRD)
Program Officer
Lewis, Denise
Project Start
2005-09-30
Project End
2009-07-31
Budget Start
2006-08-01
Budget End
2007-07-31
Support Year
2
Fiscal Year
2006
Total Cost
$191,665
Indirect Cost
Name
University of Washington
Department
Biostatistics & Other Math Sci
Type
Schools of Public Health
DUNS #
605799469
City
Seattle
State
WA
Country
United States
Zip Code
98195
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