Dr. Felicia Simpson, Assistant Professor, Winston-Salem State University
Friday, September 27, 2019
3-4pm
Walker Hall, Room 103A
This talk is free and open to the public.
Felicia R. Simpson, Ph.D. is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Mathematics at Winston-Salem State University. She received her B.A. in Mathematics from Albany State University and her Ph.D. in Biostatistics from Florida State University. Prior to joining Winston-Salem State University, Simpson worked as a Mathematical Statistician at the Center for Drug Evaluation and Research at the FDA, Division of Biometrics IV.
Her research interests include design and analysis of clinical trials, aging, survival analysis, latent class analysis and the study of rare infectious diseases. Simpson is an active member of the ASA and International Biometric Society. She is passionate about increasing the exposure of statistics and biostatistics among students in underrepresented populations. She is a member of the committee on minorities in statistics from the American Statistical Association and currently serves as co-chair for the ENAR Fostering Diversity in Biostatistics Workshop
About her talk, titled "Unlocking the Door to Success: The Role of Statistical Research in Discovery & Innovation"
Type 2 diabetes and obesity increase accumulation of health deficits over time and may accelerate biological aging. It is unknown whether multidomain lifestyle interventions can mitigate against this. Within a large, randomized controlled clinical trial of intensive lifestyle intervention (ILI) including caloric restriction, increased physical activity, dietary counseling and risk factor monitoring compared with diabetes support and education (DSE) we examined the trajectory of frailty across eight years. Random assignment to ILI was associated with lower FI scores throughout eight years of follow-up. Intervention benefits were relatively greater for individuals who were older, not obese, and without history of cardiovascular disease at baseline. Eight years of multidomain lifestyle intervention slows the accumulation of health deficits over time in overweight or obese adults with type 2 diabetes.
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