W. Scott Comulada, DrPh
UCLA Semel Institute Center for Community Health
10920 Wilshire Boulevard, Suite 350
Los Angeles, CA 90024-6521
(310) 794-0938 Fax (310) 794-2495
scomulad@ucla.edu
Dr.P.H., Biostatistics (1996) University of California-Los Angeles (UCLA)
M.S., Biostatistics (2000) University of California-Los Angeles
M.P.H., (1998) Biostatistics, Loma Linda University
B.S., (1993) BioPhysics, Pacific Union College
Dr. Comulada is a Senior Statistician at the UCLA Semel Institute, Center for Community Health. His expertise is in the area of the analysis of longitudinal data, Bayesian data analysis, and sample size determination. In addition to serving as the statistician on several large NIMH-funded mutli-center behavioral intervention trials, Dr. Comulada provides consultations and oral presentations for researchers at the Center for Community Health to further their understanding of statistics. Currently, he’s working on a manuscript to develop better ways to analyze longitudinal substance use data which usually contain a lot of zeros due to non-users.
# Comulada WS, Weiss RE, Cumberland W, Rotheram-Borus MJ (2007). Reductions in drug use among young people living with HIV. American Journal of Drug and Alcohol Abuse. (In press). Comulada WS, Weiss RE (2006). On models for binomial data with a random n. Biometrics. (In press).
# Lightfoot M, Rotheram-Borus MJ, Comulada WS, Gundersen G, Reddy V (2006). Self-monitoring of behavior as a risk reduction strategy for persons living with HIV. AIDS Care Journal. (In press).
# Lightfoot M, Tevendale H, Comulada WS, Rotheram-Borus MJ (2006). Who benefited from an efficacious intervention for youth living with HIV: a moderator analysis. AIDS and Behavior. (In press).
# Lester P, Rotheram-Borus MJ, Lee SJ, Comulada S, Cantwell S, Wu N, Lin YY. Rates and predictors of anxiety and depressive disorders in adolescents of parents with HIV (2006). Vulnerable Children and Youth Studies. 1 (1): 81-101.
# Lightfoot M, Comulada WS, and Stover G. Computerized HIV preventive intervention for adolescents: indications of Efficacy (2006). American Journal of Public Health. (In press).
# Swendeman D, Rotheram-Borus, MJ, Comulada S, Weiss R, Ramos ME. Predictors of HIV-related stigma among young people living with HIV (2006). Health Psychology. 25(4): 501-509.
# Saab S, Niho H, Comulada WS, Hiatt J, Durazo F, Han S, Farmer DG, Holt C, Yersiz H, Goldstein L.I, Ghobrial RM, Busuttil RW (2005). Mortality predictors in liver transplant recipients with recurrent hepatitis C cirrhosis. Liver International. 25: 940-945.
# Lightfoot M, Swendeman D, Rotheram-Borus MJ, Comulada WS, Weiss RE (2005). Variation in the risk behaviors of youth living with HIV: pre- and post-HAART. American Journal of Health Behavior. 29 (2): 162-171.
# Rotheram-Borus MJ, Swendeman D, Comulada WS, Weiss RE (2004). Prevention for HIV positive young people: telephone and in-person delivery. JAIDS. 37 (2): S68-77.
# Saab S, Chang AJ, Comulada WS, Geevarghese SK, Anselmo RDM, Durazo F, Han S, Farmer DG, Yersiz H, Goldstein LI, Ghobrial RM, and Busuttil RW (2003). Outcomes of hepatitis C– and hepatitis B core antibody–positive grafts in orthotopic liver transplantation. Liver Transplantation. 9 (10): 1053-1061.
# Comulada WS, Swendeman DT, Rotheram-Borus MJ, Mattes KM, and Weiss RE. Use of HAART among young people living with HIV (2003). American Journal of Health Behavior. 27 (4): 389-400.